Bats back Bergesen

The O's snapped another losing streak on Wednesday night, besting the Seattle Mariners 5-2.

It's always best to get the bad news out of the way first:

The Orioles are now 10-24 on the season.

They were the last team in baseball to hit double-digits in wins.

The Birds still own the worst record in the Majors.

The first-place Tampa Bay Rays have a mirror-opposite record, sitting pretty at 24-10.

Now for the good news:

First...the O's won!

They are in the midst of an "easy" part of the schedule, where they face three struggling teams at home (Seattle (13-20), Cleveland(13-18) and Kansas City (11-23)).

Brad Bergesen is now 3-0 since being demoted to Triple-A before being brought right back to the Majors.

Corey Patterson returned to the O's to bat in the lead-off spot; Patterson is a veteran and will hopefully add a spark that the Birds have been missing this season (Nolan Reimold was sent down to work on his game, and Brian Roberts was placed on the 60-day DL, but let's try to keep up with the "good news").

Luke Scott went 2-for-4 and slapped his third home run of the month...both of Scott's hits were for extra bases...

Alfredo Simon picked up his fourth save in as many tries and kept his ERA at zero.

Adam Jones continued to hit, going 3-for-4 with three singles and an RBI. In fact, the only O's starter without a hit was Cesar Izturis, who knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly.

Clearly, all the pieces came together on Wednesday night.

Next up:

Kevin Millwood looks for his first win of the season on Thursday afternoon...he faces "King" Felix Hernandez, who has struggled lately but usually gives the Birds a rough day...here's hoping the O's can keep the streak alive...