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BALTIMORE -- Chris Tillman has been so good this season, its rather surprising when the Baltimore Orioles right-hander performs poorly -- especially at home.Seeking his major league-leading 15th win, Tillman lasted only five innings in a 6-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday night that ended Baltimores five-game winning streak.In his previous four starts, Tillman (14-3) gave up a combined four runs over 28 innings. In this one, he allowed six runs and nine hits.Just a reminder of how hard it is to do what hes been doing, manager Buck Showalter said.After Tillman retired six of the first seven batters, Carlos Gonzalez and Trevor Story had two RBI apiece in a four-run third inning. Tillman ended up using 89 pitches to get 15 outs.We were patient, Gonzalez said. We had some really good at-bats against him. We know what kind of pitcher he is. He is having a tremendous year, especially here at his park.Tillman was 8-0 at home this season, and Baltimore was unbeaten in his 12 starts at Camden Yards.So what made this start so much different?I think the ball just fell where we werent, Tillman insisted.After Colorado loaded the bases with one out in the third, Tillman retired Nolan Arenado on a foul popup and was within a strike of getting out of the jam when Gonzalez lined a double into the left-field corner. Story followed with a two-run single for a 4-0 lead.We had the two big at-bats with Cargo and Story. Both with two outs and two strikes, manager Walt Weiss said. Those two at-bats were crucial in the game.Arenado picked up his 78th RBI with a double in the fifth and came home on a wild pitch.Adam Jones hit his 18th homer for Baltimore in the bottom half.The Orioles still own baseballs best home record at 37-15, including 21-4 since the beginning of June.Chad Bettis (9-6) won his third straight start, allowing two runs, four hits and three walks in six innings. Colorado is 8-1 in his last nine outings.They have a lot of guys who can slug it, the right-hander said. You just have to try to work in and out effectively. If you leave the ball up, stuff like the Jones home run happens.Rookie Carlos Estevez got three outs for his ninth save.The surging Rockies have won five of six and are 8-4 since the All-Star break.Ive been telling the club all year I felt we were going to get better and better as the year goes on, Weiss said. That hasnt been our history the last few years.SKIDDING DAVISOrioles first baseman Chris Davis went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts and is 0 for 24 with four walks and one RBI since July 17.Hes going through a period where hes not -- stating the obvious -- doing what hes capable of, manager Buck Showalter said. Hell get it going.TRAINERS ROOMOrioles: OF Hyun Soo Kim (hamstring) was activated off the DL and RHP Ubaldo Jimenez returned from paternity leave. ... Top pitching prospect Hunter Harvey had Tommy John surgery on Tuesday. The 21-year-old was the 22nd overall pick in the 2013 amateur draft.UP NEXTRockies: In the series finale Wednesday night, Jon Gray (6-4, 4.12 ERA) seeks his first road win in five tries since June 5.Orioles: Rookie Dylan Bundy (3-2, 3.30) tries to build on his first career win as a starter. He gave up one unearned run in five innings against Cleveland on Friday.Fran Tarkenton Womens Jersey . 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Goalie Roberto Luongo, getting the call in place of Game 1 starter Carey Price, was solid when needed in making 23 saves for the shutout.ANAHEIM, Calif. -- A pitcher trying to rebuild his mechanics will oppose another trying to rebuild his career when the Seattle Mariners and the Los Angeles Angels meet Tuesday night at Angel Stadium.The Mariners are hovering within 2 1/2 games of the Baltimore Orioles, who hold the American Leagues second wild-card spot, and within 9 1/2 of the first-place Texas Rangers in the American League West.The Angels Alex Meyer, who came from the Minnesota Twins at the trading deadline, once was regarded as one of the major leagues best prospects. MLB.com ranked him 29th overall while BaseballProspectus.com listed the right-hander 15th before this season. Scouts like Meyers fastball, which can reach close to 100 mph, and his sharp curveball.The Washington Nationals selected Meyer in the first round of the 2011 draft, then traded him to the Twins for outfielder Denard Span in 2012. But shoulder injuries have hampered the right-handers progress and limited him this year to 29 innings covering eight games at four different levels, from the Arizona Rookie League to the American League.Meyer made his debut with the Angels on Wednesday against the Oakland Athletics. The rookie conceded just one run and one hit while collecting five strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings but issued four walks and threw 68 pitches in a 4-1 loss.My command went in and out, Meyer told MLB.com. Sometimes, I get too excited and try to make a pitch before Im ready, or try to throw it harder than I should.Nevertheless, Angels manager Mike Scioscia would not let individual negatives diminish an overriding positive impression.His stuff is real, Scioscia told MLB.com. You saw a big arm. You saw a guy who wasnt missing by a lot, so he had an idea of where the ball was going. He lost his release pointt in a couple of stretches.dddddddddddd. But for the most part, it was good to see that stuff.The Mariners Taijuan Walker, meanwhile, is trying to recover from perhaps the worst performance of his major league career. On Sept. 3, Walker allowed five runs on six hits in only two-thirds of an inning in receiving his fourth consecutive loss, a 10-3 rout by the Angels.The right-hander told the Seattle Times that he was in shock after that performance. Then he met with pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre Jr. to discuss the changes the coach wanted to make to Walkers delivery.Walker, who had resisted those changes even during a personal six-game losing streak from May 1 to June 3, implemented them Thursday night against the Texas Rangers. Despite walking the first two batters he faced, the right-hander kept them from scoring. The Mariners 6-3 win enabled Walker to break his four-game losing streak.Afterward, Walker told the Seattle Times that the two early walks tempted him to jettison the new approach Stottlemyre wanted him to take.It was good that I stuck with it, Walker said. The first couple of innings, it was weird. It felt awkward. It was a little bit off. But I stuck with it. After the second inning, third inning, it just clicked. My timing was down and the tempo was better.Seattle manager Scott Servais expressed enthusiasm about Walkers performance, and hope for his future.I was as happy for a player as Ive been in a long time, Servais told the Seattle Times. After those two hitters, it would have been so easy to melt, and he didnt. Some of the adjustments that he made with his mechanics, I think theyre going to pay off. ' ' '