BALTIMORE _ Getting swept by the Yankees the way the Orioles did over the weekend had to be frustrating.
Whatever pent-up emotion the team came home with after their playoff hopes were dashed in New York was let out rather loudly.
Using a nine-run third inning that featured home runs by DJ Stewart, Ryan Mountcastle and Jose Iglesias, the Orioles enjoyed their biggest win of the season in stomping the Atlanta Braves, 14-1, on Monday night at Camden Yards, ending a five-game losing streak.
The Oriole entered Monday having scored just three runs over their past four games. With the offensive explosion, they became the first team in American League history to score one run or less in four straight games, then score 14 or more in their next game, according to Stats Perform.
Mountcastle contributed a run-scoring single in the first inning before the Orioles offense broke out in earnest in the third inning off starter Touki Toussant. Cedric Mullins walked, stole second and was at third base after a single by Iglesias before Stewart put his seventh home run of the season onto the right field flag court.
Two pitches later, Mountcastle hit a missile to center field for his fifth home run of the season. The Orioles (21-26) turned the lineup over after the bases were cleared, and two men were on for Iglesias, who turned on a 2-0 fastball from Luke Jackson for his first home run of the season.
It was the first time the Orioles scored nine runs in an inning since April 15, 2016, against the Texas Rangers.
That trio of Iglesias, Stewart, and Mountcastle each added run-scoring singles in the Orioles' three-run fifth inning as well.
Iglesias, who is dealing with a quadriceps injury that has limited him all year, left after the fifth inning with four hits in four at-bats. Mountcastle had three hits, while Stewart and Mullins had two apiece.
