Orioles score 8 off Padilla, beat Rangers 10-4

Texas Rangers pitcher Vicente Padilla delivers against the Baltimore Orioles in the second inning of a baseball game on Friday, July 4, 2008 in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Gail Burton)

BALTIMORE—Freddie Bynum tied a career high with three RBIs, and the Baltimore Orioles roughed up 10-game winner Vicente Padilla in a 10-4 win over Texas Rangers on Friday.

Adam Jones and Brandon Fahey both drove in two runs and scored twice for the Orioles, who built an 8-1 lead in the third inning. It was a stark contrast to the last time Texas visited Baltimore, when the Rangers beat the Orioles 30-3 and 9-7 in a doubleheader sweep on Aug. 22.

Bynum was a late replacement for Brian Roberts, who was scratched after feeling ill. Bynum hit a two-run single in the third inning and drove in a run with a grounder in the eighth.

The victory moved Baltimore percentage points ahead of the New York Yankees into third place in the AL East.

Padilla (10-5) allowed a career-high tying eight runs and nine hits in 2 2-3 innings, his shortest outing of the season. In his previous start, the right-hander yielded seven runs in a loss to Philadelphia. It's the first time in his career that Padilla has given up at least seven runs in successive starts.

He was pulled during a four-run third inning with a bruised right thumb. X-rays were negative.

Milton Bradley went 2-for-4 with three RBIs for Texas, and Ian Kinsler had two singles to extend his hitting streak to 16 games.

Jeremy Guthrie (5-7) permitted four runs and eight hits in 6 1-3 innings for Baltimore.

After Bradley hit an RBI double in the first inning, Nick Markakis doubled and scored on a single by Aubrey Huff in the bottom half. Baltimore made it 4-1 in the second on a two-run double by Fahey and a run-scoring single by Markakis.

The Orioles pulled away in the third. Luke Scott hit a one-out double, Melvin Mora walked and Kevin Millar singled in a run before Jones hit a run-scoring grounder. Fahey then doubled, and Bynum chased Padilla with a two-run single.

Texas closed to 8-4 in the seventh. After Kinsler hit an RBI single, Ryan Bukvich entered and gave up a two-run single to Bradley.

But Jones singled in a run in the eighth before Bynum concluded the scoring with a run-scoring grounder.

Notes:@ Padilla fell to 7-2 on the road. He has two straight losses for the first time this season. ... Bradley has 26 RBIs in his last 24 starts. ... Markakis stretched his hitting streak to 12 games with a 2-for-5 performance.