The Baltimore Orioles finally stopped the bleeding. Coby Mayo hit the first multi-homer game of his career and Trevor Rogers turned in his best start in weeks as the Orioles snapped a six-game losing streak with a 6-4 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Monday afternoon at Camden Yards, pulling within three games of Cleveland for the American League's final wild-card spot.

Rogers was dominant for most of his outing, working 7 1/3 innings and allowing just one run on six hits with six strikeouts and no walks across 104 pitches, according to MASN Sports. He faced the minimum through five innings and needed only 63 pitches to get there. Mayo did the rest of the offensive damage, launching a 426-foot solo shot off Guardians starter Joey Cantillo at 110.2 mph exit velocity to lead off the third inning, then adding a 411-foot two-run homer against reliever Slade Cecconi in the sixth. It was the first two-homer game of the 21-year-old's career and pushed his season total to 21.

Baltimore built its cushion early through patience at the plate, drawing seven walks in the first three innings — including two with the bases loaded — against a wild Cantillo, who was charged with five walks and hit two batters in just 2 1/3 innings, per the box score recap from Yahoo Sports. Cleveland clawed back within striking distance late, but pinch-hitter Nathaniel Lowe answered with a three-run homer off Andrew Kittredge in the ninth to restore breathing room, and rookie Josh Walker closed it out for his first career save.

A season on the brink stabilizes, for now

The win snapped a stretch in which Baltimore lost eight of its last 10, including being swept at home by Boston over the weekend, a skid manager Craig Albernaz had bluntly acknowledged before the series opener. "We're falling on our faces right now," Albernaz said, according to Yardbarker, while adding he was confident the club would "find a way to keep on going."

"We're falling on our faces right now," Albernaz said before the series began, "but we'll find a way to keep on going."

Cleveland entered the day holding the third and final AL wild-card berth at 73-71, a game up on Toronto and 2 1/2 games behind first-place Chicago in the AL Central, making the three-game set at Camden Yards a genuine swing series for both clubs' postseason hopes. Monday's loss trims that cushion, with Baltimore, now 70-75, needing to keep winning just to stay in the wild-card conversation with three-plus weeks left in the regular season.

The two sides continue the series Tuesday and Wednesday in Baltimore, with the Orioles hoping Mayo's power surge and a healthier version of Rogers can keep alive a September that appeared all but finished after last week's collapse.