Huff hammers decisive RBI

The Orioles (18-25) took a one-run lead in the third inning on an infield single by Nick Markakis, and the Nationals (12-30) answered in the fifth with a solo home run by Cristian Guzman. Huff came up with two outs and a man on first in the seventh inning and tripled to left-center field to chase home the decisive run. "Obviously, I'd rather be jogging than running three bags," Huff said. "The ball has to bounce off the wall. Adam Dunn has to chase it down after the guy falls down in center field. That's pretty much what has to happen." And with that timely hit, the Orioles made up for a quiet night at the office. Baltimore tied a season low with three hits, and two of them came late in the game. Catcher Gregg Zaun doubled in the seventh and was thrown out on a fielder's choice at third, and then Huff tripled off Ron Villone to take the lead. "Huff was the secret weapon tonight. He was up here hitting in the cage," Trembley said. "I thought we had one shot late in the game, so let's do it. Tonight was kind of a team game. You're not always going to get one aspect of the game vs. another. You got a timely hit with Huff. You got very, very good pitching [and] very, very good situational pitching. You got tremendous infield defense. All that adds up to winning the game." (mlb.com)