CHICAGO - Chris Tillman threw eight strong innings and the AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles won their third in a row, beating the Chicago White Sox 5-1 Tuesday night. Nick Hundley homered, Chris Davis had a two-run double and Adam Jones and Delmon Young also drove in runs for the Orioles. Tillman (10-5) matched a career high with nine strikeouts, giving up one run and three hits. He won for the third time this month as Baltimore improved to 38-26 away from Camden Yards. Tillmans lone mistake came in the first when he allowed Jose Abreus 32nd home run, tying the Orioles Nelson Cruz and Miamis Giancarlo Stanton for the most in baseball. The homer was Abreus first of the month. Jose Quintana (6-10) lost his third straight start, allowing four runs and eight hits in six innings. Chicago matched a season worst by falling eight games below .500. The Orioles got off to a good start when they took the lead on Jones one-out single in the first, driving in Steve Pearce. Abreu evened the game in the bottom of the inning. He hit his first homer since July 29 to snap a run of 67 at-bats without one. Baltimore then retook the lead in the sixth, scoring three times with two outs. Youngs two-out single drove in Jones, and Davis doubled home two more. Hundley then added to the lead when he led off the seventh against Chicago reliever Daniel Webb with his fourth homer of the season. TRAINERS ROOM Orioles: SS J.J. Hardy played his fifth straight game after missing three with a sprained left thumb. White Sox: OF Avisail Garcia started his fourth straight game since coming off the disabled list Saturday with a torn labrum in his left shoulder. He was 0 for 3. UP NEXT Orioles: Wei-Yin Chen (12-4, 3.76) is scheduled to start Wednesday. He is winless in his previous three outings. White Sox: RHP Hector Noesi (7-8, 4.84) is scheduled to make his 21st start of the season. Since joining the White Sox, he has lowered his ERA from 14.21 to 4.84. Joe Nieuwendyk Jersey . 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The Ducks had a five-game home win streak halted as they failed to generate a consistent offensive attack despite the return of sniper Corey Perry from a knee injury that sidelined him for the teams last 10 contests. We put ourselves behind the eight ball right away. We took three penalties in the first period, said Perry. You cant play that way against a team like that. We let our emotions get the best of us. Frederik Andersen stopped 24-of-26 shots in the loss. The Sharks started the game out strong courtesy of Pavelski, who successfully redirected a puck sent towards the Anaheim net by Marc-Edouard Vlasic just 4:33 into the game on San Joses third shot of the night. San Jose put up 14 shots to the Ducks threee during an opening period they dominated, then got 10 saves from Niemi as Anaheim put up more of a challenge in the second.dddddddddddd A scrum at the conclusion at the second period led to the Sharks beginning the third with a 5-on-3 power play, with Anaheim captain Ryan Getzlaf receiving an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in addition to roughing calls on Perry and Ryan Kesler. The Sharks capitalized with just one second remaining in the 5-on-3, as Pavelski one-timed a give from Brent Burns as Andersen was slow to cover an open left side. Niemi polished off his third shutout of the season by making 15 saves in the final frame, with Couture putting the finishing touches on the victory with an empty-net goal with 2:05 left. Game Notes Sharks center Joe Thornton assisted on Pavelskis first goal to extend his point streak to five games, but left with an undisclosed injury late in the first period and did not return ... 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