Baysox Notebook: Top of the Lineup Fueling Baysox

With three doubles and an RBI in , first baseman Joe Mahoney helped Bowie snap a three-game losing streak and get back on the winning track heading into the beginning of its three-game series with Akron, which starts tonight.

Since returning from the disabled list June 14, Mahoney is batting .382 (13-of-34) with five extra-base hits (four doubles, one home run) and nine RBI, including seven in the last four games.

Mahoney, the Orioles’ 2010 Minor League Player of the Year, leads the Baysox in batting average (.309), on-base percentage (.377), slugging percentage (.500) and OPS (.877). He has seven doubles, two home runs and 10 RBI, and has walked seven times, in 19 games this season.

HOES ON FIRE, AVERY ALSO SURGING

Second baseman L.J. Hoes, who was , has recovered from a slow start with the Baysox, and is now second on the team, behind only Mahoney, in batting average (.293).

During his current seven-game hitting streak, the 21-year old is 14-of-25 (.560) with four runs, four walks, four RBI and four stolen bases. He has reached base multiple times each of the last six games, and has multiple hits in four of those six games.

Hoes, who has a .351 on-base percentage, has 12 RBI in 28 games with the Baysox.

Center fielder , meanwhile, has raised his average to .267 with hits in seven of the last eight games, including multiple hits in three of the last five.

Avery, the Orioles’ second-round pick in 2008, is batting .318 (14-of-44) during the last 10 games with eight runs, three doubles and four RBI during that stretch. He is also 9-of-21 (.429) during the last five games.

Avery and infielder Greg Miclat are tied for the team lead in stolen bases (21). Miclat, though, who hasn’t been caught stealing in 21 attempts, is batting just .240. A fifth-round pick of the Orioles in 2008, Miclat also hit just .246 in 62 games with Bowie last year after batting .311 in 48 games with Single-A Frederick.