Roberts returns to help Orioles beat Pirates 8-6


June 12, 2012 at 10:51p.m.

Roberts returns to help Orioles beat Pirates 8-6

BALTIMORE (AP) — Brian Roberts returned from a 13-month layoff to get three hits and an RBI, and the Baltimore Orioles homered three times in an 8-6 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night.

Activated from the 60-day disabled list before the game, Roberts went 3 for 4 with a sacrifice fly. Playing in the majors for the first time since sustaining a concussion on May 16, 2011, Baltimore’s longtime leadoff hitter received a standing ovation from the crowd of 15,618 in the bottom of the first inning before lining a single up the middle.

The two-time All-Star second baseman also singled in the fourth and eighth, giving him his fifth three-hit game since the start of the 2010 season.

After Neil Walker hit a two-run homer in the ninth off Kevin Gregg, Jim Johnson got two outs for his 19th save.