SAN FRANCISCO -- It took a season-high 121 pitches, but Justin Verlander got his third win with the Giants on Sunday afternoon.

The 42-year-old collected 10 strikeouts over five innings as the Giants closed out their six-game homestand with a 13-2 rout of the Orioles at Oracle Park.

Verlander worked around traffic on the basepaths in every inning before striking out the side in the top of the fourth. Even with 94 pitches thrown through the first four frames, Verlander was right back out there for the top of the fifth.

The right-hander got leadoff batter Daniel Johnson to ground out, but once again found himself in a jam after walking Jackson Holliday and allowing a single by Jeremiah Jackson. Even as his workload surged past his previous season-high of 104 pitches (on April 15 at Ph

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