BALTIMORE -- The Padres fashion themselves as playoff contenders this season, which means they were supposed to roll into Baltimore this week and win two games against the Orioles, owners of the Majors’ worst record.

After his team’s second five-run victory in as many days, Padres first baseman Eric Hosmer put it succinctly:

“We did what we needed to do here,” he said. “We took care of business.”

And for good measure, the offense tacked on a few style points.

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Four Friars homered on Wednesday afternoon in a 10-5 rout at Camden Yards. Franmil Reyes went deep twice, including a titanic 452-foot blast beyond the left-field walkway. Hunter Renfroe, the team leader, added his 24th dinger of the season. Hosmer and Greg Garcia got in on the home run action as well.

It marked the first time in a dozen years the Padres tallied four home runs or more in consecutive games. In total, eight San Diego hitters went deep during the two-game set.

“We have the bats,” Reyes said.

Indeed, the Padres' offense has come to life in June, and the return of Fernando Tatis Jr. has played no small part. He didn’t homer on Wednesday, but he reached base three times via two singles and a walk.

This month, the Padres rank third in the National League with 135 runs, trailing only Atlanta and Colorado. Their .338 on-base percentage also ranks third -- which is significant, given the club’s on-base woes of the past. The Friars have finished last in the Majors in OBP for the last five seasons.

Still, the biggest weapon is clearly the power, and that was on full display Wednesday. Reyes’ first homer cleared the entire lower section in left-center field, giving San Diego a 4-1 lead. After Manny Machado's 455-foot dinger Tuesday night, the Padres now have more 450-foot home runs at Camden Yards this season than the O's.

More impressive might have been Reyes’ next at-bat. He crushed a 3-2 slider off the center-field batter’s eye, a projected 417 feet. That came after Reyes had laid off three straight pitches just off the outside corner.

“That’s, to us, a step in the right direction for him,” San Diego manager Andy Green said. “He’s got a lot of potential, not just hitting home runs. He’s a hitter, too.”

Hosmer followed with a two-run shot in the sixth, and Renfroe swatted a solo blast to lead off the seventh. Baltimore would load the bases in the eighth, with the tying run on deck. But Green called for righty Craig Stammen, who punched out Dwight Smith Jr. and pitched a 1-2-3 ninth.

It capped a successful homecoming for Machado, who was again greeted warmly at Camden Yards. He went 1-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout on Wednesday. More importantly, Machado and the Padres left with two victories, returning to .500 after they’d been swept over the weekend in Pittsburgh.

“It’s been a streaky first half,” Green said. “And a resilient group of guys.”

Derby bound?

Suddenly, it no longer feels like a question of if San Diego might get an entrant in next month’s Home Run Derby. More a matter of who?

Renfroe and Reyes each rank among the NL's top five home run hitters this season. Renfroe sits fourth with 24, with Reyes tied for fifth with 22 long balls. The Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger has reportedly ruled himself out, and with four participants in each league, that leaves Renfroe and Reyes as favorites to be selected.

Sounds as though both would jump at the opportunity.

“Of course, my man,” Reyes said, half shouting and half laughing. “I’m just waiting for [MLB to call].”

“It's something you might never get a chance to do again,” said Renfroe. “It'd be pretty cool to get my name out there, and I'd be honored to do it.”

Aside from their lofty home run totals, Renfroe and Reyes are both known for their prodigious power during batting practice. It stands to reason both could thrive in a timed format.

“They’re both impressive,” Green said. “They both have a ton of pop.”

And it was on full display again on Wednesday.

Running wild

By now, Tatis Jr. has developed a reputation for causing havoc on the bases. Generally, that’s for the opposing team. Sometimes, it’s for the umpires.

In the top of the eighth inning Wednesday, Tatis hustled to beat out a routine ground ball to shortstop. He was initially ruled out, but the play was overturned after review. Two pitches later, Tatis swiped second. Again, he was initially ruled out, but the play was overturned after review.

“Just glad they overturned it,” Tatis said. “There was no doubt.”

Tatis would score on a Hosmer single, giving the Padres a six-run lead. That run felt hugely important when the Orioles put the tying run on deck in the bottom of the frame.

“That run matters,” said Green, who twice asked for a crew chief review. “I don’t care what anybody says. ‘You’re up five, that’s enough?’ No, it’s not enough. It’s never enough.”

Earlier in the game, in something akin to a unicorn sighting, Tatis did make a mistake on the basepaths. He broke for home on a wild pitch and was tagged out when the ball caromed off the brick wall behind the plate.

Even then, Tatis almost managed to avoid the tag of O's catcher Pedro Severino. He dove headfirst and tried to deke with his right hand, before swiping his left hand across the plate. It’s unclear whether Severino’s glove made contact with Tatis’ chest first.

“It was a bang-bang play,” Tatis said. “He got a perfect bounce.”

“That’s some kind of ninja slide,” Green said. “I don’t get it. But nobody seems to get a glove on him.”