DENVER — Albert Suarez pitched a career-best seven innings, Emmanuel Rivera hit his first homer for Baltimore and drove in three runs, and the Orioles beat the Colorado Rockies, 5-3, on Friday (Saturday in Manila).

Rookie Jackson Holliday off the right-field wall in the ninth in his return — where his father, former Rockies star Matt Holliday, began teaching him the sport. Holliday then scored on a headfirst slide when reliever Angel Chivilli fielded Austin Slater's comebacker but threw wide of catcher Jacob Stallings for an error.

Baltimore remained 1 1/2 games behind the AL East-leading New York Yankees. The Orioles hold the top AL wild card spot.

Brendan Rodgers hit a one-out homer in the bottom of the ninth off Seranthony Dominguez. Jake Cave beat out an infield single before Dominguez closed it out with a strikeout of Michael Toglia and a groundout by Stallings for his eighth save.

Suárez (7-4) was sharp, allowing eight hits and two runs — both in the third, on RBI singles by Ezequiel Tovar and Brenton Doyle.

The Orioles trailed 2-1 with two outs in the fourth when Rivera hit a two-run shot to center off Austin Gomber (4-10). It was his second homer of the season. The Orioles claimed him off waivers from Miami on August 21.

Rivera also drove in the Orioles' first run, following Colton Cowser's second-inning double with an RBI single.