{"id":54643,"date":"2025-05-12T07:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T07:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=54643"},"modified":"2025-05-12T07:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T07:37:08","slug":"comeback-orioles-revive-offense-in-7-3-win-at-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=54643","title":{"rendered":"COMEBACK: Orioles revive offense in 7-3 win at Angels…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Baltimore scores 7+ runs for the first time in three weeks as the Birds secure a series win in Anaheim<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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John Beers\u00a0is a staff writer for Camden Chat, where he’s been covering the Orioles since 2022.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Baltimore bats came to life in the California sun, as the O\u2019s used rallies in the 5th and 6th innings to outshine the Angels in a 7-3 win.<\/p>\n

The Orioles fell behind 2-1 early, but used some small ball to retake the lead in the 5th. Emmanuel Rivera led off the inning by smashing the ball to third base, with the ball ricocheting off Yo\u00e1n Moncada\u2019s glove, allowing Rivera to reach on an E5. Cedric Mullins then broke out of a 0-20 slump with a double to right center, pushing Rivera to third and giving the O\u2019s two runners in scoring position.<\/p>\n

Hitting with RISP has this offense\u2019s biggest Achilles\u2019 heel in 2025, but the Orioles were able to find the clutch hits they needed Sunday. Maverick Handley tied the game at two on a sac fly to left that allowed Rivera to race home. After Mullins stole third, Gunnar Henderson struck out looking and Tyler O\u2019Neill was intentionally walked, putting the fate of the rally in Ryan Mountcastle\u2019s hands. RMC came through, lining a Tyler Anderson fastball into right field to plate Mullins and serve a 3-2 Orioles\u2019 lead.<\/p>\n

With Anderson at 94 pitches after five innings, the Angels took out their two-time All-Star and the O\u2019s went to town on the AL\u2019s worst bullpen. Ram\u00f3n Laureano scored the first run of the inning in an unconventional fashion, as he reached on a lead-off walk, stole second base, advanced to third on a pick-off attempt that skipped into center and scored on a Connor Brogdon wild pitch.<\/p>\n

The O\u2019s then turned to some more small ball to expand their lead. Rivera worked a one-out walk before Mullins grounded a ball back up the middle to again move the O\u2019s\u2019 3B to third. Handley once again took on the role of sacrificial lamb, laying down a perfect squeeze bunt as Rivera broke toward the plate for the Orioles\u2019 fifth run. Even though Handley went 0-2 on the day, the two sacrifices gave him the first two RBIs of his career.<\/p>\n

Henderson clearly doesn\u2019t like small ball all that much, as he capped off the 6th with a towering, two-run homer to right center. The Orioles\u2019 star SS muscled a high fly ball out toward the right-center gap, and what looked like a potential fly out just kept flying until it flew over the outfield fence.<\/p>\n

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