BALTIMORE — \u2014 Gary S\u00e1nchez hit a seventh-inning grand slam, Ram\u00f3n Ur\u00edas and Jordan Westburg also homered, and the Baltimore Orioles completed a three-game sweep with a 11-2 victory Sunday over the Los Angeles Angels.<\/p>\n
Cade Povich earned his first victory since April 24 as Baltimore secured its third sweep of the season, all in its last five series. The Orioles (30-40) are within 10 games of .500 for the first time since they were 15-25.<\/p>\n
Nolan Schanuel homered for Los Angeles.<\/p>\n
Baltimore took a 3-2 lead against left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (2-6) on Ram\u00f3n Laureano\u2019s RBI single in the fourth, and then chased Kikuchi in the sixth. S\u00e1nchez hit a two-out single and then came around when Kikuchi flung Cedric Mullins\u2019 bunt single down the right-field line. Coby Mayo followed with an RBI double.<\/p>\n
S\u00e1nchez broke the game open with his sixth career grand slam and first since Aug. 15, 2023. The catcher ripped Connor Brogdon\u2019s two-out fastball to left-center for Baltimore\u2019s third grand slam of the season and first since May 14.<\/p>\n
Povich (2-5) came out of the bullpen for the first time in 29 career outings. He threw 3 2\/3 shutout innings after replacing opener Scott Blewett.<\/p>\n
Schanuel hit a solo homer in the first for Los Angeles, and Ur\u00edas responded with a two-run shot later in the inning. Westburg hit a two-run homer in the eighth.<\/p>\n
Kikuchi allowed a season-high five runs \u2014 three earned \u2014 and struck out 10 in 5 2\/3 innings.<\/p>\n
Key moment<\/strong><\/p>\n Orioles reliever Seranthony Dom\u00ednguez entered with the bases loaded and one out in the seventh and struck out Jo Adell and pinch hitter LaMonte Wade Jr. to preserve a 5-2 lead.<\/p>\n Key stat<\/strong><\/p>\n Baltimore improved to 20-6 against the Angels since 2022, including 5-1 this season.<\/p>\n Up next<\/strong><\/p>\n Los Angeles RHP Jos\u00e9 Soriano (4-5, 3.86 ERA) starts the opener of a four-game series Monday at the New York Yankees. Baltimore has not announced its pitching plans for a four-game series at Tampa Bay starting Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BALTIMORE — \u2014 Gary S\u00e1nchez hit a seventh-inning grand slam, Ram\u00f3n Ur\u00edas and Jordan Westburg also homered, and the Baltimore Orioles completed a three-game sweep with a… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":61773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n