Logan O’Hoppe drove in Nolan Schanuel from third on a check-swing bouncer up the third base line with two outs in the bottom of the 10th as the Los Angeles Angels rallied for a 7-6 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in the rubber game of their three-game series on Wednesday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.
Los Angeles had tied the game when reliever Keegan Akin (0-1), who was late to cover first, mishandled Jeremiah Jackson’s low underhand throw to first on a Schanuel grounder that would have ended the game. Instead, automatic runner Oswald Peraza scored the tying run, and the ball bounced off Schanuel’s foot and rolled down the right field line for a three-base error on Akin, setting the stage for O’Hoppe’s game-winner.
Jorge Soler hit a home run and Wade Meckler went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and a run scored for Los Angeles, which won its first series over Baltimore since July of 2021. Chase Silseth (3-1) picked up the win in relief.
Samuel Basallo hit two home runs and drove in four runs, Pete Alonso went 3-for-4 with a double and a walk, two runs scored and two RBIs, and Taylor Ward doubled and had two hits and a run scored for Baltimore.
Los Angeles jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning on Soler’s 11th home run down the left field line, driving in Meckler who had singled.
Baltimore tied it, 2-2, in the second when Alonso led off with a single and then scored on Basallo’s towering 434-foot home run into the bleachers in right-center.
The Orioles then scored three times in the third to take a 5-2 lead. Leody Taveras walked with one out and scored on a double into the left field corner by Alonso. Basallo then followed with his second consecutive homer and 12th of the season, a 371-foot line drive just over the fence in right.
The Angels tied it, 5-5, with three two-out runs in the eighth. Donovan Walton extended his hit streak to nine games with a double and scored on a pinch-hit single by Vaughn Grissom. Schanuel and Denzer Guzman then walked to load the bases and Meckler followed with a two-run single to right to tie it.
Baltimore took a 6-5 lead in the 10th on a two-out RBI single down the right field line by Alonso, driving in Ward, who had singled and advanced to second when Silseth threw out automatic runner Blaze Alexander at the plate on a short comebacker.
