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sports Diabierna 27 augustus 2021
Orioles snap 19-game skid with 10-6 win over Angels
(AP) — After 19 consecu- Hyde said. “It’s good to hear the fourth.
tive losses, the Baltimore our guys feel good about the
Orioles were ready to try game they just played.” “I feel like the homers were a
just about anything. little bit ambushed,” Ohtani
Ohtani allowed three hom- said through a translator. “I
Newcomer Chris Ellis found ers on the mound and struck need to make better pitches
that out while preparing to out three times at the plate, when they’re expecting the
make his first big league start. but the Orioles still seemed fastball.”
headed to a 20th straight loss
“I was sitting at my locker, after Brandon Marsh hit his Jared Walsh hit a solo homer
kind of just going over the first career homer, a three- for the Angels.
lineup for the day, and I run shot in the fourth that
saw Trey Mancini walking made it 6-2. Tanner Scott (5-4) won in re-
though there with a bunch of lief for the Orioles.
sage. Everybody was getting a It was 6-5 when Jake Pet-
whiff of it,” Ellis said. “May- ricka (0-1) allowed a single, Ohtani allowed four runs
be we’ll have to start doing a double and an intentional and five hits in five innings.
that before every game.” walk to start the bottom of Ellis yielded three runs and to push him.”
the eighth. He then walked five hits in three-plus innings “He and I just walked around
The Orioles finally stopped Urías, his final batter, on four after the Orioles claimed him the ballpark and just saged ev- TRAINER’S ROOM
their slide Wednesday night, pitches to tie the game. off waivers from Tampa Bay erything we possibly could,” Angels: Los Angeles put RHP
rallying to beat Los Angeles on Friday. Mancini said. Dylan Bundy (right shoulder
10-6 after a shaky start by James Hoyt came on and strain) on the 10-day injured
Shohei Ohtani left the An- struck out Jahmai Jones, but Mullins’ homer came on Mancini also said he was let- list after he left his start Tues-
gels’ bullpen with too much then he walked Gutierrez Ohtani’s first pitch of the ting his mustache grow until day night after nine batters.
to do. on a full count. Hays then game, but after Santander’s the team won. The Angels also put RHPs
doubled to left with the bases solo shot gave Baltimore a Austin Warren and Reid Det-
ADVERTISEMENT loaded, and Cedric Mullins 2-0 lead, the Angels tied it al- “I hate having a mustache,” mers on the IL. ... The An-
The Angels were up 6-2 in added a sacrifice fly. most immediately on a two- the Baltimore first baseman gels recalled INF Kean Wong
the fourth inning and 6-4 run single by Marsh in the said. “As kind of a form of from Triple-A Salt Lake and
when Ohtani left the game When Tyler Wells retired the second. self-punishment, but also selected the contracts of Pet-
after the top of the sixth. final batter of the game on trying to keep things a little ricka and RHP Elvis Pegue-
Baltimore scored a run in a flyout to right, he hugged Walsh homered for Los An- lighter, I told all the guys that ro. ... OF Justin Upton, who
the seventh and five in the catcher Pedro Severino and geles in the fourth, and I was going to shave it off turned 34 on Wednesday, did
eighth. Ramón Urías and the Orioles celebrated casu- Marsh added his three-run whenever we won.” not play because of left calf
Kelvin Gutierrez drew bases- ally on the field. The fans shot later in the inning. problems.
loaded walks to put the Ori- — many of whom probably PULLED
oles up 7-6, and pinch-hitter came to see Ohtani — roared Mullins brought home a run Ohtani was taken out af- Orioles: SS Jorge Mateo
Austin Hays added a two-run their approval. in the seventh with a ground- ter 84 pitches. Manager Joe (lower back discomfort) did
double. out. Maddon indicated he might not play.
“They really were behind us have left the two-way sensa-
The Orioles were two losses tonight,” Mancini said. “I’m Conner Greene, recalled tion in for the bottom of the UP NEXT
shy of the American League so thankful and we are so from Triple-A Norfolk be- sixth, but his spot in the or- RHP Jaime Barria (2-2) takes
record for the longest skid — thankful, especially after this fore the game, pitched two der came up in the top half, the mound for the Angels
which they set themselves in streak, that they’re still so hitless innings of relief for so there was no need to leave against Baltimore’s Keegan
1988 when they started 0-21. supportive of us.” the Orioles. him on the mound to get him Akin (0-8) in Thursday’s se-
another plate appearance. ries finale. Akin allowed four
“The clubhouse is loud right Mullins and Anthony SUPERSTITIONS runs in three innings against
now. There’s a lot of people Santander hit solo homers in Mancini credited catcher “I just thought that was a Los Angeles on July 2.
that are very excited, re- the first, and DJ Stewart hit Austin Wynns with the idea hard five innings,” Maddon
lieved,” manager Brandon a two-run shot off Ohtani in for the sage. said. “I didn’t see any reason
Pulisic uncertain for World Cup qualifying after COVID
(AP) — Christian Pulisic’s Arsenal last weekend. The ans of the 2017 team that for the opener, hosts Canada
availability for the Unit- The top American player was U.S. starts at El Salvador on failed to qualify for the World in Nashville on Sept. 5 and
ed States’ opening World on the 26-man roster an- Sept. 2. Cup, ending a streak of seven plays Honduras in San Pedro
Cup qualifier remains un- nounced Thursday for the straight appearances for the Sula on Sept. 8.
clear following his posi- first three qualifiers after “It’s going to be just day-to- U.S. Other holdovers include
tive COVID test. missing Chelsea’s match at day, seeing where he’s at,” Kellyn Acosta, John Brooks, There will be three more
U.S. coach Gregg Berhalter Sebastian Lletget, Tim Ream qualifiers from Oct. 7-13,
said. “He’s still under quar- and DeAndre Yedlin. two from Nov. 12-16 and
antine conditions in England, three each in from Jan. 27-
and we’re going to have to get Tyler Adams, Weston McK- Feb. 2 and March 24-30. The
him stateside once he clears ennie, Gio Reyna and Zack Americans had three draws
the quarantine and assess Steffen are among 20 players and two losses on the road in
him. It’s really to tell if he who could make World Cup qualifying for 2018.
will be available for the 2nd, qualifying debuts.
for the 5th or for the 8th.” The top three teams in North
The U.S. roster will aver- and Central America and the
The 22-year-old Pulisic is age 24 years, 43 days, and Caribbean qualify for the
scheduled to report Sunday. 18 international appearances 2022 World Cup in Qatar,
when training starts Monday and the No. 4 team advances
“There’s a lot of tests that he in Nashville, Tennessee. Un- to a playoff for a berth. The
needs to go through before der the compacted schedule final round was expanded
he arrives,” Berhalter said. caused by the coronavirus from six nations to eight be-
pandemic, the U.S. travels cause of the pandemic and
Pulisic is among six veter- to El Salvador on Wednesday the start delayed a year.