Baltimore Orioles Soundoff

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim spent the first three innings of last night's game racking up the hits and runs against feeble Baltimore Orioles pitching.

The Angels then spent the rest of the game trying to ward off a furious Orioles comeback led by Miguel Tejada.

Tejada, who was mired in a slump before this game, finished 3-5 with two home runs and five RBIs.

Eric DuBose started the game for the O's, now losers of four in a row, and it wasn't nearly as smooth sailing as last time out. DuBose gave up eight hits and three runs in just over two innings of work. John Maine then came in and gave up another two runs as the Angels took an early 5-0 lead.

Javy Lopez homered in the 4th inning and Miguel Tejada's first home run came in the 8th to make the score 5-2.

Jorge Julio, however, pitched the ninth for the O's and was his usual self, giving up two more runs to the Angels and making a close game out of reach.

The O's fought hard to come back. They loaded the bases for Tejada who drove 'em all in with his second HR of the game, a grand slam to right. It wasn't enough though, as the O's came up one run short, losing the game 7-6.

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