A few seconds after Anthony Santander drilled a ball into the seats to give the Orioles a commanding six-run lead over the Los Angeles Angels in the eighth inning, broadcaster Jim Palmer announced, “That’s what you’re supposed to do against a team that’s not playing at full strength: outplay them in every facet of the game.”
After to failing to dominate the Angels through two narrow wins this series, the Orioles outplayed Los Angeles in every sense tonight. They scored five early runs on starter Patrick Sandoval, pushing him from the game in the sixth, then hung two more runs on him to make it 7-2.