BALTIMORE—Chris Taylor hit a grand slam on an 0-2 pitch in the sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied to beat Baltimore 6–4, snapping the Orioles’ eight-game winning streak Monday night, July 17.
Los Angeles trailed 4–1 entering the sixth before Will Smith’s RBI single. Baltimore starter Grayson Rodriguez left with men on first and second and nobody out, and for a moment it looked like Bryan Baker (3–3) might escape the jam when he induced two straight flyouts.
But after getting ahead 0–2 on Jason Heyward, Baker issued a walk to load the bases. After an 0–2 count on Taylor, the right-hander kept throwing fastballs around the plate, and following a couple more foul balls, the Los Angeles shortstop hit a drive to center field for his 12th homer of the year.
Emmet Sheehan (3–0) allowed four runs in five innings, but the Orioles did not come all that close to scoring on the Los Angeles bullpen.
Ryan Brasier worked a hitless ninth for his first save since joining the Dodgers last month. He did allow a walk to Colton Cowser leading off the inning when he was called for a pitch timer violation with the count full.
Freddie Freeman finished a homer shy of the cycle for the Dodgers, and his triple to center—which Aaron Hicks couldn’t quite hold onto at the wall—started the big sixth inning.
Adley Rutschman homered for the Orioles.
Ryan Mountcastle opened the scoring for Baltimore with an RBI double in the first. Adam Frazier hit a run-scoring grounder in the second, and Gunnar Henderson followed with an RBI triple to make it 3–0.
