The Baltimore Orioles celebrate after hitting a walk off single against the Los Angeles Angels during the ninth inning at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland on July 8, 2022. Photo: AFP

The team of Baltimore Orioles, who were widely expected to post one of baseball's worst records at season's outset, moved within a game of .500 by capping a four-game sweep of the visiting Los Angeles Angels with a 9-5 win on July 10, 2022.

The Orioles have won eight straight games, the first time Baltimore has done that in a single season since April 22-May 1, 2005.

Through 87 games, the Orioles are 43-44. They needed 136 games to record their 43rd victory last season when they reached that mark on September 6 and finished the season 52-110.

Austin Voth (1-1) allowed two runs on four hits with six strikeouts and no walks in five innings to pick up the win.

Austin Riley drove in his third run of the game with a 12th-inning single to lift Atlanta past visiting Washington, completing a three-game sweep. The Braves won for the sixth time in their last seven games by scoring the only run in the extra innings.

Riley led off the bottom of the eighth with a game-tying home run. With his game-winning single, he joined Dansby Swanson with three hits for the Braves. Six Atlanta pitchers combined on a five-hitter.

Lane Thomas smashed a pinch-hit, three-run home run in the sixth inning to account for Washington's runs, but his ninth blast of the season couldn't prevent the Nationals from losing for the 10th time in their last 11 games.

Trevor Story's three-run double highlighted Boston's four-run seventh inning in a win over visiting New York.

Story went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and three runs as one of four Boston players with multiple hits, as the Red Sox rallied for back-to-back victories to halve the four-game series. Eight of Boston's 11 runs came in the fifth through seventh innings.

Christian Vazquez, Alex Verdugo and Xander Bogaerts also had two hits for Boston, and Franchy Cordero, Vazquez and J.D. Martinez all homered for the Red Sox.

Carlos Santana homered twice, the latter a two-run shot in the eighth inning to take the lead, as host Seattle completed a four-game sweep of Toronto.

The Mariners won their eighth consecutive game to pull even with Toronto for the American League's third and final wild-card playoff berth.

George Springer, Raimel Tapia and Bo Bichette homered for the Blue Jays, who lost for the ninth time in their past 10 games. Bichette's solo shot to left-center field in the seventh broke a 4-4 tie.

Billy Hamilton scored the game's first run in the 10th inning Sunday afternoon as visiting Miami salvaged a split of a four-game series against New York. The Marlins have won eight of 11. The Mets fell to 6-4 in July.

Hamilton, who pinch-ran for Garrett Cooper as the automatic runner at second base to start the 10th, stole third on a 2-1 pitch to Jesus Aguilar and trotted home when the throw from catcher Tomas Nido sailed into left field.

Tanner Scott earned his 12th save with a hitless 10th in which he whiffed Francisco Lindor, the potential winning run, for the final out. 

Jon Berti had three hits for Miami, while Luis Guillorme singled three times for the Mets.

Trea Turner's two-run single capped a six-run third inning and Los Angeles rallied to beat visiting Chicago to complete a four-game series sweep.

Freddie Freeman hit a home run among his four hits as the Dodgers won their seventh consecutive game and the 11th of their last 12. Los Angeles also went 10-1 on a season-long 11-game homestand.

P.J. Higgins hit his first-career grand slam and David Bote added a three-run shot for the Cubs, who went 2-5 on their final road trip before the All-Star break.

AJ Pollock grounded a go-ahead, pinch-hit single up the middle with two outs in the eighth inning, and Eloy Jimenez singled home an insurance run one batter later as host Chicago rallied to beat Detroit.

Fighting the sun and wind on a Luis Robert fly ball in the eighth, Tigers left fielder Robbie Grossman committed his first error since June 13, 2018, a span of 440 games that marked the longest errorless streak by a position player in major league history. Robert advanced to second base, setting the stage for Pollock's RBI after an intentional walk to Jose Abreu.

Javier Baez hit a two-run home run in the first inning for Detroit.

Mike Moustakas drilled his 200th career home run as part of a seven-run outburst in the third inning as Cincinnati routed visiting Tampa Bay to complete a three-game sweep.

Reds pitcher Nick Lodolo (2-2) earned the win with three runs on nine hits with one walk and six strikeouts. The loss went to Tampa Bay's Shane Baz, who allowed seven runs on eight hits with two strikeouts.

The Rays played the game without two of their regulars as both infielder Wander Franco (right wrist) and center fielder Kevin Kiermaier (left hip) were injured Saturday and placed on the injured list before the game.

MJ Melendez drove in two runs and Zack Greinke tossed five shutout innings as Kansas City beat visiting Cleveland in the rubber match of a three-game series.

Greinke (3-5) allowed three hits with one walk and five strikeouts for the Royals. Jose Cuas, Dylan Coleman, Taylor Clarke and Joel Payamps each pitched an inning of relief to seal the victory. Hunter Dozier and Kyle Isbel added two hits apiece for Kansas City.

After recording a season-high 23 hits in Saturday's 13-1 victory, Cleveland was limited to five hits in the series finale. The Guardians tallied their lone run in the ninth when Owen Miller scored from third on a wild pitch.

Albert Pujols went 3-for-4 and hit his 684th career home run as host St. Louis defeated Philadelphia. Pujols' homer was also his 1,377th extra-base hit - tying him with Cardinals legend Stan Musial for third on baseball's all-time list.

Cardinals' reliever Jordan Hicks (2-4) threw a scoreless eighth inning to earn the victory, and Ryan Helsley closed out the ninth for his seventh save.

The Phillies opened with Nick Nelson as the first of five pitchers. 

He allowed one run on three hits and a walk in two innings. Jeurys Familia threw a scoreless inning, Cristopher Sanchez allowed two runs on two hits and a walk in three innings, Andrew Bellatti got three outs, and Seranthony Dominguez (4-3) allowed the eighth-inning run to take the loss.

Reuters