masn-baseballs-orioles.jpgANAHEIM, Calif. – The Orioles have lost seven consecutive road games and will try to break that streak tonight in the second game of a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels.
The Orioles were held to one hit and no runs last night through eight innings. Then they tied the game 2-2, scoring twice in the top of the ninth. But they lost 3-2 in walk-off fashion in the last of the ninth on Justin Upton’s bases-loaded single off right-hander Brad Brach.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Orioles have lost seven consecutive road games and will try to break that streak tonight in the second game of a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels.

The Orioles were held to one hit and no runs last night through eight innings. Then they tied the game 2-2, scoring twice in the top of the ninth. But they lost 3-2 in walk-off fashion in the last of the ninth on Justin Upton’s bases-loaded single off right-hander Brad Brach.

The Orioles have won two in a row just one time all year and missed a chance to make that two last night. At 8-21, they have lost seven of nine, 13 of 16 and 15 of their past 19 games. They are 3-11 on the road and 2-5 in one-run games.

Shortstop Manny Machado had two of their four hits on Tuesday, with doubles in the first and ninth innings. He leads the majors batting at .366. He is 9-for-19 (.474) during a five-game hitting streak. Since he failed to homer or drive in a run over the season’s first seven games, Machado has been on a 22-game tear. During that span, he is batting .412 (33-for-85) with nine homers, 23 RBIs and 11 multi-hit games.

sidebar-Bundy-grey.jpgRight-hander Dylan Bundy (1-3, 2.97 ERA) will make the start for the Orioles tonight. Bundy had an ERA of 1.42 heading into his last start. Then he allowed 11 hits and eight runs – both career highs – in 4 2/3 innings on Thursday at home versus Tampa Bay.

He had allowed just one homer in his first five starts covering 31 2/3 innings and Tampa Bay hit a pair of homers in the first two innings. C.J. Cron and Wilson Ramos hit two-run homers to put Bundy and the Orioles in a 4-0 hole on their way to a 9-5 loss.

“Down 4-0 by the second inning, that’s pretty tough to get out of. I just didn’t really have good command tonight. I just didn’t have it tonight. So I’ll come back into work tomorrow and try to get better,” Bundy said after that outing.

In two road starts, Bundy is 0-1 with a 1.54 ERA, with four walks and 14 strikeouts in a combined 11 2/3 innings at Houston and Boston.

Lefty batters are hitting .360 with an OPS of .908 against Bundy this year, but right-handers are batting .149/.492 and he allows a batting average of just .233 when pitching with runners in scoring position.

Left-hander Andrew Heaney (0-1, 6.91 ERA) will make his fourth start for Los Angeles. On Friday against the Yankees, he allowed two runs (one earned) on five hits in five innings, throwing 94 pitches.

The 26-year-old Heaney has allowed a .364 average versus lefty batters and .292 against right-handers. When pitching with runners in scoring position, he yields a .438 average.

In one start against the Orioles last season, he gave up five runs and four homers in five innings. In two career starts he is 0-0 with a 7.59 ERA, allowing six home runs over 9 2/3 innings.