Jorge Soler homered and walked twice Wednesday as the Angels edged the Orioles 7-6 in 10 innings.
The Orioles scored once in the top of the 10th, which would have been enough if their defense hadn’t faltered. After two quick outs in the bottom of the inning, with the automatic runner having advanced to third, Nolan Schanuel hit a routine grounder to the right side. It was clearly the second baseman’s ball, but Pete Alonso started to go after it and couldn’t recover and Keegan Akin couldn’t handle a bad throw on the run while trying to cover first. With the throw getting away, Schanuel advanced all of the way to third. Logan O’Hoppe then hit a tapper down the third base line. Samuel Basallo got to it too late to attempt to go to first, and Schanuel was able to run around his tag attempt without being called for being out of the baseline. Akin also made no attempt to get to home plate for a tag play, though that might not have worked out anyway. So, that’s how the Angels won. Soler had nothing to do with the rally, but his two-run homer was the team’s biggest real hit of the game. He has two homers, four RBI and three walks in three games since coming off the IL.
