Rengifo has hits in five straight games, lifting his OPS from .498 to .548. Over the previous three years, his OPS was .754. He homered from both sides of the plate on Saturday in Baltimore.

The Los Angeles Angels went into the weekend with real momentum. They had won seven of their previous nine games, were facing a Baltimore Orioles team that has been struggling all season long and were welcoming in top prospect Christian Moore into the lineup to join the young core of Nolan Schanuel,

The Orioles swept the Angels with Gary Sánchez hitting a grand slam, while Cade Povich earned his first win since April.

Nolan Schanuel went deep for the first time in four weeks, but defensive mistakes showed up again for the Angels, who now find themselves in need of a response in New York after being swept by the Orioles.

Its Monday, June 16 and the Angels (33-37) are in the Bronx to open a series against the Yankees (42-28). José Soriano is slated to take the mound for Los Angeles against Clarke Schmidt for New York.

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Bachman, 25, pitches a perfect inning in his first big league game since July 2023, before he underwent shoulder surgery. Bachman was the first-round pick from the Angels’ all-pitcher draft