Rich Dubroff

Rodriguez’s strong start, Santander’s 4 RBIs give Orioles 6-2 win over Phillies

BALTIMORE—After Friday night’s disappointing 11-inning loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, the Orioles spotted them two runs on Saturday. But thanks to four RBIs from Anthony Santander and a strong start from Grayson Rodriguez, Baltimore came away with a 6-2 win before their third sellout crowd of the season, and the second in two games — 44,555 at Camden Yards.

Rodriguez (8-2) won his third straight, allowing two runs on seven hits, walking one and striking out six in a season-high seven innings.

Santander hit a game-tying home run in the fourth, and with the Orioles (46-24) holding a one-run lead, hit a two-run homer in the eighth. The first went 424 feet, the second 425 feet.

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It was Santander’s 14th multi-home run game and first this season. He’s hit eight homers in June and 17 for the season.

Alec Bohm’s first-inning double scored Bryce Harper, and the damage would have been worse had centterfielder Cedric Mullins not made a diving catch on Bryson Stott’s sinking liner to end the inning.

Mullins made a nearly identical play on Brandon Marsh to begin the fifth.

Edmundo Sosa hit his fifth home run leading off the second for the Phillies (47-23).

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Ramón Urias doubled against Phillies starter Taijuan Walker (3-2) to lead off the third, moved to third on Gunnar Henderson’s single and scored on Adley Rutschman’s sacrifice fly to right field.

After Santander’s home run tied it at 2 in the fourth, the Orioles took a 3-2 lead in the sixth when Ryan Mountcastle led off with a single and moved to third on a hit-and-run single by Ryan O’Hearn. Santander’s sacrifice fly to center scored Mountcastle.

Henderson’s RBI single scored Austin Hays in the eighth for a 6-2 lead.

Bryan Baker retired his three batters in the eighth, and Craig Kimbrel worked the ninth in a non-save situation, striking out the side.

Note: The Orioles placed right-hander Kyle Bradish on the 15-day injured list with a right ulnar collateral ligament sprain and recalled left-hander Nick Vespi from Triple-A Norfolk.

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Rich Dubroff

Rich Dubroff grew up in Brooklyn as a fan of New York teams, but after he moved to Baltimore, quickly adopted the Orioles and Colts. After nearly two decades as a freelancer assisting on Orioles coverage for several outlets, principally The Capital in Annapolis and The Carroll County Times, Dubroff began covering the team fulltime in 2011. He spent five years at Comcast SportsNet’s website and for the last two seasons, wrote for PressBoxonline.com, Dubroff lives in Baltimore with his wife of more than 30 years, Susan.

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