Major League Baseball
Baltimore 11, LA Angels 3
When: 3:05 PM ET, Thursday, March 28, 2024
Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Temperature: 54°
Umpires: Home - Adrian Johnson, 1B - Scott Barry, 2B - Ramon De Jesus, 3B - Junior Valentine
Attendance: 45029

Corbin Burnes pitched six innings of one-hit baseball in his Baltimore debut and the Orioles rolled past the visiting Los Angeles Angels 11-3 in their opener Thursday.

Cedric Mullins hit a three-run homer and Anthony Santander added a two-run shot while totaling four RBIs for the defending American League East champions.

Burnes (1-0), acquired in a February trade with the Brewers, struck out 11 batters without issuing a walk. Mike Trout's first-inning homer was the only hit allowed by the 29-year-old right-hander.

Starter Patrick Sandoval (0-1) allowed five runs -- three earned -- in 1 2/3 innings for the Angels, who endured a long afternoon as they began the post-Shohei Ohtani era. Sandoval gave up six hits, walked two and struck out two.

Burnes struck out the first two batters he faced, but Trout homered to center on a 1-1 slider to give the Angels a short-lived lead.

The Orioles opened the bottom of the first with a walk, a single and another walk to load the bases with no outs against Sandoval. After Santander grounded into a force at second to score a run, Austin Hays struck out, but Jordan Westburg lined a single to center, scoring Adley Rutschman to make it 2-1.

Ramon Urias reached on third baseman Anthony Rendon's error to open the second and went to third on Jorge Mateo's double. With one out, Rutschman's single made it 4-1, and Rutschman later scored on Santander's sacrifice fly.

With two outs and a runner on in the bottom of the fourth, Santander homered to left-center on the first pitch he saw from reliever Jose Suarez.

Mateo walked leading off the sixth, stole second, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on Ryan Mountcastle's sacrifice fly.

Hays walked to open the seventh, Ryan O'Hearn doubled and Mullins followed with a homer to center.

In the eighth inning, the Angels loaded the bases on a double -- their first hit since the first inning -- and two walks. Los Angeles scored two runs when the Orioles got a force at second on Zach Neto's grounder but Mateo threw wildly to first.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Angels   Baltimore
Patrick Sandoval Player Corbin Burnes
Loss W/L Win
1.2 IP 6.0
2 Strikeouts 11
6 Hits 1
16.20 ERA 1.50
Hitting
LA Angels   Baltimore
Luis Rengifo Player Adley Rutschman
1 Hits 2
0 RBI 2
0 HR 0
2 TB 2
1.000 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Angels 2 1 6 .071 6 14 2 3 0 1
Baltimore 10 2 18 .303 17 5 11 6 1 1