ANAHEIM — The best way to describe the Orioles’ offense in the series against the Angels is timely. Though Baltimore wasn’t hitting with overwhelming exit velocity, the hits were sneaking past defenders to cash in runs at the right moments.
However, in the series finale on Sunday at Angel Stadium, the Orioles swung the bats for the fences to match the power the Angels displayed earlier in the afternoon. But the home runs from Trey Mancini and Austin Hays weren’t enough, as Baltimore fell to the Angels, 7-6.
“I’m really happy with the fight in our team today,” manager Brandon Hyde said. “I’m really happy with what we did, being down 6-0 and no outs in the first inning, to be able to eventually tie the game in the seventh to give us a chance to win. Our guys were in the dugout the entire way.”
When Mancini stepped up to the plate in the third, with runners on first and second, the fly ball over the left-field wall was a welcome sight after the team’s eight-day homer drought. Mancini’s three-run homer traveled a Statcast-projected 404 feet with an exit velocity of 107.3 mph.
It has been a slow start for the designated hitter, but the pop in his bat is seemingly making its return. During Sunday’s finale, Mancini recorded two hard-hit balls in the game, including a 102.7 mph lineout to left in his first at-bat.
“It took a little bit of time, but I’ve been hitting some balls really, really well,” Mancini said. “Somehow I wasn’t able to get one out [of…
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