Gary Sánchez hit a grand slam — his second homer in as many days — and the Orioles pulled away late to beat the Angels, 11-2, and sweep the series.

When Tony Mansolino became the Orioles’ interim manager on May 17, his first goal became to lead the club back to .500. It needed to happen within a couple of months to make an improbable push to the postseason at all a possibility.

Additionally, Los Angeles outfielder Taylor Ward got into a spat with outfield coach Bo Porter after a defensive play in the fourth inning, via The Orange County Register's Jeff Fletcher. Ward fielded a single by Ramon Laureano and threw the ball to second base instead of attempting to throw Gunnar Henderson out at home.

There's less gloom and doom around the Baltimore Orioles these days. They'll look to make their situation even brighter when they host the Los Angeles Angels in Sunday afternoon's series finale.

The Orioles are at the bottom of the AL East at 27-40, 15 games back of the division-leading New York Yankees. After sweeps of the Chicago White Sox and the Mariners, Baltimore has lost four of six against the Athletics and Detroit Tigers.

The worst-hitting team against lefties in the major leagues gets to Anderson, whose defense isn’t at its best in the Angels’ 6-5 loss in Baltimore.

The Angels go 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position, including six strikeouts, and get blanked, 2-0, on a night that included two rain delays that were each longer than an hour.

The Orioles recorded a season-high six runs against a left-handed starter in a series-clinching comeback win over the Angels on Saturday.

Cedric Mullins and Gary Sánchez hit back-to-back home runs to give Baltimore the lead. Mike Trout homered in the first inning to get the Angels on the scoreboard.