Yennier Cano Comes Up Clutch For Baltimore Orioles

The key strikeout helped Baltimore secure a 4-1 victory over the Angels, ending the Orioles' five-game losing streak.

Yennier Cano rallied during key at-bat against Angels

“He’s a tough at-bat,” Cano said of that key at-bat, according to MLB.com. “He was protecting the plate, but he was also trying to get a good hit, maybe even a home run. He has a good swing, he’s probably one of the best I’ve faced so far this season. But it was a good thing I was able to come back from three balls to strike him out.”

As for breaking the losing streak, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde probably let out a big sigh of relief. The season has been filled with injuries to the Baltimore pitching staff. Key players counted on to deliver for the Orioles just have not come through as expected.

Maybe the West Coast visit to Los Angeles is a tonic that the club needed right now.

“Things have not gone our way this year,” Hyde said. “Any way right now -- we played really good baseball tonight. … I thought we took good at-bats. We didn’t score a ton of runs, but I thought our at-bats were really competitive. I thought our guys were really into it, and you could hear that. It’s been a grind for all of us, players included, staff and everybody. We want to play better baseball, so to kind of hold on the way we did … that was huge.”

The Orioles wrapped up their weekend series against the Angels on Sunday afternoon.