Baltimore Orioles Fall to 11-24 on the Road With 5-2 Loss to Los Angeles Angels

ANAHEIM, Calif., July 2 -- Bobby Abreu hit two home runs and John Lackey pitched eight solid innings to lead the Los Angeles Angels past the Baltimore Orioles, 5-2, on Thursday night.

Luke Scott homered in the seventh to shave the deficit to three for the Orioles. That's all the offense Baltimore would muster, though, a night after Boston retired 24 straight batters to rally from a 5-1 deficit to win in 11 innings.

Baltimore's record in road games dropped to a dismal 11-24.

Guthrie, who ranks in the top seven in the American League for home runs allowed, made it through three easy innings before giving up Abreu's first homer, in the fourth.

The Orioles tied the game at 1 in the top of the fifth when Matt Wieters singled home Nolan Reimold, but the Angels broke things open in the bottom of the inning.

Maicer Izturis tripled and Mike Napoli walked to put runners at the corners. Figgins drove them in two batters later to make it 2-1 and Abreu cleared the bases with his sixth homer of the season.

Guthrie was pulled after seven innings. He allowed nine hits and five earned runs.

The multihomer game was the 14th of Abreu's career, his first as an Angel.

Lackey, who had a loss and a no-decision in his last two starts, received the run support he needed this time. He struck out seven and gave up two hits while only walking one.

Orioles Note: Third baseman Ty Wigginton replaced Melvin Mora in the Orioles' starting lineup. Mora asked for the night off after the trip to the West Coast.

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