Tomoyuki Sugano pitched seven strong innings and three Orioles went deep to lead Baltimore to its first series victory of the season.

Ryan O'Hearn hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the third inning and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-2 on Thursday night for their first series win in six tries this season. Gunnar Henderson added his first homer of the season and Heston Kjerstad also connected off Guardians ace Tanner Bibee (1-2) as the Orioles (8-10) won consecutive games for the first time this year.

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The Orioles needed an effective start out of their rotation. They needed a big swing that might deaden their slump. Perhaps they could regain some authority and quiet a few critics.Dean Kremer spun 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball tonight and Jackson Holliday marked his return to the lineup with a grand slam.

Holliday blasted his second career grand slam in the second inning of Baltimore's 9-1 win over Cleveland on Wednesday, and joined Fritzie Connally (1983) and Brian Roberts (2001-03) as the only Orioles to have two of his first seven big league home runs to be grand slams.

Jackson Holliday hit a second-inning grand slam and the Baltimore Orioles won for the third time in their last eight games, defeating the visiting Cleveland Guardians 9-1 on Wednesday night. Ramon Laureano,