Manny Machado hits three home runs, including a walk-off grand slam, in Angels’ 9-7 loss to Orioles

Manny Machado capped a three-homer night with a grand slam in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles rallied past the Los Angeles Angels 9-7 on Friday night in a game that featured 10 home runs.

Machado hit his seventh career slam off Keynan Middleton (4-1), who entered with two on and one out in the ninth. After Tim Beckham singled to load the bases, Machado hit a drive far over the center-field wall to give the Orioles their first lead.

Machado also hit a two-run homer in the third and a solo shot in the fifth to finish with seven RBIs.

Albert Pujols set the tone for the game in the first inning with a milestone homer off Jeremy Hellickson. There would be plenty more long balls on a steamy night at Camden Yards, five by each team.

“Obviously a good hitters’ park,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. “We hit the ball good tonight; they did too. They got the last big hit.”

Machado’s third slam of the year came on a fastball that caught way too much of the plate.

“I was looking for a pitch and I got it,” he said. “I made a good swing on it. Off the bat, I knew it was going to go far.”

Said Middleton: “I was trying to go fastball away, and I left the fastball over the middle.”

Pujols’ two-run drive was the 609th of his career, tied with Sammy Sosa for eighth on the all-time list. Pujols and Sosa now share the distinction of hitting more home runs that any other foreign-born player.

After Pujols and Kole Calhoun connected in succession in the first inning, C.J. Cron and Kaleb Cowart homered in the second for a 5-0 lead. The Orioles used homers by Mark Trumbo, Machado and Caleb Joseph to cut the gap to a run before a two-run drive by Mike Trout made it 7-4 in the fifth.

All five L.A. home runs came off Hellickson, the first time the right-hander yielded more than three in a game.

But his hard-hitting teammates made up the deficit.

“It’s going to make my night a little better,” Hellickson said. “It would still have been nice to do my part in that win.”

Darren O’Day (4-1) got the win with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief.

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UPDATES:

9:55 p.m.: This article has been updated with more game details and quotes.

This article was originally published at 8:20 p.m.