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Orioles Crush Dodgers 12-1, Cowser, Alonso Power Win

6/22/2026

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Summary

Orioles Rout Dodgers

The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 12–1 on June 21, 2026.
Starter Brandon Young (6-2) allowed one run on five hits and struck out five in five innings.
Colton Cowser drove in four runs with a homer and a two-run single, while Pete Alonso added a three-run homer.
The loss marked the Dodgers' first back-to-back defeats since May 9-12 and left the Orioles at 37-42.

Summary

Rogers Shuts Down

Trevor Rogers threw seven scoreless innings, allowing one single and striking out six.
He used his four-seam fastball for about 60 % of pitches, generating 13 whiffs.
Rookie catcher Samuel Basallo called a critical strike and threw out a base-stealer early.
Reliever Yennier Cano earned his first save by striking out Kyle Tucker in the ninth.
Shohei Ohtani, back from paternity leave, hit a ninth-inning home run to avoid a shutout.

History

Historical Context

After the 1994 strike left fans disenchanted, MLB’s 1998 season sparked a power boom when Mark McGwire (70 HR) and Sammy Sosa (66 HR) shattered Roger Maris’s 61-home-run mark, a chase that peaked on September 8, 1998. That surge normalized multi-run outbursts, paving the way for today’s 12–1 Orioles demolition of the Dodgers and Shohei Ohtani’s ninth-inning homer.

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Orioles Rout Dodgers

The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 12–1 on June 21, 2026.
Starter Brandon Young (6-2) allowed one run on five hits and struck out five in five innings.
Colton Cowser drove in four runs with a homer and a two-run single, while Pete Alonso added a three-run homer.
The loss marked the Dodgers' first back-to-back defeats since May 9-12 and left the Orioles at 37-42.

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