For the seventh straight time, the Orioles lost after reaching the .500 mark, as they fell to Los Angeles, 3-2, before 35,723 at Angel Stadium Aug. 8.
The Orioles haven't been a game over .500 since June 11. Now, they are 56-57 and have split the first two games of a 10-game West Coast trip.
In his second start since joining the Orioles after a trade from Philadelphia July 28, right-hander Jeremy Hellickson had allowed a run on two hits in six innings while striking out nine -- one short of his career-high -- but things unraveled in the seventh inning, when he allowed four straight hits and two runs.
