Guerrero homers in first game back in right field, Angels beat Orioles 9-6

Guerrero homers in first game back, Angels beat Os

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Vladimir Guerrero hit tying two-run homer in his first game back in right field, and the Los Angeles Angels took advantage of a wild Baltimore Orioles bullpen to rally for a 9-6 win Sunday.

Guerrero, who played in the outfield for the first time this season after missing 35 games with a torn pectoral muscle, hit home runs in back-to-back games for the first time since July 19-20 last season when he faced the Boston Red Sox.

After Guerrero’s homer to left tied it at 5 in the fifth, Matt Wieters homered to give the Orioles the lead in the sixth. But Howie Kendrick scored on a double by Erick Aybar to make it 6-all in he bottom half.

The Angels took control in the seventh with three runs off Matt Albers (1-3).

Bobby Abreu walked, Torii Hunter doubled then Alber walked three straight batters — Guerrero, Juan Rivera and Mike Napoli — to give Los Angeles an 8-6 lead.

Kendry Morales added another run with a sacrifice fly one batter later.

Darren Oliver (3-0) worked 1 1-3 innings for the win

Brian Fuentes, a 2009 All-Star, struck out two in one inning of work for his league-leading 24th save.

Joe Saunders labored through 5 1-3 innings for the Angels, giving up six runs — five earned — on seven hits. Two of those hits were home runs, a stat that has inflated lately for the lefty — he has given up 10 in his last five starts.

The Orioles scored runs in the first, third, fourth and sixth, with Roberts driving in three runs — including a leadoff homer in the first.

For the second straight game, Baltimore held the lead, but squandered it. This time the Angels got to starter Rich Hill.

Hill gave up six runs in 5 1-3 innings.

On Saturday, Baltimore led 4-0 but gave up 11 runs in an 11-4 loss. On Sunday, they were up 4-0 after three innings.

The Angels have used a power surge to help them to a 16-6 record in their last 22 games. With Sunday’s win, they had posted 35 home runs and 45 doubles in that time span.

The Orioles are a dismal 12-26 on the road.

NOTES: Hunter and Fuentes were picked as All-Star reserves, with Figgins among five players in contention for the last remaining American League roster spot. “I am going get like six e-mails and vote for him because I think he deserves it and I hope he gets elected,” Hunter said. … CF Adam Jones was named to the All-Star team, becoming the first Orioles’ outfielder since Mora to make the AL squad in 2003.

(This version CORRECTS Angels 9, Orioles 6. corrects spelling of Wieters)