The Los Angeles Dodgers strengthened their bullpen Thursday by acquiring reliever George Sherrill from the Baltimore Orioles. In return, they sent the Orioles third baseman Josh Bell and right-hander Steve Johnson, both future prospects. Sherrill, 32, had been Baltimore's closer this season and had

Aubrey Huff helped stake Baltimore to an early lead with a three-run homer Friday and the Orioles held off the Los Angeles Angels 6-4. The Angels lost for the third time in four games and slipped back into a tie for first place with Texas in the American League West. Luke Scott delivered a two-run double in the first and Huff blasted his homer in the third to give the Orioles a 5-0 advantage. An RBI single by Nick Markakis in the fourth increased the lead to 6-0 and the Orioles spent the rest of the game holding on against the potent Los Angeles lineup. Kendry Morales hit a two-run homer for the Angels in the sixth to make it 6-3 and Los Angeles added a run in the eighth when Vladimir Guerrero's ground out brought in Torii Hunter from third. George Sherrill came on in the ninth to protect the two-run cushion and gave up a leadoff single to Maicer Izturis.

Gregg Zaun, Nolan Reimold and Aubrey Huff homered and the Baltimore Orioles turned four double plays Saturday in a 6-3 inter-league victory over Washington. Zaun hit a solo homer in the second inning, Reimold hit a three-run shot in the fifth and Huff hit a solo homer in the seventh.

Nolan Reimold had a home run and two RBI and Brad Bergesen pitched eight scoreless innings Tuesday to lead Baltimore to a 3-1 win over Seattle. Bergesen (3-2) allowed five hits and struck out six batters to earn the victory for the Orioles, who stopped a five-game losing streak.

Aubrey Huff drove in a run with a sixth-inning sacrifice fly and Orioles' pitchers held Seattle to two hits Monday in Baltimore's 1-0 win over the Mariners. Starter Rich Hill (2-0) pitched seven shutout innings, striking out seven and allowing just the two his.