LOS ANGELES — — Ramón Urías hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the fifth inning, Ryan O’Hearn also homered and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on Tuesday night in their interleague series opener.

The Dodgers gave up potential tying and winning runs in the ninth inning when Chris Taylor retired. They lead the NL West by three games over Arizona and San Diego.

In the eighth inning, Mookie Betts singled and stole second, but Teoscar Hernández was retired by Yennier Cano and Will Smith picked up a third strike to end the inning.

Los Angeles managed only three hits in the final six innings and failed to advance any runners beyond second base after the third inning.

Baltimore is one game behind the leader New York Yankees in the AL East.

“We’re in prime position to get hot,” Orioles starter Cole Irvin said. “Good team win. We’ve got to keep it going.”

Urías’ second home run in two games landed in the Dodgers’ bullpen in left field, scoring Jackson Holliday, who singled, and restoring the Orioles’ lead. Urías has five home runs this month, tying his career-high, set in July 2022. He has 15 RBI in his last 15 games since Aug. 10.

“He’s been our offense the last couple of weeks,” manager Brandon Hyde said. “We’re not swinging the bats right now. We’re not scoring a lot of runs right now.”

It was Baltimore’s 201st home run of the season, putting them over 200 for the first time since 2019 and trailing only the Yankees. O’Hearn’s solo shot in the second inning gave the Orioles a 1-0 lead in their first visit to Dodger Stadium since 2016.

Matt Bowman (1-0) earned the win with 1 2/3 innings of relief, retiring Betts and Hernández to end the fifth inning. Seranthony Domínguez pitched the ninth to earn his seventh save.

“Bowman got the biggest outs of the game in that spot,” Hyde said.

The Dodgers tied the score at 1-1 on Miguel Rojas’ sacrifice fly in the second. They took a 2-1 lead on Hernández’s RBI single that scored Shohei Ohtani, who singled with two outs in the third.

Jack Flaherty (10-6) was overwhelmed by three batted balls in the fifth inning against his former team. The inning started with a nice catch from a pitcher by Cedric Mullins.

Flaherty took a line drive from Colton Cowser off his right wrist. An athletic trainer came to check on Flaherty, who threw some warm-up pitches before continuing. He wore tape in the dugout between innings.

“It obviously wasn’t hit hard, so that was a good thing,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “He should be fine.”

Flaherty allowed three runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked two.

Irvin allowed two runs and five hits in 4 1/3 innings. The left-handed pitcher struck out three and walked two.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Orioles: 1B Ryan Mountcastle (wrist) is showing no improvement and will undergo treatment throughout the week. … The team hopes to have RHP Zach Eflin (shoulder) return from the injured list on Sept. 1, when he is first eligible, without requiring a rehab assignment. … RHP Jacob Webb (elbow) is expected back early next month.

Dodgers: 1B Freddie Freeman was given the night off to rest his broken right middle finger. He could sit the entire series while being available as a backup. … RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (triceps) is scheduled to pitch two innings Wednesday for Triple-A Oklahoma City. … RHP Tyler Glasnow (elbow) will require a rehab assignment. … C Austin Barnes (broken toe) is scheduled to be activated Thursday.

NEXT

Orioles: RHP Corbin Burnes (12-6, 3.28 ERA) has allowed 22 runs in his last four starts, the most in a four-game span of his career, as he hopes to avoid his first three-game losing streak.

Dodgers: RHP Walker Buehler (1-4, 6.09) hasn’t won since May 18 at Cincinnati.

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