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Baltimore Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy, right, tags out Los Angeles Angels' Torri Hunter on a steal-attempt in the fifth inning of a baseball game on Friday, July 22, 2011, in Baltimore. Gail Burton, Associated Press
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Baltimore Orioles pitcher Alfredo Simon delivers against the Los Angeles Angels in the first inning of a baseball game on Friday, July 22, 2011, in Baltimore. Gail Burton, Associated Press
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Los Angeles Angels pitcher Ervin Santana delivers against the Baltimore Orioles in the first inning of a baseball game on Friday, July 22, 2011, in Baltimore. Gail Burton, Associated Press
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Los Angeles Angels' Vernon Wells singles against the Baltimore Orioles in the fourth inning of a baseball game on Friday, July 22, 2011, in Baltimore. Gail Burton, Associated Press
By Associated Press

BALTIMORE — Ervin Santana took a one-hitter into the eighth inning, Vernon Wells hit a grand slam in the ninth, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-1 on Friday night.

It was the Angels' first win against Baltimore since Aug. 17, 2009, when Santana threw six innings in an 8-5 victory. Los Angeles went 0-6 against the Orioles last year.

Santana (5-8) allowed three hits and a walk in 7 1-3 innings to earn his first road win in seven starts since April 29. It was the seventh straight start overall in which he allowed three earned runs or fewer.

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The only hit against Santana over the first seven innings was an opposite-field double by No. 9 hitter Blake Davis with one out in the sixth.

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