Donovan's 2-run HR and Winn's 4 hits carry Cardinals past Orioles 6-4

BALTIMORE (AP) — Brendan Donovan hit a two-run homer, Masyn Winn had four hits and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 on Wednesday night at soggy Camden Yards.

St. Louis trailed 3-0 in the second inning and 4-2 in the fourth before coming back to win the deciding matchup of the three-game series.

Jordan Walker's two-run single provided the Cardinals with their first two runs and Donovan's drive off Cade Povich in the fifth put St. Louis ahead 5-4.

Winn scored for the third time on a double by Iván Herrera in the seventh.

On a wet, chilly day in Baltimore, the start of the game was delayed by rain for 31 minutes. The rain continued long after the first pitch, but by completing the game the teams avoided a potential makeup on Thursday, a scheduled day off.

It all worked out for the Cardinals, who have won seven of their last eight series. St. Louis is 18-5 since May 4.

Povich (1-4) struck out nine in 4 2/3 innings, but he allowed five runs, eight hits and three walks.

Mikes Mikolas gave up four runs and nine hits in four innings for St. Louis. His three-start winning streak ended, but the right-hander is unbeaten in eight starts since April 12.

John King (2-0) worked the sixth inning and Ryan Helsley, the sixth St. Louis pitcher, finished for his 12th save.

Jackson Holliday had three hits for the Orioles, who are 1-10 at home since May 2.

Donovan, who missed Tuesday's game with hip soreness, fell into an 0-2 hole in the fifth before working the count full. On the seventh pitch of the at-bat, he ripped a sweeper over the right-field wall.

Baltimore is 5-13 against the National League this year and has lost all six series.

Cardinals: LHP Matthew Liberatore (3-3, 2.73 ERA) faces Texas on the road Friday night.

Orioles: RHP Zach Eflin (3-2, 5.40) takes on the visiting White Sox on Friday night in the opener of a three-game series.

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Baltimore Orioles' Cedric Mullins, below, steals second base in front of St. Louis Cardinals second baseman Brendan Donovan during the second inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Baltimore Orioles starting pitcher Cade Povich (37) delivers during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

St. Louis Cardinals' Brendan Donovan returns to the dugout after scoring on a two-run single hit in by Jordan Walker during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers fired offensive coordinator Greg Roman and offensive line coach Mike Devlin on Tuesday, two days after the team lost 16-3 to the New England Patriots in the wild-card round of the playoffs.

Roman spent two seasons as the Chargers' OC after previously holding the position with the Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers. Los Angeles posted back-to-back 11-6 seasons but lost its playoff opener each time, scoring a total of 15 points in the two games.

After Sunday night's game, coach Jim Harbaugh was asked if Roman was the right person to be calling plays and declined to give Roman a vote of confidence.

“Right now I don’t have the answers,” he said. “We’re going to look at that, at everything. It really falls on me that we weren't at our best tonight. I don’t have the answers. I wish I did.”

Devlin followed a seven-year career as an offensive lineman for Buffalo and Arizona as an offensive line coach for the Cardinals, Jets, Texans and Ravens before spending the last two seasons with the Cardinals.

Los Angeles lost both of its starting offensive tackles to season-ending injuries, and Chargers quarterbacks were sacked 60 times — second-worst in the NFL — in 2025. Justin Herbert was brought down six times on Sunday night.

The Chargers haven't won a postseason game since 2018. Herbert is 0-3 in the playoffs for his career.

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Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh is pictured before an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the New England Patriots, in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh leaves a news conference after an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the New England Patriots, in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh on the sidelines in the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game against the New England Patriots, in Foxborough, Mass., Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)