ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Bradish pitched eight shutout innings, Taylor Ward hit a leadoff home run against his former team and the Baltimore Orioles extended their winning streak to three games Monday night with a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
Coby Mayo hit a three-run homer and Bradish (5-7) struck out nine as the Orioles improved to 4-3 on a nine-game trip.
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Los Angeles Angels pitcher Sam Aldegheri throws to the plate during the third inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Baltimore Orioles' Coby Mayo is congratulated by teammates in the dugout after hitting a three-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Baltimore Orioles' Taylor Ward, right, heads to second after hitting a solo home run as Los Angeles Angels first baseman Nolan Schanuel watches during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, June 22, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Baltimore Orioles' Taylor Ward, center, hits a solo home run as home plate umpire John Libka, left, and Los Angeles Angels catcher Logan O'Hoppe watch during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, June 22, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Baltimore Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Bradish allowed six hits and one walk. He has 21 strikeouts over his last two starts.
Baltimore was already without second baseman Jackson Holliday (groin) when third baseman Blaze Alexander (knee) exited in the third — leaving outfielder Leody Taveras to play third for the first time in seven seasons. Taveras finished with two hits.
Jorge Soler homered late for the Angels in his return from the injured list, but Sam Aldegheri (2-3) gave up five runs and five hits over 4 2/3 innings. Los Angeles had scored 27 runs over its previous three games.
Ward, playing his first game at Angel Stadium as a visitor following an offseason trade, hit the fourth pitch from Aldegheri 419 feet over the wall in center field. It was his 56th career home run at Angel Stadium.
The Angels then saluted Ward, a member of the major league team for eight seasons, with a tribute video in the middle of the first inning.
Baltimore made it 4-0 in the fourth on Mayo’s three-run homer and scored again in the fifth on Pete Alonso's sacrifice fly. Gunnar Henderson added an RBI triple in the seventh that made it 6-0.
Rico Garcia gave up Soler’s homer in the ninth.
Baltimore is 21-6 against the Angels since 2022.
Orioles RHP Shane Baz (4-7, 4.04 ERA) faces RHP Ryan Johnson (0-2, 12.83) in the middle game of the series Tuesday.
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Los Angeles Angels pitcher Sam Aldegheri throws to the plate during the third inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Baltimore Orioles' Coby Mayo is congratulated by teammates in the dugout after hitting a three-run home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Baltimore Orioles' Taylor Ward, right, heads to second after hitting a solo home run as Los Angeles Angels first baseman Nolan Schanuel watches during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, June 22, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Baltimore Orioles' Taylor Ward, center, hits a solo home run as home plate umpire John Libka, left, and Los Angeles Angels catcher Logan O'Hoppe watch during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, June 22, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Baltimore Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
MIAMI (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo wants more championships. So do the Miami Heat.
And the Heat finally have another superstar.
Ending a marathon watch for the next great Miami get, the Heat landed Antetokounmpo — a two-time NBA MVP and 10-time All-Star — from the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night in exchange for a massive haul of players and draft picks.
The terms, according to a person who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the move has yet to receive the required league approval: Antetokounmpo and Bobby Portis are heading to Miami for Wisconsin native Tyler Herro, Jaime Jaquez Jr., Kel’el Ware and Kasparas Jakucionis. Milwaukee also gets at least four picks, including the No. 13 selection that will be made in Tuesday night’s NBA draft.
It ends a wild back-and-forth in the final days of the saga, with the Bucks considering offers from both Miami and Boston for Antetokounmpo — who led Milwaukee to the 2021 NBA title, was on the NBA’s 75th anniversary list of its greatest players ever, is a nine-time All-NBA selection and is coming off an injury-shortened season where he averaged 27.6 points per game.
There has been no secret that this is what Miami has sought, because this is what Miami usually seeks. The Heat pulled off similar moves by landing Shaquille O’Neal in 2004 (helping lead to the 2006 NBA title) and by getting LeBron James and Chris Bosh to play alongside Dwyane Wade in 2010 (leading to four NBA Finals runs in four seasons together, along with the 2012 and 2013 NBA titles).
Now, it’s Antetokounmpo’s turn. At 31, the Heat clearly believe he still has many good years left — and it’s generally presumed that by making this deal they’ll give the Greek superstar a massive extension later this year.
He was a perennial MVP candidate in Milwaukee, getting votes for that award in nine consecutive seasons before 2025-26 when too many missed games left him ineligible.
He has averaged 24.1 points and 9.9 rebounds per game in his career, with 10 consecutive seasons of averaging at least 22.9 points — with three years in there of averaging more than 30 points per game.
Only seven current players have more points in their careers than Antetokounmpo, who has totaled 21,531 to this point.
Antetokounmpo had been mentioned in trade talks countless times in recent years, with the Bucks always insisting — with words and actions — that they had no interest in trading their best player and one of the best players in the history of their franchise.
But this time, it seemed different.
The Bucks, who fired Doc Rivers as coach after the season, don’t have a roster that would be considered a championship contender. By trading Antetokounmpo, they can essentially start over with four players (and the Heat were high on all of them) along with draft capital.
“I just think before the draft is a natural time, right, because if Giannis does play somewhere else we’re going to get a lot of assets. ... You’ve got to get it right,” Bucks co-owner Jimmy Haslam said in May, when the team introduced new coach Taylor Jenkins — who was told that Antetokounmpo may or may not be with the franchise when next season starts.
Jenkins and the rest of the NBA now has the answer: Antetokounmpo won't be there.
Antetokounmpo had spoken highly of Miami many times over the years, even when the Heat and Bucks were going head-to-head in the playoffs. He also shares an agent with Heat star center Bam Adebayo, who was the only player that Miami clearly was not willing to part with in order to make this deal happen.
“They’re going to play tough and they’re not going to stop playing,” Antetokounmpo said after Milwaukee played Miami on March 12. “That’s the Miami Heat culture.”
Little did anyone know that night that those words were coming after what would be the next-to-last game for Antetokounmpo in a Bucks uniform. He played three nights later against Indiana, then was held out of Milwaukee’s final 15 games of the season.
The Bucks said that was for injury-related reasons. Antetokounmpo said he wanted to play.
He had some bouts with injury this past season: Antetokounmpo missed four games in late November with a left adductor strain and sat out eight games in December with a right calf strain, then he injured the right calf again in January.
He landed awkwardly on a dunk in that March 15 victory over Indiana and didn’t play again due to what team officials had labeled as a left knee hyperextension and bone bruise. Antetokounmpo said the last few weeks of the season that he was healthy and wanted to play, a dispute that resulted in an investigation by the league office.
AP Sports Writer Steve Megargee in Milwaukee contributed.
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FILE - Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo walks off the court after an NBA basketball game against the Brooklyn Nets, Friday, April 10, 2026, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps, File)
FILE - Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) dribbles the ball during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat, March 12, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)
