BALTIMORE — The day started with a couple of Shohei Ohtani home runs. It continued with a strong 5 ⅔ inning start from Clayton Kershaw . And it ended with the Dodgers in a celebratory postgame line, trading victorious high-fives near the mound.

After five straight losses, several weeks of mounting frustration, and the most painful collapse imaginable the night before, the Dodgers took a crucial first step toward righting their sinking ship on Sunday.

They beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 , finally finding a way to hold a late-game lead.

They ended an otherwise disastrous road trip on a sorely needed high note.

It was the kind of day the Dodgers were desperately searching for amid their recent struggles, which reached a new low when their no-hitter turned walk-off nightmare on S

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