Outfielder Torii Hunter rejoined the Angels in Baltimore Friday after spending the past three days with his family in Arkansas.

Hunter's grandmother, Edna Cobbs, had been ill for the past five years and died on Friday morning. But Hunter said he got peace of mind from being able to visit her one more time and say his goodbyes.

"I'm sad. But she's been suffering for a while and I'm kind of happy she's not suffering anymore," Hunter said. "It's been rough, man. But I'll be okay. This is my safe haven. For those three or four hours you're playing, there's not much else you think about."

Hunter was activated from the bereavement list and went 1-for-4 with at two-run double in Friday's victory over the Orioles. Right-hander Jason Bulger was returned to Class AAA Salt Lake.

Hunter will leave the team again in order to attend Cobbs' funeral next Saturday. He might only miss two games, however (the final two games of the Angels' series in New York). A second trip to the bereavement list would require at least a three-game stay.

"She helped raise me. She always took care of us," Hunter said of his grandmother. "I remember I ran away from home one time, mad at my mom. She (his grandmother) took me in. She told my mom to pretend like she was mad at me so I couldn't come home.

"I was nine or 10 years old. After a week, I started missing my mom so I went home."

ANGELS 6, ORIOLES 5: The Angels scored five times in the first two innings Friday, chasing Orioles LHP Brian Burres. But they had to hold on for their 20th one-run victory of the season. LHP Joe Saunders took a 5-1 lead into the seventh inning but gave up three runs before Scot Shields bailed him out. An eighth-inning RBI single by Garret Anderson made it a two-run game but RHP Francisco Rodriguez gave up a solo home run to Kevin Millar in the bottom of the ninth before closing it out for his 43rd save of the season.

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