CINCINNATI — Dean Kremer took a perfect game into the fifth and allowed only one hit across six scoreless innings Sunday.

It might not have even been the best start the Orioles received this weekend at Great American Ball Park.

Like John Means and Cole Irvin before him, Kremer was superb Sunday to lead the Orioles to an 11-1 win and a sweep of the Reds. Kremer retired the first 13 batters he faced, and the only time he got in trouble, he stranded two runners in scoring position in the fifth.

The Orioles have allowed eight runs in their past seven games and only two this weekend.

The sweep is Baltimore’s third this season, while the club hasn’t been swept in an AL-best 102 straight regular-season series since May 2022.

Kremer carried the torch from Means, who delivered a signature start Saturday with seven shutout innings and eight strikeouts in his first start back from injury. Irvin started the series with 6 1/3 scoreless innings on just 72 pitches and 11 ground ball outs in Friday’s shutout.

The trio combined to throw 19 1/3 innings without allowing a run this weekend against an up-and-coming Reds team. Irvin, Means and Kremer surrendered just five hits and one walk while striking out 18.

Baltimore’s bats broke out in the first with three runs, including a two-run blast from Jordan Westburg. Adley Rutschman delivered two RBI hits — a double in the fifth and a single in the seventh. And Anthony Santander put a bow on the sweep with a grand slam in the ninth — the switch-hitter’s fifth long ball of the season and third grand slam of his career.

Converted starter Albert Suárez relieved Kremer and pitched 2 1/3 scoreless before Mike Baumann allowed a run while recording the final two outs.

Baltimore is 23-11 and still atop the American League standings. The Orioles have won four in a row and six of their past seven games.

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