Drury has three hits, including a home run, as Angels hold on for win over Rays
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Drury had three hits, together with his sixteenth house run within the fifth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels held on for a 7-6 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday within the first recreation of a cut up doubleheader.
The cut up doubleheader was scheduled Friday because of the menace of Hurricane Hilary making landfall in Southern California on Sunday.
Randal Grichuk drove in two runs for the Angels, who received for simply the fifth time in 17 August video games. Grichuk additionally made a leaping catch on the wall within the second inning to rob Yandy Diaz of a house run.
“I’ve been working on my first step and trying to get a good jump,” Grichuk stated. “Anytime you contribute that’s good. I’ve stranded some guys recently, so it was good to cash those guys in offensively.”
Josh Lowe had three hits and a homer, and René Pinto and Jonathan Aranda each went deep for the primary time this season for the Rays.
This was the kind of recreation the Angels normally discover themselves on the brief finish — loads of homers however too many errors defensively. This time, the roles have been reversed.
The recreation was tied at 2 earlier than the Angels scored 4 instances within the third because the Rays dedicated an error together with a handed ball and wild pitch.
“We’ve certainly had it happen to us quite a bit, but that’s what good teams do,” Angels supervisor Phil Nevin stated. “When there’s mistakes made behind you, you capitalize whether it’s a wild pitch or a bobbled ball here and there. We certainly did a couple of times today. But we also swung the bats very well.”
Drury, who snapped out of an 0-for-20 droop Friday night time, led off the fifth with a homer to right-center on a full depend. It was solely his second homer since July 1.
Griffin Canning (7-5) bought the win and Reynaldo Lopez pitched a scoreless ninth for his sixth save.
Lowe drove in two runs within the first when he lined a bases-loaded single to proper after which led off the fourth with a homer to right-center.
In the Angels’ third, Mike Moustakas reached to load the bases after Tampa Bay first baseman Aranda booted a ball. Nolan Schanuel then scored on a handed ball by Pinto.
Matt Thaiss adopted with an RBI base hit and Moustakas scored on a wild pitch by Rays starter Tyler Glasnow (6-4). Two batters later, Grichuk’s RBI double to left-center put Los Angeles up 6-2.
“We didn’t help him out defensively and with our positioning. It kind of snowballed on everything,” Rays supervisor Kevin Cash stated of Glasnow. “They continued to put pressure on us. When they got guys on base, they got some hard-hit balls.”
Tampa Bay answered with three within the third on Lowe’s solo shot and a two-run drive to heart by Pinto.
After Drury’s homer, Aranda introduced Tampa Bay again inside a run when he drove Canning’s curveball 430 ft over the right-field wall to guide off the sixth.
Tampa Bay’s Zach Eflin (12-7,) faces Los Angeles’ Patrick Sandoval (6-9) within the nightcap.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Angels: OF Mike Trout (left hamate fracture) took some swings within the indoor batting cages earlier than the sport. Manager Phil Nevin stated the three-time AL MVP could be very near returning however didn’t need to say if he may very well be activated on Monday.
UP NEXT
Rays; Return house and have two days off earlier than opening a three-game sequence in opposition to the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday.
Angels: Scheduled to start a three-game sequence in opposition to Cincinnati on Monday.
