LA Angels 5, Detroit 2
When: 9:38 PM ET, Friday, June 28, 2024
Where: Angel Stadium, Anaheim, California
Temperature:
76°
Umpires:
Home -
Alfonso Marquez, 1B -
Lance Barrett, 2B -
Mark Ripperger, 3B -
Roberto Ortiz
Attendance:
34381
By Field Level Media
Logan O'Hoppe's tiebreaking three-run home run in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted the Los Angeles Angels to a 5-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night in Anaheim, Calif.
The win extended the Angels' season-high winning streak to five games, while the Tigers lost their third straight.
Luis Rengifo, who homered in the first inning, started the winning rally with a one-out single. He went to second on Taylor Ward's single before Kevin Pillar struck out for the second out.
O'Hoppe jumped on a first-pitch splitter from Tigers reliever Shelby Miller (4-6) for his 11th homer of the season, a 418-foot shot to left.
The Angels' bullpen stepped up in relief of starter Zach Plesac, who lasted just 2 2/3 innings. Five relievers combined to shut out the Tigers on one hit in 6 1/3 innings.
Luis Garcia (3-0) pitched a perfect eighth to get the win and Carlos Estevez needed just nine pitches to record his 16th save.
The Angels took the lead in the first, getting a leadoff single from Nolan Schanuel and a two-run homer by Rengifo off Tigers starter Kenta Maeda.
Plesac was sharp at the outset, retiring the first eight batters. The Tigers got their first baserunner on Ryan Kreidler's two-out single in the third before Plesac lost the strike zone.
Plesac walked the next four batters, the last two forcing home a run to tie the score at 2.
During those four plate appearances, Plesac threw 16 balls and only four strikes, marking a swift end to his outing.
Maeda settled in and got through 5 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on six hits and one walk while striking out four on 87 pitches.
Rengifo, Ward and Luis Guillorme each had two hits for the Angels.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Detroit |
|
LA Angels |
|
Kenta Maeda
|
Player |
Zach Plesac
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
5.1 |
IP |
2.2 |
|
4 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
|
6 |
Hits |
1 |
|
3.38 |
ERA |
6.75 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Detroit
|
2 |
0 |
2 |
.069 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| LA Angels
|
10 |
2 |
17 |
.312 |
11 |
10 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |