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05/02 23:24 CDT Riley Greene homers twice during eight-run ninth inning to lead
Tigers to 9-1 win over Angels
Riley Greene homers twice during eight-run ninth inning to lead Tigers to 9-1
win over Angels
By MIKE DiGIOVANNA
Associated Pres
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) --- Riley Greene homered to open the top of the ninth
inning and capped an eight-run outburst with a three-run shot to lead the
Detroit Tigers to a 9-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
Colt Keith had a solo homer and Javier Bez hit a two-run shot in the inning
against Angels closer Kenley Jansen, who opened the season with eight scoreless
innings but was pitching for the first time in eight days.
With his three-run shot off left-hander Jake Eder, Greene became the first
Tigers player to homer twice in an inning since Magglio Ordonez against the
Oakland Athletics on Aug. 12, 2007.
Tyler Holton (2-2) pitched a scoreless eighth inning to pick up the win.
Jansen (0-1) gave up six runs and six hits in the ninth, as the Angels lost
their seventh straight and 15th in the last 19 games.
Angels shortstop Zach Neto crushed Detroit left-hander Tarik Skubal's first
pitch of the game for his fourth homer. The Tigers tied the score 1-1 in the
seventh on Trey Sweeney's homer off reliever Ryan Johnson.
Angels starter Jose Soriano allowing six hits in six innings, striking out five
and walking one.
Skubal, the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, allowed one run and
four hits in six innings, striking out eight and walking one.
Tempers flared in the bottom of the third when Neto and Skubal exchanged words
after the Tigers' ace blew a 99-mph fastball by Neto for strike three. Both
benches emptied, but no punches were thrown.
Key moment Travis d'Arnaud singled to lead off the fifth inning. It was the last baserunner the Angels had, as Skubal and relievers Chase Lee, Holton and Tyler Owens combined to retire the final 15 batters, eight by strikeout. Key stat The Angels have hit safely in 4,000 consecutive regular-season games since being no-hit by Minnesota Twins left-hander Eric Milton on Sept. 11, 1999. That's the longest active streak without being no-hit in the major leagues. Up next Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (1-3, 3.34 ERA) starts against Angels RHP Kyle Hendricks (0-3, 6.65 ERA) on Saturday. ___ AP MLB: https://www.apnews.com/hub/MLB |
