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 [June 27, 2023]
Mike Trout scored from third base on a wild pitch in the
bottom of the ninth inning, lifting the Los Angeles Angels to a 2-1
victory over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night in Anaheim,
Calif.
White Sox reliever Aaron Bummer's 83 mph sweeper to Angels hitter
Mike Moustakas was low and away and in the dirt and White Sox
catcher Yasmani Grandal couldn't block it, allowing Trout to score.
Trout, who struck out in his first three at-bats against White Sox
starter Dylan Cease, led off the ninth with a walk against White Sox
right-handed reliever Reynaldo Lopez. Bummer, a left-hander,
replaced Lopez and walked Shohei Ohtani.
Trout and Ohtani pulled off a double steal, but Brandon Drury struck
out for the first out of the inning.
Moustakas, making his first start as an Angel after being acquired
from the Rockies in a trade on Saturday, was 1-for-3 with a single
when he came to the plate in the bottom of the ninth.
Angels reliever Carlos Estevez (2-1) pitched a scoreless top of the
ninth to get the win over Lopez (2-5).
The game was tied 1-1 entering the ninth, each team scoring a run on
a solo homer: Luis Robert Jr. homering for Chicago in the first and
Ohtani going deep in the fourth for Los Angeles.
Angels starter Reid Detmers retired the first two White Sox hitters
of the game before Robert homered for the fourth time in three
games.
After the home run by Robert, Detmers retired the next 10 White Sox
hitters before Andrew Vaughn led off the fifth inning with a single.
Jake Burger followed with a walk, giving Chicago runners on first
and second with nobody out.
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Jun 26, 2023; Anaheim, California, USA;
Chicago White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr. (88) rounds the
bases after hitting a solo home run in the first inning against the
Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jayne
Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports
Detmers, though, responded by striking out the next
three hitters to escape.
Meanwhile, Cease kept the Angels off the scoreboard until the fourth
when Ohtani hit his major-league-leading 26th homer of the season,
smashing a 3-1 slider into the right-center-field seats to tie the
game at 1-1.
Cease pitched into the seventh inning, but after giving up an
infield single to Drury and a single to Moustakas, he was replaced
by Joe Kelly.
Kelly got out of the jam by striking out Taylor Ward and getting
Matt Thaiss to ground into an inning-ending double play.
Both Detmers and Cease received a no-decision. Detmers gave up one
run on two hits and two walks while striking out 10 in seven
innings, and Cease allowed one run on five hits in six-plus innings,
striking out 10 and walking none.
--Field Level Media
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