Tampa Bay Rays at Los Angeles Angels
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Trout hits 6th homer but Rays beat Angels 6-4 behind Caballero and Paredes
Harold Ramírez also drove in a pair for the Rays, who have won three of four.
Aaron Civale (2-1) allowed only two more hits after Trout’s two-run shot in the first. The right-hander gave up three runs (two earned) in five innings with four strikeouts. The four earned runs Civale has permitted in three starts have come on three homers.
“No one ever wants to give up homers, but also no one ever wants to have traffic. The more you’re pitching out of the windup, the better. I think every pitcher shares that same sentiment,” Civale said.
Pete Fairbanks earned his first save despite giving up an RBI single to Luis Rengifo in the ninth. The Angels had runners on first and second with two outs, but Miguel Sanó struck out looking.
“Nobody’s firing on all cylinders right now. I don’t know the exact reason but sometimes you've got to grind through it a little bit. Grind your at-bats and grind your pitches. I felt like we did that tonight,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said.
Trout has homered in three straight games for the 15th time in his career.
“When they’ve been making mistakes, he’s been making them pay,” Angels manager Ron Washington said. “His second at-bat he just missed one. (Civale) hung a breaking ball and he just didn’t get there. But, no, he’s swinging the bat well.”
Caballero, acquired in an offseason trade with Seattle, has reached base in a career-high 10 consecutive games to open the season. He had an RBI single in the first inning off Patrick Sandoval (1-2) to tie it 2-all. In the fifth, he gave the Rays a 3-2 advantage when he drove in Jose Siri with a double to left field.
It wasn’t a perfect night for the shortstop, though. He booted a grounder up the middle by Nolan Schanuel in the fourth, scoring Brandon Drury to bring the Angels within 4-3.
“The staff, the teammates, they’ve been awesome to me. They’ve been trying to help me with everything, and I feel comfortable here. That’s why I think it makes me a better player,” said Caballero, who also had his fourth stolen base of the season.
Paredes has a nine-game hitting streak, the second-longest of his career. With two hits — including a solo shot to left in the seventh that put the Rays up by two — he is batting .364 (12 for 33) with four homers since an 0-for-9 start to the season.
After Mickey Moniak lined a base hit in the first inning, Trout connected on an elevated sinker from Civale and drove it just over the wall in left-center. Trout is tied with Boston’s Tyler O’Neill for most homers in the majors.
Curtis Mead drew a leadoff walk and scored on Siri’s double in the second to bring the Rays to 2-1. Mead was initially called out at the plate, but the call was reversed after replay showed he beat the tag.
Sandoval went five innings and allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits and struck out six. The unearned run came in the fourth when Siri scored after Moniak dropped Ramírez's flyball just inside the right-field line to put the Rays up 4-2.
“He just couldn't command the fastball and he didn't have any consistency with his off-speed pitches. But he stayed in there, and when he left we were only down 3-2,” Washington said.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rays: LHP Tyler Alexander was placed on the bereavement list. RHP Kevin Kelly was recalled from Triple-A Durham to fill the spot.
Angels: RHP Robert Stephenson (right anterior shoulder soreness) will make a couple of rehab appearances in the minors after throwing batting practice on Tuesday.
UP NEXT
Tampa Bay RHP Zack Littell (1-0, 0.82 ERA) faces RHP José Soriano (0-1, 4.50) in the series finale Wednesday afternoon.
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Matchup Prediction
Scoring Summary
9th Inning | Sanó struck out looking. | |
9th Inning | Sanó hit for Adell | |
9th Inning | Rendon walked, Rengifo to second. | |
9th Inning | Rengifo singled to left, Hicks scored. | |
9th Inning | Hicks to second on fielder's indifference. | |
9th Inning | O'Hoppe flied out to center. |
Statistics
TB | LAA | |
---|---|---|
1 | Games Played | 1 |
1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
10 | Ground Balls | 11 |
9 | Strikeouts | 7 |
5 | Runs Batted In | 3 |
0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
11 | Hits | 7 |
1 | Stolen Bases | 1 |
4 | Walks | 4 |
0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
6 | Runs | 4 |
1 | Ground Into Double Play | 1 |
0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
38 | At Bats | 34 |
1 | Home Runs | 1 |
0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
17 | Runners Left On Base | 14 |
0 | Triples | 0 |
1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
3 | Doubles | 1 |
19 | Fly Balls | 16 |
0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
176 | Pitches | 146 |
0 | Games Started | 0 |
0 | Pinch At Bats | 2 |
0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 1 |
17 | Total Bases | 11 |
42 | Plate Appearances | 38 |
162.0 | Projected Home Runs | 162.0 |
4 | Extra Base Hits | 2 |
6.1 | Runs Created | 3.2 |
.289 | Batting Average | .206 |
.000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
.447 | Slugging Percentage | .324 |
.289 | Secondary Average | .265 |
.357 | On Base Percentage | .289 |
.805 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .613 |
0.5 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.7 |
5.8 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 3.1 |
43.0 | Batter Rating | 27.0 |
38.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 34.0 |
1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 1.00 |
4.19 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.84 |
.158 | Isolated Power | .118 |
0.44 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.57 |
.095 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .105 |
.000 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .059 |
11.0 | Runs Produced | 7.0 |
0.8 | Runs Ratio | 0.8 |
0.5 | Patience Ratio | 0.4 |
0.4 | Balls In Play Average | 0.2 |
90.3 | MLB Rating | 76.8 |
0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Anaheim, California
Attendance: 20,271 | Capacity:
2024 American League East Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
New York | 94 | 68 | .580 | - | W1 |
Baltimore | 91 | 71 | .562 | 3 | W3 |
Boston | 81 | 81 | .500 | 13 | W1 |
Tampa Bay | 80 | 82 | .494 | 14 | L1 |
Toronto | 74 | 88 | .457 | 20 | L3 |
2024 American League West Standings
TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Houston | 88 | 73 | .547 | - | W2 |
Seattle | 85 | 77 | .525 | 3.5 | W4 |
Texas | 78 | 84 | .481 | 10.5 | W3 |
Oakland | 69 | 93 | .426 | 19.5 | L3 |
Los Angeles | 63 | 99 | .389 | 25.5 | L6 |