Calhoun single in 11th leads Angels past A’s
ANAHEIM — Kole Calhoun ripped a two-out single in the 11th inning to score Danny Espinosa and send the Los Angeles Angels to a 2-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.
Jesse Hahn pitched eight innings for Oakland and JC Ramirez went seven for Los Angeles as the game remained scoreless until Josh Phegley and Mike Trout hit solo homers in the 10th.
Phegley crushed the first pitch he saw from Jose Alvarez for his first career pinch-homer. Trout then led off with a shot just inside the right field foul pole off closer Santiago Casilla. It was the first extra-inning homer of Trout’s career.
Manager Mike Scioscia got his 1,500th career victory.
• Brewers 9, Reds 1 — At Milwaukee: Eric Thames hit his major league-leading 11th home run — his eighth against Cincinnati this season — and the Milwaukee Brewers cruised to a 9-1 victory over the Reds on Tuesday night.
In his first season with the Brewers, Thames capped a five-run sixth with a two-run drive off reliever Robert Stephenson.
• Cubs 1, Pirates 0 — At Pittsburgh: Kyle Hendricks rediscovered his 2016 form, limiting Pittsburgh to four hits over six innings to outduel Gerrit Cole and lead Chicago to a win.
Hendricks (2-1) struck out two and walked three, and Wade Davis worked a perfect ninth for his fifth save as the Cubs won for the sixth time in seven games.
• Blue Jays 6, Cardinals 5 in 11 innings — At St. Louis: Chris Coghlan made an acrobatic, run-scoring leap over All-Star catcher Yadier Molina, and Marcus Stroman came across with the goahead run after pinch hitting in the 11th inning and doubling for his first major league hit in Toronto’s win over St. Louis.
With the score 2-2, Coghlan walked in the seventh and sped around the bases on Kevin Pillar’s triple in the right-field corner, which hit high off the fence over Stephen Piscotty and bounced back toward the infield.
Piscotty’s throw to the plate was slightly up the third-base line, and Molina leaned down to pick up the ball after its third hop. As Molina reached for the ball, the 31-year-old Coghan hurled himself over the catcher, somersaulted and landed on the plate with his helmet and left hand.
• Tigers 19, Mariners 9 — At Detroit: James McCann, Justin Upton and Alex Avila homered — and that was before Detroit added nine runs in the fifth inning en route to a rout of Seattle.
Felix Hernandez (2-2) left with stiffness in his right shoulder. He allowed four runs in two innings in his shortest outing since 2015, and Seattle’s next two pitchers fared even worse. Detroit finished with 24 hits, 19 of which came in the first five innings.
• Astros 4, Indians 2 — At Cleveland: Dallas Keuchel (40) pitched a six-hitter, allowing home runs to Austin Jackson in the third and Michael Brantley in the ninth that raised his ERA to 1.22.
Josh Reddick gave Houston a 3-1 lead with a two-run single in the fifth Josh Tomlin (13), then took a home run away from Jason Kipnis with a leaping catch at the centerfield fence in the bottom half.
• Rays 2, Orioles 0 — At Baltimore: Austin Pruitt combined with four relievers on a two-hitter in his first big league start. Pruitt allowed one hit in three innings, Danny Farquhar got two outs, Jumbo Diaz went 1 1/3 innings, Chase Whitley (1-0) contributed three perfect innings and Alex Colome finished for his fifth save.
• Diamondbacks 9, Padres 3 — At Phoenix: Paul Goldschmidt drove in three runs to match a team record with his fourth straight multi-RBI game, Patrick Corbin struck out nine in seven innings and Arizona rolled over San Diego.
The Diamondbacks jumped on Clayton Richard (2-3) early and kept hitting to match the 2008 team for the franchise’s best home start at 10-2.
• Twins 8, Rangers 1 — At Arlington, Texas: Ervin Santana delivered his fourth straight outstanding start, Miguel Sano sparked a sevenrun fifth inning with a leadoff homer and Minnesota pounded Texas.
Santana (4-0) allowed a run, four hits and one walk with six strikeouts in seven innings.
• White Sox 10, Royals — At Chicago: Todd Frazier drove in three runs, Leury Garcia had three hits and Chicago got its second straight one-sided win over Kansas City.