Angels lose in the ninth
Bedrosian’s wild throw allows winner to score in ninth, wasting two comebacks by Angels.
A hit by pitch, two bunts and an error lead to a 5-4 win for Diamondbacks.
PHOENIX — Angels reliever Cam Bedrosian threw wildly after fielding a sacrifice bunt in the bottom of the ninth, allowing Jon Jay to score and the Arizona Diamondbacks to win 5-4 Tuesday night.
Jay was hit by a pitch to start the inning, then moved to second on John Ryan Murphy’s sacrifice that turned into a hit. A.J. Pollock laid down another bunt, and Bedrosian (5-3) attempted to force out Jay at third.
The ball soared past third baseman Taylor Ward, and Jay got up and scored.
“Just rushed it. I heard ‘Third, third, third!’ and just turned around and spun and just didn’t get my body set,” Bedrosian said with a sigh. “Really frustrating.”
David Peralta drove in three runs and came a triple short of the cycle for Arizona, which has won five of six in taking over first place in the National League West.
The Angels rallied from a pair of two-run deficits to tie it, scoring twice in the seventh inning on pinch-hitter Jefry Marte’s home run and David Fletcher’s two-out triple. Fletcher had three hits and two RBIs.
Both teams’ starting pitchers lasted six innings but got no-decisions. Felix Pena struck out a careerhigh 12 but allowed four runs and seven hits for the Angels, while Arizona’s Patrick Corbin gave up two runs and five hits and struck out eight.
“I felt good. Wish I would have kept it 0-0, but overall I felt fine and everything was working,” Pena said in Spanish.
Peralta hit his seventh home run in 12 games, a tworun shot in the first inning.
The Angels tied it in the third on run-scoring singles for Fletcher and Andrelton Simmons after Kole Calhoun led off with a double.
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Angels outfielder Justin Upton went on the 10-day disabled list with a cut on his left index finger he suffered Sunday night . ... Mike Trout (wrist) is expected to rejoin the team at the end of the week, Scioscia said . ... Shohei Ohtani (elbow) pitched a simulated game Monday at the Angels’ spring training facility in nearby Tempe . ... RHP Matt Shoemaker will throw a bullpen session on Wednesday, trying to come back from a forearm injury that has forced him out of almost the entire season.