Trout belts his 10th HR, but Orioles thwart Angels’ rally
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Gunnar Henderson continued his hot streak Wednesday with three hits and three RBIs and Baltimore defeated Los Angeles s 6-5 despite Mike Trout becoming the first in the majors to reach 10 home runs this season.
Batting leadoff for the second straight day, Trout got the Angels on the board with a solo shot down the left-field line off Dean Kremer (1-2) in the sixth.
That began Los Angeles' rally from 6-0 down to having the tying run on first with two outs in the ninth.
With the Angels trailing 6-4, Ehire Adrianza led off the ninth with an infield single off Orioles closer Craig Kimbrell and advanced to third on second baseman Jorge Mateo's throwing error. Logan O'Hoppe's grounder drove him in to get the Angels within a run.
Jo Adell drew a walk with two outs, but was caught stealing second to end the game. There was a replay review, but the call stood to give Kimbrell his 424th career save, tied with John Franco for sixth on the all-time list.
Henderson is 9 of 20 in the past five games. The shortstop, last year's unanimous choice for AL Rookie of the Year, homered for the second straight game when he led off the third with a drive off Tyler Anderson (2-3). It was Henderson's eighth of the season, second in the AL.
Adley Rutschman had his 12th multihit game of the year with two hits and an RBI.
Kremer didn't allow a hit until Adell's single with two outs in the fifth. The right-hander struck out 10in5 ⅔ innings with two runs allowed on three hits.
Late Tuesday Angels 7, Orioles 4:
Trout hit his first leadoff home run since 2012
as Los Angeles halted a five-game losing streak.
Zach Neto had two hits and drove in two runs as the Angels' six through nine hitters combined for eight of their 11 hits along with five RBIs.
Baltimore's Henderson hit a towering 414-foot home run in the seventh inning, and Rutschman had three hits.
Griffin Canning (1-3) — who allowed 18 runs (17 earned) in 19 innings in his first four starts — gave up three runs on five hits in five innings and struck out four. It was the right-hander's first win in 11 starts dating to last season.
Carlos Estévez retired the side in the ninth to pick up his fourth save in five opportunities.
The Angels had six extra-base hits — including RBI doubles by Luis Rengifo, Logan O'Hoppe and Neto — as they built a 7-0 lead after four innings.
Jackson Holliday singled in the fifth inning for his first hit since April 14 and snapped an 0-for-17
skid.
Dodgers 4, Nationals 1: Shohei Ohtani hit a 450-foot homer to the second deck in right field in his first visit to Nationals Park, in Los Angeles' victory.
Ohtani's sixth homer of the season was the hardest-hit of his career at 118.7 mph. It was also the hardest-hit home run for a Dodgers player in the Statcast era, which began in 2015. The solo shot in the ninth inning off Matt Barnes made it 4-1 after pinch-hitter James Outman and Miguel Rojas drove in runs an inning earlier to put Los Angeles ahead.
Ohtani has 177 career homers. His previous longball on Sunday gave him the record for homers by a Japanese-born player in Major League Baseball, surpassing Hideki Matsui.
Nationals starter Patrick Corbin, who allowed five runs in a 6-2 loss to the Dodgers a week ago, worked 5 ⅓ scoreless innings, allowing three hits, three walks and striking out three on 86 pitches.