Ohtani keys Angels’ late rally
Tying two-run double, Rendon’s single foil Nationals in ninth
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani hit a tying two-run double in the ninth inning, and Anthony Rendon followed with a walk-off RBI single against his former team as the Los Angeles Angels beat Washington 5-4 on Sunday.
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The Angels trailed 4-2 going into the ninth. Luis Rengifo drew a walk with one out and advanced to third on Taylor Ward’s single. Mike Trout struck out before Ohtani lined a two-run double to center off Tanner Rainey (0-1). The reigning American League MVP had been 1-for-11 in the series.
Rendon then lined a single to center, and Ohtani slid to avoid Victor Robles’ throw home to give the Halos the weekend series.
Rendon had two hits to sink a team with which he spent seven seasons, winning a World Series title in 2019. Jack Mayfield snapped an 0-for-11 slump with a pinch two-run single for the Angels, and Jaime Barria (1-0) got the win.
Erick Fedde, a Las Vegas High and UNLV product, had his second straight strong start for the Nationals — allowing two hits in five shutout innings, with four strikeouts. The 29-year-old right-hander went seven innings Tuesday at Colorado and has allowed one earned run in his past 12 innings.
Cesar Hernandez had three hits and Alcides Escobar two hits and an RBI for Washington, which totaled 11 hits — all singles. Lane Thomas had a sacrifice fly that helped the Nationals build a 3-0 lead.
Los Angeles starter Patrick Sandoval allowed three runs on seven hits with five strikeouts in 5⅔ innings.
“What’s so fun about this team and this offense is that we can ignite at anytime,” Rendon said. “We’ve had some games where we’ve ignited early and our pitching
shuts them down the rest of the game, and we’ve had games where we’ve been shutout as hitters through eight innings on and then we come in and win it.”
■ Yankees 2-2, Rangers 1-4:
At New York, Gleyber Torres hit a walk-off homer leading off the New York ninth in Game 1. Texas pinch hitter Brad Miller snapped reliever Michael King’s 14⅓-inning scoreless streak with a go-ahead two-run homer in the seventh in Game 2. King’s ERA rose from 0.51 to 1.42.
■ Phillies 3-1, Mets 2-6: At Philadelphia, Bryce Harper homered and hit an RBI single off Max Scherzer (4-1) in the ace’s first loss with New York in Game 1. Pete Alonso had two home runs among his three hits and totaled five RBIS for the Mets in Game 2.
■ Royals 6-2, Orioles 4-4: At Baltimore, Michael Taylor hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the ninth after two Baltimore errors in Game 1. Bruce Zimmermann (2-1) held Kansas City to two runs over six innings in Game 2.
■ Dodgers 7, Cubs 1: At Chicago, Walker Buehler (4-1) allowed one run on four hits over seven innings in his 100th career start, moving to 3-0 with a 0.43 ERA in his past three outings, and Cody Bellinger had three of Los Angeles’ 10 hits.
■ Mariners 2, Rays 1: At Seattle, Abraham Toro hit a tying homer in the Seattle ninth, and Ty France had a walk-off RBI single in the 10th. Top Mariners pitching prospect George Kirby threw six shutout innings in his major league debut.
■ Twins 4, Athletics 3: At Minneapolis, Jorge Polanco hit a go-ahead two-run single in the Minnesota third, five Twins relievers combined to allow two hits in 6⅔ shutout innings, and Oakland lost its ninth straight.
■ Astros 5, Tigers 0: At Houston, Aledmys Diaz hit a grand slam in the third to back Jake Odorizzi (3-2), who allowed one hit over five shutout innings in Houston’s seventh straight win.
■ Diamondbacks 4, Rockies
0: At Phoenix, Jose Herrera hit a two-run double for his first major league RBIS to back Zac Gallen (20), who struck out seven in seven shutout innings.
■ Giants 4, Cardinals 3: At San Francisco, Mike Yastrzemski hit a tiebreaking home run into Mccovey Covey in the San Francisco sixth, and the Giants struck out only once.
■ White Sox 3, Red Sox 2: At Boston, Jose Abreu hit a two-run double to help Dallas Keuchel (23) halt a three-start losing streak in Chicago’s sixth straight win.
■ Padres 3, Marlins 2: At San Diego, Jorge Alfaro had a pinch three-run homer with two outs in the ninth on the first pitch he saw, beating his former team.
■ Braves 9, Brewers 2: At Atlanta, William Contreras hit a 436-foot three-run homer to help Charlie Morton (2-3) win for the first time in five starts.
■ Guardians 4, Blue Jays 3: At Cleveland, Owen Miller hit a tying homer and Oscar Mercado a goahead RBI single in the Cleveland eighth.
■ Reds 7, Pirates 3: At Cincinnati, Colin Moran hit a go-ahead grand slam and a two-run homer against his former team.