Slugging snakes
Kole Calhoun, David Peralta homer to lead Diamondbacks past Angels again
ANAHEIM, Calif. – Kole Calhoun hit his third homer in two games against his former Angels teammates, and David Peralta homered and drove in two runs in the Arizona Diamondbacks’ 9-6 victory over Los Angeles on Wednesday night.
Nick Ahmed had a tworun single during Arizona’s four-run second inning against Dylan Bundy (5-3), who had the shortest start of his outstanding season for the Angels. The right-hander yielded five earned runs on six hits and two walks while getting chased in the third.
Calhoun connected for a two-run shot in the seventh after homering twice Tuesday night in his first game back at Angel Stadium, where he spent eight seasons as the Angels’ right fielder before leaving last winter. Calhoun went 2 for 5, giving him five hits and seven RBIs in two games against his
old teammates.
Peralta followed with a homer in his second straight game while getting three hits for the Diamondbacks, who have won four of six.
Max Stassi, Jared Walsh and Justin Upton
homered for the Angels, who have lost two straight at home after an 8-3 surge briefly invited hopes of playoff contention.
Mike Trout had an RBI double for the Angels (2030), who officially have five consecutive non-win
ning seasons for the first time since 1994. One more loss will clinch five straight losing seasons for the Halos for the first time since 1977.
After Caleb Smith started with two innings in his second appearance for Ar
izona, Taylor Clarke (2-0) took over and yielded six hits and four runs over five innings. Stefan Crichton pitched the ninth for his third save, including two straight in Anaheim.
Peralta hit the