Tampa Bay 9, LA Angels 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, June 14, 2019
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
James Hoye, 1B -
Doug Eddings, 2B -
Ryan Additon, 3B -
Chris Conroy
Attendance:
21598
By Field Level Media
Ji-Man Choi had two hits, including a two-run homer, and the Tampa Bay Rays rallied against the Los Angeles Angels' bullpen to post a 9-4 win in the second game of the four-game series on Friday night in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Angels starter Andrew Heaney brought a one-hit shutout into the sixth inning, but was removed after giving up a leadoff double to Austin Meadows on his 99th pitch. The Rays then sent nine more batters to the plate off relievers Luis Garcia and Ty Buttrey (4-3), scoring five runs in the inning to take a 5-4 lead.
Tampa Bay tacked on four more runs in the seventh, highlighted by Choi's eighth home run of the season.
The Rays came in on a three-game losing streak, and the Angels had won three straight, all by the score of 5-3.
Los Angeles has lost its past five attempts at getting back to .500.
Yandy Diaz had three hits, including an RBI single in the five-run sixth. Tommy Pham had the tie-breaking RBI single in the sixth and another RBI single in the seventh, and Avisail Garcia had a two-run single in the sixth to tie the score at 4-4.
Wilfredo Tovar was a late addition to the Angels lineup after Tommy La Stella was scratched with left forearm tightness. He entered at shortstop and went 2-for-3, both hits going for doubles, with a run scored.
Rays starter Blake Snell allowed four runs (three earned) and five hits in 3 1/3 innings. The 2018 AL Cy Young winner struck out three and issued a season-high four walks as his ERA rose to 3.70.
Emilio Pagan (2-1) pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief to earn the win.
Angels center fielder Mike Trout doubled with one out in the first inning and moved to third on a single by Shohei Ohtani, who hit for the cycle in the series-opening win on Thursday night.
Albert Pujols scored Trout with a sacrifice fly and Cesar Puello followed with a two-out RBI single to score Ohtani to make it 2-0.
Snell walked the leadoff batter in the second and fourth innings and both scored to stretch the lead to 4-0.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Angels |
|
Tampa Bay |
Andrew Heaney
|
Player |
Blake Snell
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
5.0 |
IP |
3.1 |
2 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
2 |
Hits |
5 |
1.80 |
ERA |
8.10 |
Hitting
LA Angels |
|
Tampa Bay |
Wilfredo Tovar | Player |
Yandy Diaz
|
2 |
Hits |
3 |
0 |
RBI |
1 |
0 |
HR |
0 |
4 |
TB |
4 |
.667 |
Avg |
.750 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
LA Angels
|
8 |
0 |
11 |
.235 |
20 |
9 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
Tampa Bay
|
13 |
1 |
20 |
.351 |
22 |
5 |
9 |
5 |
1 |
1 |