BALTIMORE — Shohei Ohtani homered within the first inning and hit a tiebreaking infield single within the eighth, and Hunter Renfroe’s terrific defensive play within the ninth helped the Los Angeles Angels maintain on for a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday.

Mike Trout additionally went deep for the Angels, and Anthony Santander and Adley Rutschman homered for Baltimore. Rutschman’s two-run shot within the seventh gave Baltimore a 5-4 lead, however it was short-lived.

Bryan Baker (3-1) allowed a single and a stroll with one out within the eighth, after which Austin Voth got here on and yielded an RBI single to pinch-hitter Gio Urshela. After a strikeout, Voth hit Trout with a pitch to load the bases.

Left-hander Danny Coulombe got here in to face Ohtani, who ripped a grounder to the proper facet. First baseman Ryan Mountcastle made a diving cease, however Ohtani simply beat Coulombe to the bag and the go-ahead run got here residence.

Chris Devenski (1-0) received the win regardless of permitting Rutschman’s 424-foot homer. Matt Moore labored the eighth and Carlos Estévez pitched the ninth for his tenth save in 10 possibilities.

With one out within the ninth, Adam Frazier hit a line drive to proper, however Renfroe performed the ball superbly off the wall and made an ideal throw to second to catch Frazier making an attempt for a double. That turned out to be an enormous play as a result of pinch-hitter Cedric Mullins adopted with a double.

The Angels deliberately walked Rutschman, which put the profitable run on base but additionally allowed Estévez to face a right-handed batter. He struck Mountcastle out on three pitches to finish the sport.

Ohtani opened the scoring within the first with a solo homer to right-center off Baltimore starter Tyler Wells. Trout added a two-run shot within the third. It was the tenth homer of the season for every Los Angeles slugger.

The Orioles left 5 males on base within the first two innings, and Tyler Anderson took a shutout into the fifth earlier than Mountcastle hit a sacrifice fly and Santander adopted with a two-run homer that made it 3-all.

Zach Neto hit an RBI single within the sixth to place Los Angeles again forward, however Rutschman answered an inning later along with his seventh residence run of the season.

UP NEXT

The Orioles play at Toronto on Friday evening. Kyle Gibson (4-3) begins for Baltimore in opposition to Yusei Kikuchi (5-0).

Los Angeles hosts Minnesota. Reid Detmers (0-3) takes the mound for the Angels in opposition to Joe Ryan (6-1).

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