LA Angels 6, Cleveland 3
When: 10:05 PM ET, Monday, April 28, 2014
Where: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Temperature:
74°
Umpires:
Home -
Jim Wolf, 1B -
David Rackley, 2B -
Gabe Morales, 3B -
Brian Gorman
Attendance:
37654
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Angels 6, Indians 3: Erick Aybar and Raul Ibanez drove in two runs apiece and Tyler Skaggs tossed seven strong innings as host Los Angeles won the opener of the three-game series.
Justin Masterson (0-1) suffered his first loss in 13 career games against the Angels after he allowed Mike Trout's go-ahead RBI single in the eighth and walked Albert Pujols intentionally before Ibanez tripled into the right-center field gap. Fernando Salas (2-0) worked a scoreless inning and Joe Smith worked around a one-out single in the ninth for his first save since taking over as the team’s closer.
David Freese, Trout and Ibanez had two hits apiece for the Angels, who snapped a two-game losing streak. The Angels tied the game 3-3 with two outs in the fifth when Aybar doubled in two runs off Masterson, who yielded six runs (five earned) on seven hits over 7 1/3 innings.
Carlos Santana put Cleveland ahead 3-1 in the fourth inning with a three-run homer into the left-field seats off Skaggs, who struck out six and allowed three runs on four hits over seven frames. Santana, who came in with 10 hits in his first 82 at-bats, doubled his season RBI total and posted his first two-hit game since April 6.
Cleveland, which scored a total of five runs while losing three straight at San Francisco over the weekend, managed just five hits against the Angels. The Indians had a runner on second with two outs in the sixth, but Ryan Raburn flied out to end the threat.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Skaggs retired the first 10 batters in order before Nick Swisher doubled to left-center field with one out in the fourth. … Smith made his first appearance against his former team after working in the Indians’ bullpen from 2009-13. … Indians CF Michael Bourn went 0-for-4, snapping his seven-game hitting streak.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Cleveland
|
5 |
1 |
9 |
.156 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| LA Angels
|
7 |
0 |
12 |
.241 |
9 |
7 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
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