LA Angels 11, Detroit 6
When: 7:08 PM ET, Friday, April 18, 2014
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature:
55°
Umpires:
Home -
Gerry Davis, 1B -
Phil Cuzzi, 2B -
Brian Knight, 3B -
Quinn Wolcott
Attendance:
28435
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Angels 11, Tigers 6: Howie Kendrick homered twice and Albert Pujols also went deep as visiting Los Angeles pounded Detroit in the opener of a three-game series.
Kendrick hit two-run shots in consecutive innings for his sixth career multi-homer game, and Pujols knocked in three with his 497th career homer. Jered Weaver (1-2) limited Detroit to one run on three hits over six innings as the Angels won their 10th straight meeting with the Tigers.
Ian Kinsler went 3-for-5 with two RBIs to pace Detroit's offense. Tigers starter Drew Smyly (1-1) was roughed up for four runs and six hits in three innings, and reliever Luke Putkonen was tagged for seven runs in his two innings of work.
Ian Stewart, a late addition to the lineup when David Freese (quad) was scratched, finished a homer short of the cycle and knocked in a run with an RBI triple in the second. Kendrick's first blast made it 4-0, and after Torii Hunter's RBI single cut into the lead in the bottom of the third, Mike Trout doubled home two runs and Kendrick went deep again in the four-run fourth.
Pujols' three-run blast in the sixth made it 11-1 before the Tigers made some noise in the seventh. Kinsler started a five-run rally with a two-run single, but Detroit couldn't pull any closer in the final two frames.
GAME NOTEBOOK: The Angels have hit an MLB-best 27 home runs, three more than they had all of last April and the most in franchise history through 16 games. … Detroit 1B Miguel Cabrera went 0-for-4 and is 6-for-36 over his last nine games. … Los Angeles has recorded 10 or more extra-base hits in two of its past five games.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| LA Angels |
|
Detroit |
|
Jered Weaver
|
Player |
Drew Smyly
|
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
6.0 |
IP |
3.0 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
3 |
Hits |
6 |
|
1.50 |
ERA |
12.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| LA Angels
|
13 |
3 |
30 |
.342 |
10 |
4 |
11 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| Detroit
|
11 |
0 |
13 |
.297 |
13 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
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