Los Angeles Angels at Detroit Tigers

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Los Angeles Angels

54-79, 27-39 Away

Final
2 - 3

Detroit Tigers

68-66, 33-32 Home

Spencer Torkelson and Kerry Carpenter lead the Tigers to 6th straight win, 3-2 over Angels

“We're finding different ways to win,” Torkelson said. “We're a versatile team. One night it might be the pitching staff, another night we get a couple bloopers to fall and some times it is a blast.”

The teams were forced to wait out a lengthy rain delay at the outset for the second straight night. This time, after a delay of 1 hour, 50 minutes, first pitch took place at 8:30 p.m.

The Tigers moved two games over .500 at 68-66 for the first time since May 7, when they were 19-17.

“We are obviously in a much better place than we've been for quite a while, and we've earned it,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “But that doesn't help us win tomorrow. I have to keep everyone grounded and try to get them to play another game like we did today.”

Los Angeles (54-79) lost its fifth straight game and has dropped 13 of 15.

“We played a better game tonight, but we just didn't put any runs on the board,” Angels manager Ron Washington said. “They earned their three runs and we earned our two, but that's not enough.”

Tigers opener Mason Englert, making his first major league appearance since June 24, pitched two scoreless innings before giving way to Kenta Maeda.

Maeda (3-6) allowed two unearned runs on four hits and two walks in 4 1/3 innings.

“I was able to mix in all my pitches,” Maeda said through an interpreter. “It helped to have a lead — I just went out there and leaned on that.”

Beau Brieske followed with two scoreless innings and Jason Foley pitched the ninth for his 19th save.

“There's a lot to love about a win like this,” Hinch said. “We made big pitches, we made some defensive plays and Foley comes in and shuts the door in the ninth.”

Angels starter Griffin Canning (4-12) took the loss, giving up three runs on five hits and four walks in five innings. Canning is 1-5 in his last 10 outings.

“He really battled out there and he did a good job getting us through five,” Washington said. “If he'd been giving up three runs all year, we would have taken it.”

The Tigers took a 2-0 lead in the second on Torkelson's two-run shot, his third since returning to the majors on Aug. 17.

“Jace (Jung) had a terrific at-bat — that was a 10-pitch walk — and I think he tired (Canning) out,” Torkelson said. “He gave me a good pitch and I was ready for it.”

Detroit took a three-run lead on Carpenter's run-scoring hit in the third. Carpenter has four RBI in the first two games of the series.

Mickey Moniak made it 3-2 with a 409-foot homer to right-center in the sixth. It was the 20th homer allowed by Maeda in 99 2/3 innings.

At one point during Maeda's stint, Tigers catcher Jake Rogers went to the mound for what was supposed to be a pep talk.

“He claimed he was speaking Japanese,” Maeda said. “I have no idea what he was saying.”

The teams finish the three-game series on Thursday, with RHP Jack Kochanowicz (1-3, 6.08) facing Detroit's RHP Keider Montero (4-5, 5.15).

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Matchup Prediction

Tigers: 52.7%

Angels: 47.3%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Adell struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Thaiss struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Thaiss hit for Drury
	9th Inning	Moniak grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Foley relieved Brieske
	9th Inning	McKinstry in right field.

Statistics

LAA		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	8
11	Strikeouts	7
2	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	5
2	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	25
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
13	Fly Balls	10
1	Caught Stealing	1
145	Pitches	136
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
10	Total Bases	8
35	Plate Appearances	31
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	1
2.6	Runs Created	2.3
.188	Batting Average	.200
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.313	Slugging Percentage	.320
.250	Secondary Average	.320
.257	On Base Percentage	.355
.570	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.675
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
2.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.7
21.0	Batter Rating	20.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	25.0
0.67	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.14	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.39
.125	Isolated Power	.120
0.27	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.86
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.194
.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.120
4.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
70.8	MLB Rating	72.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0