The Angels managed simply three hits however left-hander Kenny Rosenberg received his first main league victory as Los Angeles beat the visiting Cleveland Guardians 2-1 on Sunday in Anaheim, Calif.
The Angels (67-77) received the sequence 3-1 regardless of being with out banged-up star Shohei Ohtani for all seven video games this week. They began three rookies for the second straight sport.
The Guardians (68-76) are actually 7 1/2 video games behind the division-leading Minnesota Twins, who misplaced 2-0 to the New York Mets, within the American League Central with simply 18 video games to play.
The Angels went up 1-0 within the first inning when Randal Grichuk doubled, moved to 3rd on a groundout and scored on Mike Moustakas’ sacrifice fly.
Kole Calhoun — an Angel for the primary eight years of his profession — tied it for Cleveland within the second with a 426-foot homer to right-center, his fourth of the season and seventh in opposition to the Angels since leaving the crew as a free agent in 2019.
Los Angeles went forward 2-1 within the third when Kyren Paris beat out a single to first, moved to 3rd on two consecutive balks by Cleveland right-hander Tanner Bibee and got here house on Grichuk’s RBI grounder.
Rosenberg (1-1), making simply his third main league begin, tossed 5 innings of one-run ball, giving up six hits and a stroll with 4 strikeouts.
Bibee (10-4) took a hard-luck loss, permitting simply two hits and two runs in seven innings with eight strikeouts and no walks, retiring the final 14 Angels he confronted. However the third-inning balks proved to be decisive.
The Angels received three scoreless innings of reduction from Andrew Wantz, Ben Joyce and Jimmy Herget earlier than Carlos Estevez notched his thirtieth save with a 1-2-3 ninth.
The Guardians received two hits apiece from Calhoun, Jose Ramirez and Andres Gimenez however could not money in sufficient of their runners.
The Angels fly to Seattle for a three-game sequence beginning Monday in opposition to the Mariners, whereas the Guardians head north to San Francisco for 3 with the Giants.
—Area Stage Media
