TAMPA — Luis Rengifo hit a tiebreaking single within the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Angels rallied to beat Tampa Bay 4-3 Tuesday night time, extending the Rays’ shedding streak to 5 within the opener of a 13-game homestand.
Kenley Jansen allowed singles to Jake Mangum and Taylor Partitions beginning the ninth however escaped a second-and-third, no-outs jam for his third save. Yandy Díaz grounded to Rengifo, who threw out Mangum on the plate from third, and Jansen struck out Brandon Lowe and José Caballero to seal the Angels’ third straight win.
Tampa Bay drew 10,046 in its seventh sellout at Steinbrenner Discipline however dropped to 4-3 at its short-term residence, the Yankees spring coaching ballpark.
This sequence initially was scheduled for Anaheim however Main League Baseball rearranged the schedule to have the Rays play 19 of their first 22 video games at residence in an try to minimize the impression of summer season storms on the open-air ballpark. The Rays’ regular residence, Tropicana Discipline in St. Petersburg, has a dome that was broken by Hurricane Milton in October.
The Rays went 2-for-13 with runners in scoring place and stranded 9 runners, together with seven within the final three innings. Pete Fairbanks (1-1) was the loser.
Tampa Bay’s Kameron Misner was hit on the helmet by a 98.8 mph pitch from Brock Burke (2-0) within the eighth however stayed within the recreation.
Anaheim’s Kyren Paris hit his third homer this seasons, a two-run drive off Shane Baz, with a video evaluate upholding there was no fan interference.
Junior Caminero’s homer off Ben Joyce began a three-run seventh that overcame a 2-0 deficit. Christopher Morel hit a tying double and scored on Misner’s triple.
Travis d’Arnaud hit a tying RBI grounder within the eighth.
Morel was ejected by plate umpire Rob Drake after a referred to as strike within the eighth. He had phrases with the umpire and slammed his bat.
Jansen went 0-for-4, grounding right into a double play, and is 1-for-24 in his first season with Tampa Bay.
