Los Angeles Angels at Detroit Tigers

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Los Angeles Angels

55-61, 25-31 Away

Final
5 - 6

Detroit Tigers

67-50, 38-23 Home

Vierling's first homer of the season leads Tigers to 6-5 comeback win over Angels

With the Angels leading 5-3, reliever Reid Detmers (3-3) walked pinch-hitter Jahmai Jones and Gleyber Torres to start the inning. Vierling batted for Kerry Carpenter and hit his first homer of the season over the Detroit bullpen in left.

The Tigers avoided their third straight loss on a night when Tarik Skubal gave up back-to-back homers for the first time this season.

With one out in the fifth inning and the Tigers leading 3-1, Gustavo Campero hit a two-run homer to left. Two pitches later, Los Angeles took the lead on Zach Neto's second homer against Skubal this season.

Skubal struck out Nolan Schanuel, but Mike Trout ended Skubal's shortest start of the season with an infield single.

Troy Melton (2-1) picked up the win with 2 1/3 innings of relief. New Tigers closer Kyle Finnegan pitched the ninth for his 23rd save.

Logan O'Hoppe gave the Angels a 1-0 lead with an RBI double in the second, but Detroit scored three times in the bottom of the inning.

Spencer Torkelson led off with his 25th homer, Riley Greene singled and took third on Zach McKinstry's double. Javier Báez followed with a two-run bloop single to left.

Jo Adell's 24th homer put the Angels ahead 5-3 in the eighth inning.

The game was delayed briefly in the third inning when Angels centerfielder Bryce Teodosio stumbled catching a fly ball and hit his head on the fence. He stayed in the game but was replaced by Campero for the fourth inning.

Key moment With one out and a runner on first in the seventh, Neto hit a 106.7-mph line drive to left, but Greene made a diving catch to help Troy Melton escape the inning.

Key stat Skubal hadn't allowed back-to-back homers since Salvador Perez and Jorge Soler did it in the first inning of a 6-1 win for the Kansas City Royals on July 25, 2021.

Up next The teams face each other again on Saturday evening, with Detroit RHP Charlie Morton (7-9, 5.20) making his second Tigers start against LHP Yusei Kikuchi (5-7, 3.22).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Moncada grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Moore struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Moncada hit for Campero
	9th Inning	Moncada hit for Moore
	9th Inning	O'Hoppe struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Finnegan relieved Melton

Statistics

LAA		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	7
10	Strikeouts	9
5	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	30
3	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
7	Runners Left On Base	6
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	1
148	Pitches	126
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
18	Total Bases	14
36	Plate Appearances	33
486.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
5.2	Runs Created	4.0
.235	Batting Average	.233
.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.529	Slugging Percentage	.467
.353	Secondary Average	.300
.278	On Base Percentage	.303
.807	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.770
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
5.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.5
39.0	Batter Rating	39.0
11.3	At Bats Per Home Run	15.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.11	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.82
.294	Isolated Power	.233
0.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.091
.118	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.067
10.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
86.5	MLB Rating	84.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0