Los Angeles Angels at Detroit Tigers

· Major League Baseball

Los Angeles Angels

56-61, 26-31 Away

Final
7 - 4

Detroit Tigers

67-51, 38-24 Home

Taylor Ward homers and drives in 3 runs in the Angels' 7-4 victory over the Tigers

Jo Adell stays hot to lead Angels past Tigers

Ward had an RBI double in the first, singled and scored in the fourth and hit a two-run homer in the fifth. He grounded out in the seventh.

Angeles starter Yusei Kikuchi (6-7) allowed four runs in five innings. Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth for his 21st save and his career-best 20th consecutive outing without allowing an earned run.

Detroit's Charlie Morton (7-10) matched a season high with 10 strikeouts, but the 41-year-old allowed six runs on seven hits in 4 1/3 innings.

The Angels took a 1-0 lead in the first on Ward's RBI double, and the Tigers got two in the second on Andy Ibáñez's RBI single and Jake Rogers' sacrifice fly.

Morton struck out seven straight after Ward's double, with Mike Trout snapping the streak with a leadoff groundout in the fourth. Ward singled, Morton hit Yoán Moncada, and Jo Adell hit a three-run homer to make it 4-2.

The Tigers tied it in the bottom of the inning on Matt Vierling's sacrifice fly and Gleyber Torres's RBI double.

Ward ended Morton's night with a two-run homer in the fifth. Luis Rengifo made it 7-4 with a homer in the eighth.

Key moment Trailing 6-4, the Tigers had runners on first and second with no one out in the sixth, but Kikuchi struck out pinch-hitter Kerry Carpenter and got Torres to ground out.

Key stat Moncada was Morton's 11th hit batter on the season. Morton has hit at least 10 batters in 12 seasons and leads all active pitchers with 198.

Up next Detroit RHP Casey Mize (10-4, 3.50 ERA) was set to face RHP Jack Kochanowicz (3-9, 5.85) on Sunday in the series finale.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Greene struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Greene hit for Jones
	9th Inning	Torres struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Carpenter fouled out to catcher.
	9th Inning	Jansen relieved García
	9th Inning	Trout lined out to shortstop.

Statistics

LAA		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	6
13	Strikeouts	14
7	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
7	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	2
36	At Bats	33
3	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	18
1	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
14	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
157	Pitches	164
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
21	Total Bases	13
39	Plate Appearances	39
486.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
5	Extra Base Hits	3
6.5	Runs Created	4.7
.250	Batting Average	.273
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.583	Slugging Percentage	.394
.389	Secondary Average	.273
.308	On Base Percentage	.333
.891	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.727
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
6.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.7
50.5	Batter Rating	32.5
12.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.03	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.21
.333	Isolated Power	.121
0.15	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.051	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.103
.139	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
14.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.5
93.8	MLB Rating	81.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0