Kevin McGonigle homers, hits walk-off single as Tigers edge Mariners
Kevin McGonigle ripped a two-out, two-run single in the bottom of the ninth and the host Detroit Tigers rallied past the Seattle Mariners for a 5-4 victory on Sunday afternoon.
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McGonigle lined a single to right off closer Andres Munoz (3-4), allowing Detroit to capture the series, 2-1. McGonigle also had a solo homer, while Wenceel Perez supplied a two-run triple.
Will Vest (2-4) picked up the win with a scoreless inning of relief. Jack Flaherty gave up three runs with seven strikeouts in five innings.
Josh Naylor had two hits, scored a run and knocked in another to lead the Mariners’ offense. Luis Castillo gave up one run in 5 2/3 innings.
Seattle took a 1-0 lead in the third. Colt Emerson led off with a double, moved to third on a groundout and scored on Cole Young’s single.
Detroit tied it in the fourth on McGonigle’s leadoff homer. The rookie jumped on a Castillo slider and drove it over the right field wall for his fourth long ball.
The Mariners took the lead in the top of the sixth. Julio Rodriguez reached on a single and advanced on left fielder Riley Greene’s throwing error. Naylor then pulled a Flaherty pitch down the right field line for a double to score Rodriguez.
After a walk, Drew Sommers replaced Flaherty. A sacrifice bunt moved up both runners and Patrick Wisdom was intentionally walked with two outs. Sommers then hit Emerson with a pitch, forcing in a run to make it 3-1.
Seattle scored a run against Kyle Finnegan in the seventh. Rodriguez walked, stole second and third, and scored on Randy Arozarena’s single.
Detroit rallied against Cooper Criswell in the bottom of the inning. Spencer Torkelson and Zach McKinstry started it off with singles and Perez drove in both runners with a triple to right. Gabe Speier then came in and retired the next three batters, leaving Perez stranded.
Walks to Zach McKinstry and Perez set up McGonigle’s game-winner.
Rivero breaks out for 5 hits,
6 RBIs as Angels rout Dodgers
Sebastian Rivero drove in a career high six runs with five hits, Jo Adell had a home run among his four hits and the visiting Los Angeles Angels avoided a season sweep at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers with a 13-5 victory on Sunday.
Zach Neto hit a three-run home run and Jose Siri drove in a pair of runs as the Angels won after opening 0-5 against the Dodgers. The bottom four hitters in the Angels’ lineup finished the game 13-for-15 with four walks.
Right-hander Jose Soriano (7-4) gave up five runs (four earned) on eight hits over six innings to win for the first time in five starts.
Dalton Rushing hit a three-run home run among his four hits and Ryan Ward added a home run for the Dodgers, who are now 11-4 since May 23.
Dodgers right-hander Emmet Sheehan (3-3) never made it out of the second inning, allowing two runs on three hits and two walks while recording four outs. It was a rare rough start for the Dodgers’ rotation, which entered with a major league-leading 2.86 ERA.
The Angels had the bases loaded with two outs in the second inning when Rivero blooped a two-run single into center field against Sheehan for a 2-0 lead.
The Dodgers cut the deficit in half in the third on a Kyle Tucker groundout.
The Angels had runners at second and third with one out in the fourth when Rivero again dunked a base hit toward center field for a 4-1 lead.
Siri gave the Angels yet another two-run bloop hit to the outfield with two outs and the bases loaded in the fifth for a 6-1 lead.
The Dodgers received back-to-back home runs in the sixth from Rushing and Ward to pull within 6-5. The Angels put the game away with six runs in the seventh, including a 433-foot home run from Adell, another RBI hit from Rivero and Neto’s three-run blast.
The Angels’ Nick Madrigal walked in his first three at-bats, including one on a 14-pitch plate appearance in the second inning and another on a 12-pitch battle in the fifth. He added a single.
Rivero finished with a run-scoring double in the ninth for his sixth RBI after he entered with eight career RBIs in 67 games.
