Orioles hold o Angels by throwing out base stealer. Trout becomes 1st in majors to reach 10 homers
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Baltimore’s Gunnar Henderson continued his hot streak at the plate Wednesday against the Los Angeles Angels.
The shortstop’s biggest play, though, was defensively when he tagged out Jo Adell at second base after a great throw by catcher James McCann for the final out as the Orioles held on for a 6-5 victory.
Adell drew a walk with two outs, but was caught stealing as he tried to get into scoring position as the potential tying run after the Angels trailed 6-0 going into the bottom of the sixth. Mike Trout started Los Angeles’ rally by becoming the first player in the majors to reach 10 home runs this season.
“I felt like I got a good tag on him. It was really close,” said Henderson, who had three hits and drove in three runs. “We’re very fortunate that they called it out on the field.”
The call stood after a lengthy replay review. Major League Baseball said in a statement the replay o¥cial could not definitively determine that Adell touched second base before Henderson applying the tag
Angels manager Ron Washington and Adell both thought it should have been overturned.
“The guy on the mound (Craig Kimbrell) was slow. The opportunity was there and we took it,” Washington said. “From all replays we saw, it looked like he was safe but we don’t make the call.”
Adell said he felt like his foot reached the bag before the tag.
“A little disappointing to end the game that way. But hopefully we can get those right moving forward,” he said.
Kimbrell gave up a run in the ninth, but held on to pick up his seventh save of the season. It was also the 424th of his career, tied with John Franco for sixth on the all-time list.
Henderson is 9 of 20 in the last five games. The shortstop, last year’s unanimous choice for AL Rookie of the Year, homered for the second straight game when he led o£ the third with a drive off Tyler Anderson (2-3). It was Henderson’s eighth of the season, which is second in the American League.
Adley Rutschman had his 12th multihit game of the year with two hits and an RBI.
“He’s done everything. He’s playing great defense, homers, steals, running the bases, hits. It’s been awesome,” manager Brandon Hyde said of Henderson.
Batting leadoff for the second straight day, Trout got the Angels on the board with a solo shot down the left- field line off Dean Kremer (1-2) in the sixth. It’s the third time in the past seven seasons Trout has been the first in the majors to reach double digits in homers.