Detroit Tigers at Los Angeles Angels

· Major League Baseball

Detroit Tigers

21-12, 8-9 Away

Final
9 - 1

Los Angeles Angels

12-19, 5-6 Home

Riley Greene homers twice during eight-run ninth inning to lead Tigers to 9-1 win over Angels

Riley Greene drills two homers in Tigers' huge 9th-inning rally

Colt Keith had a solo homer and Javier Báez hit a two-run drive in the inning against closer Kenley Jansen, who opened the season with eight scoreless innings but was pitching for the first time in eight days.

With his three-run shot off left-hander Jake Eder, Greene became the first Tigers player to homer twice in an inning since Magglio Ordonez against the Oakland Athletics on Aug. 12, 2007. According to the Elias Sports Bureau. he became the first player in major league history to hit two homers in the ninth inning of a game.

Tyler Holton (2-2) pitched a scoreless eighth inning for the win.

Jansen (0-1) gave up six runs and six hits in the ninth, as the Angels lost their seventh straight and 15th in the last 19 games.

Angels shortstop Zach Neto crushed Detroit left-hander Tarik Skubal’s first pitch of the game for his fourth homer. The Tigers tied the score 1-1 in the seventh on Trey Sweeney's homer off reliever Ryan Johnson.

Angels starter Jose Soriano allowed six hits in six innings, striking out five and walking one.

Skubal, the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, allowed one run and four hits in six innings, striking out eight and walking one.

Tempers flared in the bottom of the third when Neto and Skubal exchanged words after the Tigers' ace blew a 99-mph fastball by Neto for strike three. Both benches emptied, but no punches were thrown.

Key moment Travis d’Arnaud singled to lead off the fifth inning. It was the last baserunner the Angels had, as Skubal and relievers Chase Lee, Holton and Tyler Owens combined to retire the final 15 batters, eight by strikeout.

Key stat The Angels have hit safely in 4,000 consecutive regular-season games since being no-hit by Minnesota Twins left-hander Eric Milton on Sept. 11, 1999. That’s the longest active streak without being no-hit in the major leagues.

Up next Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (1-3, 3.34 ERA) starts against Angels RHP Kyle Hendricks (0-3, 6.65 ERA) on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Soler lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Schanuel lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Neto struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Owens relieved Holton
	9th Inning	Malloy in center field.
	9th Inning	Malloy in right field.

Statistics

DET		LAA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
16	Ground Balls	10
8	Strikeouts	12
8	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
14	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	1
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
39	At Bats	29
5	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	8
0	Caught Stealing	0
158	Pitches	117
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
30	Total Bases	8
41	Plate Appearances	30
810.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
6	Extra Base Hits	2
9.8	Runs Created	0.3
.359	Batting Average	.138
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.769	Slugging Percentage	.276
.462	Secondary Average	.138
.390	On Base Percentage	.138
1.159	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.414
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.3
9.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.3
65.0	Batter Rating	13.0
7.8	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.85	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.90
.410	Isolated Power	.138
0.25	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.049	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
.103	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
17.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.9	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.8	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
112.3	MLB Rating	64.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0