Miami Marlins at Los Angeles Angels

· Major League Baseball

Miami Marlins

19-30, 6-15 Away

Final
4 - 7

Los Angeles Angels

25-25, 10-10 Home

Ward's 15th homer helps power Angels to 8th straight win, 7-4 over Marlins

Ward's solo homer in the second inning gave him seven, including two grand slams, during the club's 9-2 road trip. Jorge Soler also hit his seventh homer giving the Angels at least two homers in a club-record seven straight games. They have homered in 13 consecutive games, the longest active MLB streak.

Ward added a sacrifice fly and Logan O'Hoppe an RBI double for a 3-0 lead in the fourth.

Catcher's interference, a hit-by-pitch and a sacrifice fly with the bases loaded made it 6-0 in the sixth.

Yusei Kikuchi (1-4) went 5 2/3 scoreless innings, giving up seven hits and four walks while striking out five. He picked up his first win in 11 starts this season. Kenley Jansen walked two in the ninth but got his 11th save in 11 opportunities.

Miami’s Sandy Alcantara (2-7) went 5 1/3 innings, giving up six runs, five earned, with two walks and six strikeouts.

Eric Wagaman had three hits including his fourth homer of the season in the seventh and a two-run single in the eighth.

Kyle Stowers had an RBI double among his three hits. He has a 20-game on-base streak and has hit safely in 10 straight.

Key moment Hunter Strickland relieved Kikuchi with two outs and the bases loaded in the sixth. Liam Hicks hit a soft grounder that shortstop Zach Neto charged and threw to first to barely get Hicks.

Key stat Ward’s homer gave him an extra-base hit in nine straight games, tying Darin Erstad (1998) for the club record.

Up next Miami's Cal Quantrill (3-4, 6.47 ERA) pitches against the Angels' José Soriano (3-4, 3.57) on Saturday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Pauley popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	J. Sánchez to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	J. Sánchez walked.
	9th Inning	Stowers to third on a balk.
	9th Inning	Mervis struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Stowers stole second.

Statistics

MIA		LAA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
9	Ground Balls	10
8	Strikeouts	10
4	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
14	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	1
4	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	2
39	At Bats	28
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
23	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
22	Fly Balls	10
1	Caught Stealing	0
178	Pitches	134
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
18	Total Bases	14
45	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
2	Extra Base Hits	4
7.7	Runs Created	4.7
.359	Batting Average	.214
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.462	Slugging Percentage	.500
.256	Secondary Average	.393
.444	On Base Percentage	.294
.906	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.794
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
7.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.2
36.0	Batter Rating	44.0
39.0	At Bats Per Home Run	14.0
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.96	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.83
.103	Isolated Power	.286
0.75	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.30
.133	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
-.103	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.179
8.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
92.3	MLB Rating	86.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0