The Angels rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning for a dramatic 5-4 walk-off victory over the Washington Nationals before a Mother’s Day crowd of 32,337 in Angel Stadium on Sunday.
“For me, it was Oliver Ortega and Jaime Barria,” Maddon said of the unheralded relievers who recorded the final nine outs. Ortega escaped a first-and-third, no-out jam after giving up a run in the seventh and Barria threw two scoreless innings. “Ortega didn’t cave in. And Jaime just keeps doing a good job.”
From the second-base side of the bag, Velazquez dived up the middle to stop Juan Soto’s shot, scrambled to his knees and made a 12-foot, around-the-back pass to second baseman Tyler Wade for the out. One run scored, but pitcher Patrick Sandoval got Josh Bell to ground out to end the inning.Angels infielder David Fletcher is returning on the injured list because of a hip strain and is flying to Philadelphia on Monday to see a specialist.
“Rengifo had a great at-bat in the ninth. Barria had two shutout innings. Mayfield came in with the two RBIs. It’s next man up. It’s not the same guy. Ask Mike [Trout] if he’s been able to do it for the last 10 years. He ain’t been able to do it. So it’s a team game, and that’s what it’s gonna take to win games.”
An Angels offense that led the AL in runs and homers and ranked second in OPS and walks had five singles, struck out nine times and went one for six with runners in scoring position through eight innings.
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