Atlanta Braves (9-4)3
Los Angeles Angels (5-8)6After a rocky start to the season, the Los Angeles Angels have notched back-to-back series wins over the Seattle Mariners and Atlanta Braves to edge themselves closer to .500.
Atlanta shot out of the gates in this one with Mauricio Dubon hitting a three-run homer in the second inning that had fans in Angels Park looking to the skies wondering if it was going to be another case of their team finding a new way to lose early in the campaign.
However, that lead wouldn't last for long. Angels talisman Mike Trout would triple to lead off the bottom of the fourth inning before Jo Adell was intentionally walked to bring Josh Lowe to the plate, Lowe would smash a 391 foot shot to left field to tie the game up. It was only an Oswald Peraza pop-up that prevented Reynaldo Lopez from imploding on the mound.
He would do that in the next inning.
Back up to the plate, Trout would hit a homerun to left field to take the lead. Then in the bottom of the sixth inning, Peraza would double to bring in Jorge Soler before Trout added another RBI with a double of his own, leaving him just a single away from hitting for the cycle.
Trout would end up grounding out to first in his final at-bat of the game, but the damage was already done and Kirby Yates was able to come out and get his 100th save of his career to secure the win for the Halos.