Travis d’Arnaud hit a three-run home run to highlight a five-run second inning and Walbert Urena allowed one run on two hits over six innings to pick up his first major league win as the Los Angeles Angels defeated the Chicago White Sox 8-2 in the rubber game of their three-game series on Wednesday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.
It marked the first time since April 16-17 that Los Angeles has won back-to-back games. It also was just the third series win of the season and the first at home since April 3-5 against the Seattle Mariners.
Zach Neto tripled, scored two runs and had two RBIs, Bryce Teodosio doubled and had two hits, two stolen bases and two runs scored, and Jorge Soler reached base four times with a single, two walks and hit by a pitch and had an RBI for Los Angeles. Urena (1-3) struck out five and walked three.
Colson Montgomery doubled and scored a run and Chase Meidroth had two hits and a walk and scored a run for Chicago. Noah Schultz (2-2) suffered the loss in his fifth major league start, allowing seven runs on seven hits over 3 2/3 innings. He walked four and struck out three.
Chicago took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Montgomery led off with a double that one-hopped the wall in left-center and scored on a bloop single by Meidroth.
Los Angeles answered with five runs in the bottom half of the inning. Soler and Oswald Peraza both singled and d’Arnaud delivered his first home run of the season, a 396-foot drive to left. Teodosio followed with a bloop double to right and scored when Neto tripled into the right field corner. Neto then scored when Meidroth lost Mike Trout’s high popup in the sun.
The Angels extended the lead to 7-1 in the fourth when Soler and Jo Adell were hit on back-to-back pitches with the bases loaded by reliever Osvaldo Bido.
The White Sox cut it to 7-2 in the seventh when Sam Antonacci also was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded by reliever Drew Pomeranz.
Los Angeles added an insurance run in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Neto, driving in Nolan Schanuel, who had singled.
