Mike Trout hit two sacrifice flies as the visiting Los Angeles Angels rallied past the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 in 10 innings on Monday.
Kyren Paris went 1-for-2 with two walks, two runs, and an RBI for the Angels, who erased 2-0 and 3-1 deficits to win for the third time in four games.
Angels starter Tyler Anderson allowed three runs on six hits and two walks in five innings. He struck out four.
Relievers Reid Detmers, Ryan Zeferjahn, Garrett McDaniels, and Brock Burke combined for four shutout innings.
Burke (1-0) earned the victory, and rookie Ryan Johnson earned his first career save.
Lars Nootbaar was 2-for-3 with a homer and two runs for the Cardinals, who suffered their first loss after starting 3-0. Brendan Donovan also hit a homer.
Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas allowed two runs on two hits and two walks in 5 1/3 innings. He struck out three.
JoJo Romero, the sixth Cardinals pitcher, took the loss.
Nootbaar’s leadoff homer put the Cardinals ahead 1-0 in the first inning. Donovan led off the second inning with a home run — the first of his career against a left-hander — to make it 2-0.
Paris walked leading off the third inning, stole second base, took third on a groundout, and scored on Taylor Ward’s sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 2-1.
The Cardinals increased their lead to 3-1 in the third inning. Nootbaar walked with one out, moved to second on a balk, and scored on Nolan Arenado’s RBI single.
The Angels knocked Mikolas out of the game in the sixth inning. Ward walked and raced to third on Nolan Schanuel’s single.
Trout greeted reliever Chris Roycroft with a sacrifice fly to cut St. Louis’ lead to 3-2.
Los Angeles tied the game in the seventh inning off Ryan Fernandez. Luis Rengifo walked and scored on Paris’ triple down the left field line.
The Angels moved ahead 5-3 in the 10th inning on a run-scoring fielder’s choice grounder by Schanuel and Trout’s second sacrifice fly.
The Cardinals got a run back in the bottom of the inning on Victor Scott II’s sacrifice fly.
–Field Level Media
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