Kerry Carpenter homered and drove in three runs and the host Detroit Tigers extended their winning streak to five games by defeating the Los Angeles Angels 6-2 on Tuesday night.
Jake Rogers and Riley Greene also homered for Detroit, while Matt Vierling scored two runs and drove in another.
The game was delayed 2 hours and 45 minutes by inclement weather.
Brant Hurter (2-1) lasted five innings in his first career start. He gave up two runs and four hits while walking two and striking out four. Brenan Hanifee didn’t allow a baserunner in 2 2/3 innings. Jason Foley got the last out with two runners on to pick up his 18th save.
Angels starter Johnny Cueto (0-2) gave up all six runs in five innings during his second major league appearance this season. He allowed six hits and a walk while striking out five. Taylor Ward scored and knocked in a run for Los Angeles, which has lost six straight.
The Angels grabbed the lead in the first inning. Ward led off the contest with a double. He advanced on a long flyout and scored on Nolan Schanuel’s infield hit.
Cueto recorded two strikeouts in the second inning. He needed only 29 pitches to get through the first three innings without allowing a baserunner.
Detroit took a 2-1 lead in the fourth.
Parker Meadows became the first Tigers baserunner when his long fly to left-center glanced off left fielder Ward’s glove. Meadows was credited with a triple. Following a strikeout, Vierling smacked an opposite-field double to drive in Meadows.
A bobble by right fielder Jo Adell allowed Vierling to reach third. Carpenter then singled up the middle to bring home Vierling.
The Angels tied the game the next inning. Adell led off with a triple to right and scored on Ward’s one-out sacrifice fly.
Rogers put the Tigers back in front with two outs in the fifth. He launched his 10th homer over the center field wall.
Greene made it 4-2 in the sixth when he blasted his 19th homer, a 425-foot shot to center. Vierling then drew a walk before Carpenter clubbed his 13th homer, another 425-foot blast.
–Field Level Media
