Orioles hold off Angels by throwing out base stealer. Trout becomes 1st in majors to reach 10 homers

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Baltimore's Gunnar Henderson continued his hot streak at the plate Wednesday against the Los Angeles Angels.

The shortstop's biggest play, though, was defensively when he tagged out Jo Adell at second base after a great throw by catcher James McCann for the final out as the Orioles held on for a 6-5 victory.

Adell drew a walk with two outs, but was caught stealing as he tried to get into scoring position as the potential tying run after the Angels trailed 6-0 going into the bottom of the sixth. Mike Trout started Los Angeles' rally by becoming the first player in the majors to reach 10 home runs this season.

“I felt like I got a good tag on him. It was really close,” said Henderson, who had three hits and drove in three runs. “We’re very fortunate that they called it out on the field.”

The call stood after a lengthy replay review. Major League Baseball said in a statement the replay official could not definitively determine that Adell touched second base before Henderson applying the tag

Angels manager Ron Washington and Adell both thought it should have been overturned.

“The guy on the mound (Craig Kimbrell) was slow. The opportunity was there and we took it," Washington said. "From all replays we saw, it looked like he was safe but we don't make the call.”

Adell said he felt like his foot reached the bag before the tag.

“A little disappointing to end the game that way. But hopefully we can get those right moving forward,” he said.

Kimbrell gave up a run in the ninth, but held on to pick up his seventh save of the season. It was also the 424th of his career, tied with John Franco for sixth on the all-time list.

Henderson is 9 of 20 in the last five games. The shortstop, last year’s unanimous choice for AL Rookie of the Year, homered for the second straight game when he led off the third with a drive off Tyler Anderson (2-3). It was Henderson’s eighth of the season, which is second in the American League.

Adley Rutschman had his 12th multihit game of the year with two hits and an RBI.

“He’s done everything. He's playing great defense, homers, steals, running the bases, hits. It's been awesome,” manager Brandon Hyde said of Henderson.

Batting leadoff for the second straight day, Trout got the Angels on the board with a solo shot down the left-field line off Dean Kremer (1-2) in the sixth. It's the third time in the past seven seasons Trout has been the first in the majors to reach double digits in homers.

Taylor Ward and Zach Neto also homered for the Angels, who have dropped five of six.

“We were gong to keep fighting until the final out. We had a chance at the end and didn't come through,” Trout said.

Kremer didn't allow a hit until Adell's single with two outs in the fifth. The right-hander struck out 10 in 5 2/3 innings with two runs allowed on three hits.

After Henderson connected on Anderson's cutter for his third homer this season against the Angels, he led off the fifth with a double and scored on Rutschman's base hit.

Baltimore broke it open with four in the sixth as the first five hitters got aboard against José Suarez. After Jorge Mateo's run-scoring, ground-rule double, Henderson had the key hit with a liner up the middle to plate two more.

Anderson allowed two runs and four hits with four walks and seven strikeouts. The left-hander threw 105 pitches, the second-most he has tossed in the first five innings in his nine-year career.

After Nolan Schanuel’s base hit chased Kremer in the sixth, Ward hit Jacob Webb’s first pitch just over the outstretched glove at the wall in right-center to get the Angels within 6-3.

Neto led off the eighth with a first-pitch solo shot to left for his first this season.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Orioles: Hyde said LHP John Means (left forearm strain) will start Sunday's game against Oakland or get another rehab start for Triple-A Norfolk.

Angels: 3B Miguel Sanó left in the sixth due to left knee soreness.

UP NEXT

Orioles: Return home for three games against Oakland. RHP Corbin Burnes (3-0, 2.76 ERA) gets the call Friday night.

Angels: LHP Patrick Sandoval (1-3, 6.75 ERA) gets Friday night's weekend series opener against Minnesota.

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Baltimore Orioles center fielder Cedric Mullins (31) fails to catch a home run hit by Los Angeles Angels' Taylor Ward during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, April 24, 2024. Nolan Schanuel also scored. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Mike Trout runs the bases after hitting a home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Mike Trout hits a home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Los Angeles Angels' Luis Rengifo, bottom, steals second ahead of a throw to Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jorge Mateo during the third inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Tyler Anderson throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Baltimore Orioles startng pitcher Dean Kremer throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Baltimore Orioles' Gunnar Henderson runs the bases after hitting a home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Mike Trout celebrates in the dugout after hitting a home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Baltimore Orioles' Gunnar Henderson (2) celebrates with designated hitter Adley Rutschman (35) after hitting a home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Los Angeles Angels' Jo Adell (7) is caught stealing second by Baltimore Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson (2) during the ninth inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese truck driver was praised in local media Saturday for parking his vehicle across a highway and preventing more cars from tumbling down a slope after a section of the road in the country’s mountainous south collapsed and killed at least 48 people.

Wang Xiangnan was driving Wednesday along the highway in Guangdong province, a vital economic hub in southern China. At around 2 a.m., Wang saw several vehicles moving in the opposite direction of the four-lane highway and a fellow driver soon informed him about the collapse, local media reported.

Reacting swiftly, Wang, a former soldier, positioned his truck to block the highway, effectively stopping dozens of vehicles from advancing into danger, Jiupai News quoted Wang as saying. Meanwhile, his wife got out of the truck to alert other drivers about the situation, it said.

“I didn’t think too much. I just wanted to stop the vehicles,” Wang told the Chinese news outlet.

Wang’s courageous actions not only garnered praise from Chinese social media users but also recognition from the China Worker Development Foundation.

The foundation announced Friday that in partnership with a car company it had awarded Wang 10,000 yuan ($1,414). A charity project linked to tech giant Alibaba Group Holding also gave an equal amount to Wang, newspaper Dahe Daily reported. Wang told the newspaper he would donate the money to the families of the collapse victims.

Local media also reported that another man had knelt down to prevent cars from proceeding on the highway.

The accident came after a month of heavy rains in Guangdong. Some of the 23 vehicles that plunged into the deep ravine burst in flames, sending up thick clouds of smoke.

About 30 people were hospitalized. On Saturday, one was discharged from the hospital, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The others were improving, but one remains in serious condition.

On Saturday, the Meizhou city government in Guangdong said in a statement that authorities would conduct citywide checks on expressways, railways and roads in mountainous areas. A team led by the provincial governor is investigating the cause of the collapse, Southcn.com reported.

The Chinese government had sent a vice premier to oversee recovery efforts and urged better safety measures following calls by President Xi Jinping and the Communist Party’s No. 2 official, Premier Li Qiang, to swiftly handle the tragedy.

The dispatch of Zhang Guoqing, who is also a member of one of the ruling Communist Party’s leading bodies, illustrates the concern over a possible public backlash over the disaster, the latest in a series of deadly infrastructure failures.

In this aerial photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescue workers at the site of a collapsed section of a highway on the Meizhou-Dabu Expressway in Meizhou, southern China's Guangdong Province on May 2, 2024. (Wang Ruiping/Xinhua via AP)