Jose Soriano, Angels shut down Rays 8-0 for 4th straight win

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Jose Soriano pitched five innings, Denzer Guzman drove in three runs and the Los Angeles Angels extended their winning streak to four games with an 8-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night.

Jose Siri hit a two-run home run and Donovan Walton had two RBI hits to put the Angels in line for just their second series sweep of the season Sunday.

Soriano (8-4) gave up three hits with two walks and five strikeouts after taking a line drive off his chest and right shoulder area in the first inning. It was Soriano’s first scoreless outing in his last nine starts after he had five over his first six outings of the season.

Griffin Jax (1-5) gave up an unearned run over five innings for the Rays and absorbed a hard-luck loss after giving up five hits with five strikeouts. Jax remained winless in nine starts since moving into the rotation.

Cedric Mullins had two of the five hits for Tampa Bay, which did not collect its first hit off Soriano until Mullins singled leading off the fourth.

The Rays entered the series after a three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox but have lost consecutive games to the Angels, who were tied for the worst record in the American League at the start of play Saturday.

The Angels took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning when Jo Adell scored after Rays shortstop Taylor Walls misplayed a ground ball by Nolan Schanuel.

The Angels added to their advantage in the sixth inning when Guzman delivered a two-out two-run single and Walton followed with his run-scoring double.

Siri crushed a two-run home run to center in a four-run seventh before Guzman and Walton added RBI singles.

Right-hander Grayson Rodriguez (2-2, 8.20 ERA) was set to start for the Angels on Sunday. The Rays had yet to announce a starter.

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Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Griffin Jax throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Saturday, June 13, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher José Soriano, right, and Tampa Bay Rays' Yandy Díaz greet each other after the top of the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 13, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Tampa Bay Rays left fielder Chandler Simpson can't handle a ball hit for a single by Los Angeles Angels' Denzer Guzman during the seventh inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 13, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Angels' Jose Siri, right, gestures as he scores after hitting a two-run home run as Tampa Bay Rays catcher Hunter Feduccia looks on during the seventh inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 13, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Los Angeles Angels' Jose Siri, center, hits a two-run home run as Tampa Bay Rays catcher Hunter Feduccia, right, and home plate umpire Dave Rackley watch during the seventh inning of a baseball game Saturday, June 13, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

MONACO (AP) — Tadej Pogačar produced an explosive finish to win the first stage of the Spanish Vuelta by edging British rider Ethan Hayter by 0.09 seconds in the opening time trial on Saturday.

Pogačar, who’s bidding to become just the ninth rider to win all three Grand Tours, put himself in position from the offset by completing the highly technical 9.5-kilometer (5.9 mile) course through the streets of Monaco – where he resides – in 10 minutes, 57 seconds.

Hayter, who had gone earlier, must have thought he was going to win as he watched Pogačar on course to finish some seconds slower than he had. But the Slovenian accelerated as he approached the finish and just pipped Hayter to the win.

Hayter finished four seconds faster than compatriot Josh Tarling, who was racing just over a week after his younger brother Finlay Tarling was killed after being struck by a vehicle during the Volta a Portugal.

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Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar rides to win the first stage of the La Vuelta cycling race, a time trial with start and finish in Monaco, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Philippe Magoni)

Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar rides to win the first stage of the La Vuelta cycling race, a time trial with start and finish in Monaco, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Philippe Magoni)

Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar rides to win the first stage of the La Vuelta cycling race, a time trial with start and finish in Monaco, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Philippe Magoni)