SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mike Trout had his first four-hit game in more than five years, Jorge Soler and Jo Adell homered and the Los Angeles Angels beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Sunday to snap a three-game skid and avoid a series sweep.
Angels starter Jose Soriano (9-6) allowed an unearned run in five innings. The 27-year-old right-hander gave up three hits, walked three and had five strikeouts. Mitch Farris got the final two outs for his first career save.
San Francisco, which had its four-game home win streak snapped, is the only team in MLB without a series sweep of three-plus games this season.
Trout's first four-hit game since April 26, 2021, moved him past Tim Salmon on the Angels’ career doubles and singles lists. He went 4 for 4 with a double and three singles.
Trout’s double was his 340th, moving past Salmon for second on the franchise list behind Garrett Anderson’s 489. Trout also is now fourth on the Angels’ all-time list with 1,014 singles, trailing Anderson (1,572), Darin Erstad (1,082) and Brian Downing (1,062).
Trout’s four-hit game was the 21st of his career and raised his average to .247.
Soler hit a leadoff homer, Nolan Schanuel walked and Adell's 446-foot home run gave the Angels a 4-0 lead in the fourth inning.
Luis Arraez had an RBI groundout in the fifth and added a two-run double in the ninth for the Giants. Drew Cavanaugh went 2 for 2 and walked twice.
Carson Whisenhunt (2-1), who was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento, gave up four runs and had seven strikeouts in five innings.
Angels RHP Walbert Ureña (6-7, 2.78 ERA) starts Tuesday in the opener of a three-game home series against Houston. The Astros have not named a starter.
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Los Angeles Angels second baseman Oswald Peraza (2) throws to first base as San Francisco Giants' Jesus Rodriguez, right, slides into second on a fielder's choice hit into by Willy Adames during the ninth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
Los Angeles Angels pitcher Mitch Farris throws against the San Francisco Giants during the ninth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
San Francisco Giants shortstop Willy Adames, left, tags out Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout (27) who was trying to stretch a single into a double during the fifth inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Sunday, July 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)
BALTIMORE (AP) — After Ozzie Albies let a ball through his legs in the ninth inning, the Atlanta Braves spent the rest of the game on the ropes.
Somehow, they escaped with a victory — thanks to their bullpen, their manager, their corner infielders and even Albies himself.
“A lot to unpack here,” manager Walt Weiss said.
Weiss ordered an unusual intentional walk with men on first and second in the bottom of the 11th, and the move paid off when Atlanta held on for a 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday. The error by Albies helped the Orioles tie the game in the ninth, and then the Braves had to escape a bases-loaded, nobody-out jam — at one point deploying five infielders and two outfielders — to keep the game deadlocked in the 10th.
It looked like a routine victory for Atlanta until Albies missed a grounder in the ninth, giving the Orioles men on first and third with one out and the Braves up 2-1. But Albies made a terrific diving stop on the very next batter and threw to first for the out. The tying run scored, but at least Atlanta was able to prevent the game from getting away that inning.
“Ozzie never misses a ball. He's as sure-handed as anybody in this game. So freak things happen in this game,” Weiss said. “He's one of our leaders. ... If you're in this league long enough, tough things are going to happen to you.”
With the score still tied in the 10th, a wild pitch and a walk put men on first and third for the Orioles. An intentional walk to Pete Alonso loaded the bases.
“It didn't look good when the bases were loaded, nobody out,” Weiss said. “We pull out a five-man infield, just trying to do anything we can to survive there.”
Gunnar Henderson hit a hard liner right at Matt Olson, who was already almost on top of first base when he caught it. Alonso was doubled off.
“That's probably the one ball we can get a double play on,” Weiss said. “And it was close. I wasn't sure if they were going to overturn it or not.”
Third baseman Austin Riley led off the 11th with an RBI double that put the Braves up 3-2, but they still had to sweat out the bottom of the inning. With men on first and second and two outs, Atlanta intentionally walked the left-handed hitting Jackson Holliday, pushing the winning run to second and the tying run to third.
That brought up catcher Sam Huff, who bats right-handed, against righty Tyler Kinley on the mound.
“I'm sure I would have got killed for that one,” Weiss said. “I like Tyler against righties.”
Presumably Weiss was also swayed by the fact that Baltimore's top two catchers are on the injured list and the Orioles had no hitters left on their bench by that point. Huff was 4 for 32 on the season with 19 strikeouts. Then Kinley got him to hit a groundball to end it.
“You've got to earn the right to face guys in this league, right? I haven't earned my right with a lot of lefties lately,” Kinley said. “The easy move there is put him on and let me go attack the righty.”
It was the third time this season a player was intentionally walked with men on first and second. The other two times it backfired. Texas put Houston's Yordan Alvarez on in that situation in the seventh inning July 12, and the next batter hit a two-run single.
This past Friday, Pittsburgh intentionally walked Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Cubs with men on first and second in the 10th, only for the next hitter to draw a walk and force in a run.
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Atlanta Braves pitcher Tyler Kinley celebrates after a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Sunday, July 26, 2026, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.)
