Trout homers and Zeferzahn escapes a jam in the 9th as the Angels beat
the White Sox 4-3
[May 06, 2026]
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout, Jorge Soler and Zach Neto hit home
runs, Ryan Zeferzahn worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth
inning and the Los Angeles Angels held on for a 4-3 victory over the
Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.
Zeferjahn hit a batter and walked two in the ninth before retiring Edgar
Quero on a groundout for his first save this season and his third in 10
career opportunities. The right-hander struck out rookie home run leader
Munetaka Murakami — tied with the Yankees' Aaron Judge at 14 — with a
runner on first to get the final out in the eighth. |
Los Angeles Angels' Jorge Soler gestures as he rounds second after
hitting a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game
against the Chicago White Sox, Tuesday, May 5, 2026, in Anaheim, Calif.
(AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) |
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Trout hit his 11th homer of the season and the 415th of his
career with one out in the first off Erick Fedde (0-4) after
Chicago scored two runs off Sam Aldegheri in the top half.
Soler followed with his eighth homer one out later to tie it
2-all.
Neto homered for the first time since April 10, a tiebreaking
two-out shot in the fifth for his sixth of the season. Trout
walked for the second time before scoring from first on a double
by Nolan Schanuel to make it 4-2 and chase Fedde. Trout reached
base four times with a single in the eighth.
Neto ended a 0-for-23 slump with a third-inning single before
getting picked off.
Chase Meidroth hit his second homer leading off the seventh
against Sam Bachman to get Chicago within 4-3. Both Colson
Montgomery and Miguel Vargas extended their on-base streaks to
18 games for the Sox.
José Fermin (1-1) pitched a scoreless fifth for the win.
Aldegheri allowed two runs on four hits in four innings in his
sixth career start.
Fedde yielded four runs on six hits in 4 2/3 innings.
The top four hitters in the Angels' lineup drove in a run for
the first time since June 18, 2021, against the Tigers.
Up next
White Sox LHP Noah Schultz (2-1, 2.53) closes out the series
Wednesday opposite Angels RHP Walbert Ureña (0-3, 3.86).
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