Angels Power Past White Sox Behind Ureña, d’Arnaud Homer
ANAHEIM, Calif. (Interstat) — Walbert Ureña tossed six strong innings and Travis d’Arnaud homered to lead the Los Angeles Angels to an 8-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday evening at Angel Stadium.
Ureña (1-3) allowed two hits and one earned run while striking out five over six innings. He was backed by an eight-hit attack. D’Arnaud delivered a three-run homer in the second inning, and Zach Neto added a triple and two RBIs.
The White Sox took an early lead in the top of the second on a sacrifice fly by Andrew Benintendi. The Angels answered with five runs in the bottom half, keyed by d’Arnaud’s blast off starter Noah Schultz (2-2). Los Angeles added two runs in the fourth and one in the eighth.
Chicago’s only other run came in the seventh when Sam Antonacci was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Osvaldo Bido threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief for the White Sox.
The Angels improved to 15-23, while the White Sox fell to 17-20. Attendance was 23,338. The game lasted 2:34.