ANAHEIM (Interstat) — Trey Mancini’s two-run triple in the first inning and a two-run third inning that included run-scoring singles from Nick Madrigal and Logan O’Hoppe carried the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night at Angel Stadium.

The Angels, who improved to 28-42, led 4-0 after three innings and held off a late Tampa Bay rally in the ninth. Sam Aldegheri pitched five innings for the win, and Ryan Zeferjahn recorded the final out for his second save. The Rays fell to 40-26.

Attendance was 37,023, and the game lasted 2 hours, 42 minutes.

Los Angeles struck first against Rays starter Shane McClanahan. Mike Trout singled with one out in the first, and Jo Adell followed with a sharp single. After Oswald Peraza struck out, Mancini tripled to right field, driving in both runners for a 2-0 lead.

The Angels added two more in the third. Peraza led off with a double, moved to third on a flyout by Denzer Guzman, and scored on Madrigal’s single to second base. O’Hoppe then singled to left, scoring Madrigal and giving Los Angeles a 4-0 advantage.

Tampa Bay answered in the fifth. Chandler Simpson walked, and Nick Fortes reached on a fielder’s choice that also saw Simpson advance to second on a fielding error by shortstop Zach Neto. Taylor Walls bunted for a single to load the bases. Yandy Díaz struck out, but Jonathan Aranda lined a single to left, scoring Simpson and Fortes and cutting the deficit to 4-2. Junior Caminero then grounded into a double play to end the inning.

The Rays mounted another threat in the ninth. With one out, Fortes singled, and after a flyout, Díaz walked. Aranda singled to right, scoring Fortes and sending Victor Mesa Jr., who had run for Díaz, to third. Caminero walked to load the bases. Cedric Mullins, batting for Austin Slater, struck out swinging to end the game.

Aldegheri earned his second win against one loss, allowing three hits and one earned run while striking out four over five innings. McClanahan took the loss, dropping to 6-4. He gave up four runs on seven hits and struck out seven over five innings.

Mitch Farris relieved Aldegheri and threw 2⅔ innings, allowing three hits and one earned run with two strikeouts. Chase Silseth pitched a scoreless seventh, striking out two. Zeferjahn got the final out on a strikeout after a walk and a single.

Madrigal went 2 for 3 with an RBI and a run scored. O’Hoppe was 2 for 4 with an RBI and a double. Mancini finished 1 for 3 with two RBIs. Trout went 1 for 3 with a walk and a run.

For Tampa Bay, Aranda had two hits and two RBIs. Walls also had two hits. The Rays managed seven hits total, while the Angels collected 12.

The game was the first of a three-game series between the teams, who last met May 29-31 in St. Petersburg, where the Rays won two of three. Tampa Bay entered having won three straight, all against Boston, while Los Angeles had split its previous two games against Houston.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Tampa Bay Rays 5, Los Angeles Angels 4. Interstat’s ELO system projected Tampa Bay with a 59 percent probability to win. Tampa Bay was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of seven went over the over-under line of 8.5.