Austin Hedges homers as Guardians edge Angels 4‑2 Monday
ANAHEIM, Calif. (Interstat) — Austin Hedges hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the sixth inning to lift the Cleveland Guardians to a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.
The Guardians took a 1-0 lead in the third on Nathaniel Lowe’s sacrifice fly. The Angels tied it in the fourth on Moisés Ballesteros’s RBI single. Cleveland regained the lead in the fifth when Jo Adell singled home Brayan Rocchio, and Hedges homered an inning later scoring Angel Genao. Los Angeles pulled within two in the ninth on Gustavo Campero’s sacrifice fly.
Parker Messick allowed one run and three hits over six innings with four strikeouts to earn the win and improve to 10-8. Cade Smith allowed one run in the ninth but got the final out for his 35th save. George Klassen took the loss, surrendering two earned runs in 5 1/3 innings.
Cleveland finished with eight hits; Los Angeles had six. Attendance was 26,302. The game lasted 2:33. The Guardians improved to 66-66, while the Angels fell to 52-80.