PHILLIES RALLY PAST ANGELS WITH SOSA GRAND SLAM

ANAHEIM, Calif. (Interstat) — Edmundo Sosa hit a grand slam in the ninth inning as the Philadelphia Phillies rallied for a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.

Trailing 3-1 entering the ninth, Sosa’s drive to center field scored Alec Bohm, Justin Crawford and J.T. Realmuto. Philadelphia had cut the deficit on Derek Hill’s fifth-inning single.

Andrew Painter allowed three runs and two hits over six innings with six strikeouts for the Phillies. Alex McFarlane earned the win with a scoreless inning of relief, and Jonathan Bowlan recorded his second save with a perfect ninth.

Reid Detmers struck out two over six innings for the Angels, giving up one earned run. Ben Joyce took the loss. Wade Meckler drove in the Angels’ first run in the opening inning.

Philadelphia outhit the Angels 11-3. The Phillies improved to 76-60, while the Angels fell to 52-83. Attendance was 34,951, and the game lasted 2:56.