Reid Detmers did everything an Angels starter could ask for. It still wasn't enough. Detroit broke a scoreless deadlock in the ninth, and Los Angeles fell 2-1 at Angel Stadium after leading for eight innings.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| LAA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Detmers was the story for six innings, working around four hits without walking a batter and striking out seven over 6.0 scoreless innings. He handed a 1-0 lead to the bullpen, but Kirby Yates could not hold it. Yates faced three batters in the ninth, retiring one while allowing a hit, a walk and the two runs that decided the game. His ERA sits at 3.74.
The only Angels run came in the first inning, when Lowe grounded out to second and Neto scored, with Soler moving to second and Schanuel to third on the play. That 1-0 edge stood until the ninth, when Hao Yu Lee doubled to center, and Greene and Outman both scored on the play, a call upheld after umpire review. The two runs turned a 0-1 deficit into a 2-1 lead for Detroit, one the Tigers would not relinquish.
Troy Melton kept the Angels quiet into the sixth, allowing just one run on four hits over 5.2 innings while striking out nine, though four walks kept him from going deeper. Keider Montero followed with 3.1 scoreless innings, allowing only one hit to pick up the win, improving to 6-5 on the season. Los Angeles managed only five hits on the night and could not solve the Tigers' bullpen, which covered 3.1 innings without allowing a run.
Detroit improved to 45-52, snapping a stretch with a win to move to a one-game winning streak. Los Angeles fell to 38-60, losing its third straight. Yates, at 497 career games played, sits five shy of the 500 milestone.