ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Jake Faria had about 200 friends and family members in the stands to watch him pitch for the Tampa Bay Rays in a stadium five minutes from his childhood home.
The rest of the Big A crowd had its eyes squarely on Mike Trout in his return from a 39-game injury absence.
Faria and Trout both had solid performances before Brad Miller took care of another win for the Rays.
Trout went 1 for 5 in his first game since May 28, and Miller hit an RBI double in the 10th inning of Tampa Bay's 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
Trout looked healthy in his first game since May 28, when he tore a ligament in his left thumb sliding headfirst into second base. In his comeback game from the first significant injury of his career , the two-time AL MVP singled in the third inning and promptly stole second -- again sliding headfirst, as he promised.
"It was kind of like opening day for me," Trout said. "You take so much time off, and you want to finally get out there in a game. ... I'm not changing the way I play. I'm being aggressive and I'm going to steal bases and slide headfirst."
Trout came up with two late chances to help the Angels, but grounded out with two runners on to end the seventh before Alex Colome struck him out on three pitches to end it.
"Some at-bats, I felt good," Trout said. "Some at-bats, I didn't. It's just (going to) take a few more at-bats to get me in the rhythm."
Wilson Ramos got a two-out single in the 10th and scored on Miller's long drive off Cam Bedrosian (2-1).
Brad Boxberger (2-0) pitched the ninth, and Colome earned his 26th save as Tampa Bay won for the seventh time in 10 games. Evan Longoria homered early for the Rays.
Albert Pujols hit his 605th career homer for the Angels, who lost for the sixth time in eight games despite seven innings of two-hit ball from starter Ricky Nolasco.
LOCAL GUY
Faria pitched five-hit ball into the seventh in his hometown. Although less sharp than Nolasco, the 23-year-old rookie was equally effective while escaping big jams in the third and fourth, stranding five runners combined.
"It was weird at first," he said. "I tried to make it feel like it was just any other game, but then being out there in that outfield, and stretching and running just looking up, it was pretty awesome."
Faria was born and raised in Orange County. His parents had season tickets at the Big A for several years, and he modeled his delivery on longtime Angels ace Jered Weaver while in high school in nearby Cerritos.
"The streets we were taking, I see things that I see every day in the offseason," he said. "This morning I went to breakfast with my brother and my dad. That's just not normal stuff for me. It was kind of tough to make it feel like a normal day, but it was awesome."
He only left nine tickets for his group, but his dad bought about 60, and his stepdad picked up 30 more. Every inning when he left the mound, Faria saw another friend waving at him behind the Rays' dugout.
"When he walked off the mound, it felt like we were at a Rays game, not an Angels game," Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said.
BIG FLY
Pujols connected on a long shot to left-center in the second for his 14th homer of the season. He is closing in on Sammy Sosa's 609 career homers for eighth place in major league history.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: LHP Andrew Heaney threw 30 pitches in a game in Arizona, 377 days after Tommy John surgery, as he noted on Twitter. He is likely to pitch at least two more times in Arizona before moving forward. ... LHP Tyler Skaggs will pitch in Arizona on Monday. He has a strained oblique muscle.
UP NEXT
Rays: Alex Cobb (7-6, 3.75 ERA) surged into the break, going 3-1 with a 2.38 ERA in his final six starts. The right-hander has one win in five previous starts against the Angels.
Angels: J.C. Ramirez (8-7, 4.46 ERA), a reliever for most of his career, improbably led Los Angeles in victories before the All-Star break. He beat the Rays at Tropicana Field in May, tossing 6 2/3 innings of six-hit ball.
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The rest of the Big A crowd had its eyes squarely on Mike Trout in his return from a 39-game injury absence.
Faria and Trout both had solid performances before Brad Miller took care of another win for the Rays.
Trout went 1 for 5 in his first game since May 28, and Miller hit an RBI double in the 10th inning of Tampa Bay's 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
Trout looked healthy in his first game since May 28, when he tore a ligament in his left thumb sliding headfirst into second base. In his comeback game from the first significant injury of his career , the two-time AL MVP singled in the third inning and promptly stole second -- again sliding headfirst, as he promised.
"It was kind of like opening day for me," Trout said. "You take so much time off, and you want to finally get out there in a game. ... I'm not changing the way I play. I'm being aggressive and I'm going to steal bases and slide headfirst."
Trout came up with two late chances to help the Angels, but grounded out with two runners on to end the seventh before Alex Colome struck him out on three pitches to end it.
"Some at-bats, I felt good," Trout said. "Some at-bats, I didn't. It's just (going to) take a few more at-bats to get me in the rhythm."
Wilson Ramos got a two-out single in the 10th and scored on Miller's long drive off Cam Bedrosian (2-1).
Brad Boxberger (2-0) pitched the ninth, and Colome earned his 26th save as Tampa Bay won for the seventh time in 10 games. Evan Longoria homered early for the Rays.
Albert Pujols hit his 605th career homer for the Angels, who lost for the sixth time in eight games despite seven innings of two-hit ball from starter Ricky Nolasco.
LOCAL GUY
Faria pitched five-hit ball into the seventh in his hometown. Although less sharp than Nolasco, the 23-year-old rookie was equally effective while escaping big jams in the third and fourth, stranding five runners combined.
"It was weird at first," he said. "I tried to make it feel like it was just any other game, but then being out there in that outfield, and stretching and running just looking up, it was pretty awesome."
Faria was born and raised in Orange County. His parents had season tickets at the Big A for several years, and he modeled his delivery on longtime Angels ace Jered Weaver while in high school in nearby Cerritos.
"The streets we were taking, I see things that I see every day in the offseason," he said. "This morning I went to breakfast with my brother and my dad. That's just not normal stuff for me. It was kind of tough to make it feel like a normal day, but it was awesome."
He only left nine tickets for his group, but his dad bought about 60, and his stepdad picked up 30 more. Every inning when he left the mound, Faria saw another friend waving at him behind the Rays' dugout.
"When he walked off the mound, it felt like we were at a Rays game, not an Angels game," Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said.
BIG FLY
Pujols connected on a long shot to left-center in the second for his 14th homer of the season. He is closing in on Sammy Sosa's 609 career homers for eighth place in major league history.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: LHP Andrew Heaney threw 30 pitches in a game in Arizona, 377 days after Tommy John surgery, as he noted on Twitter. He is likely to pitch at least two more times in Arizona before moving forward. ... LHP Tyler Skaggs will pitch in Arizona on Monday. He has a strained oblique muscle.
UP NEXT
Rays: Alex Cobb (7-6, 3.75 ERA) surged into the break, going 3-1 with a 2.38 ERA in his final six starts. The right-hander has one win in five previous starts against the Angels.
Angels: J.C. Ramirez (8-7, 4.46 ERA), a reliever for most of his career, improbably led Los Angeles in victories before the All-Star break. He beat the Rays at Tropicana Field in May, tossing 6 2/3 innings of six-hit ball.
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10:07PM,EDT,July 14,2017
Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim,California
Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim,California
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Tampa Bay - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Smith lined out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Longoria homered to left center (418 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Morrison grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Jacob Faria pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Maybin lined out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| Calhoun grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Trout flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Souza Jr. grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| Ramos struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Miller grounded out to second. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jacob Faria pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Pujols homered to center (394 feet). | 1 | 1 |
| Escobar struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Simmons doubled to deep left center. | 1 | 1 |
| Valbuena flied out to right, Simmons to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Maldonado flied out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Hechavarria grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Peterson grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Smith walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Dickerson flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jacob Faria pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Franklin grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Maybin hit by pitch. | 1 | 1 |
| Maybin caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Calhoun walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Trout singled to center, Calhoun to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Trout stole second. | 1 | 1 |
| Pujols grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Longoria popped out to first. | 1 | 1 |
| Morrison struck out looking. | 1 | 1 |
| Souza Jr. struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jacob Faria pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Escobar singled to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Simmons grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Escobar safe at second on error by second baseman Miller. | 1 | 1 |
| Valbuena struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Maldonado flied out to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Escobar to third, Simmons to second on wild pitch by Faria. | 1 | 1 |
| Franklin walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Maybin lined out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Ramos struck out looking. | 1 | 1 |
| Miller grounded out to first. | 1 | 1 |
| Hechavarria lined out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jacob Faria pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Calhoun struck out looking. | 1 | 1 |
| Trout fouled out to first. | 1 | 1 |
| Pujols grounded out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Peterson struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Smith lined out to center. | 1 | 1 |
| Dickerson flied out to left. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jacob Faria pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Escobar flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Simmons struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Valbuena grounded out to catcher. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Ricky Nolasco pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Longoria doubled to deep left. | 1 | 1 |
| Morrison flied out to right, Longoria to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Souza Jr. walked. | 1 | 1 |
| Ramos grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Souza Jr. out at second. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jacob Faria pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Maldonado singled to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Franklin popped out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Maybin grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Maldonado out at second. | 1 | 1 |
| Kolarek relieved Faria. | 1 | 1 |
| Calhoun hit by pitch, Maybin to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Hunter relieved Kolarek. | 1 | 1 |
| Trout grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Blake Parker pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Parker relieved Nolasco. | 1 | 1 |
| Miller flied out to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Hechavarria grounded out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Peterson grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Tommy Hunter pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Pujols struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Escobar grounded out to third. | 1 | 1 |
| Simmons flied out to left. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Bud Norris pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Norris relieved Parker. | 1 | 1 |
| Smith grounded out to pitcher. | 1 | 1 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 1 | 1 |
| Longoria grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Brad Boxberger pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Boxberger relieved Hunter. | 1 | 1 |
| Valbuena grounded out to first. | 1 | 1 |
| Maldonado grounded out to second. | 1 | 1 |
| Franklin grounded out to first. | 1 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 10th | SCORE | |
| Cam Bedrosian pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Bedrosian relieved Norris. | 1 | 1 |
| Morrison lined out to shortstop. | 1 | 1 |
| Souza Jr. flied out to right. | 1 | 1 |
| Ramos singled to left. | 1 | 1 |
| Miller doubled to deep center, Ramos scored. | 2 | 1 |
| Miller to third on wild pitch by Bedrosian. | 2 | 1 |
| Hechavarria struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 10th | SCORE | |
| Alex Colome pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Smith in left field. | 2 | 1 |
| Bourjos in center field. | 2 | 1 |
| Colomé relieved Boxberger. | 2 | 1 |
| Maybin lined out to third. | 2 | 1 |
| Calhoun grounded out to pitcher. | 2 | 1 |
| Trout struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay Rays | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Smith CF-LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .325 | .399 | .415 |
| Dickerson DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18 | .308 | .351 | .542 |
| Longoria 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .261 | .319 | .440 |
| Morrison 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .254 | .363 | .556 |
| Souza Jr. RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | .268 | .368 | .495 |
| Ramos C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .243 | .293 | .541 |
| Miller 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .211 | .353 | .342 |
| Hechavarria SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .220 | .233 | .244 |
| Peterson LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .246 | .319 | .410 |
Bourjos CF
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .242 | .294 | .432 |
| Totals | 33 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 133 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Longoria (23, Nolasco); Miller (5, Bedrosian) HR: Longoria (13, 1st inning off Nolasco 0 on, 2 Out) RBI: Longoria (54), Miller (18) 2-out RBI: Longoria, Miller GIDP: Ramos Rays RISP: 0-3 (Hechavarria 0-1, Ramos 0-1, Morrison 0-1) Team LOB: 3 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Miller (10, catch) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, CA |
| Attendance | 38,119 (83.8% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:04 |
| Weather | 82 degrees, clear |
| Wind | 8 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Rob Drake, First Base - Pat Hoberg, Second Base - Gerry Davis, Third Base - Tony Randazzo |
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