ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Kevin Kiermaier
took early batting practice even though he wasn't in the starting
lineup, and it came in handy when he entered as a defensive replacement.
Kiermaier led off the 10th inning with a home run after rookies Joey Butler and Steven Souza Jr. went deep to account for all the scoring in Tampa Bay's five-run sixth, and the Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-5 on Wednesday night.
"It just felt good to barrel something up and finally swing it with authority and connect like that," Kiermaier said. "It's been an inconsistent kind of season for me, and I wanted to step up big right there for the team."
Rays closer Brad Boxberger, born in nearby Fullerton, entered in the eighth looking for his first four-out save in the majors. He struck out Matt Joyce to strand a runner at third, but gave up the tying run in the ninth on Erick Aybar's sacrifice fly after getting ahead in the count 0-2.
The Angels called on closer Huston Street (2-2), and his 2-1 fastball was driven deep into the right-field seats by Kiermaier for his fourth homer of the season.
"He spotted the fastball low and away on the first one, then threw two changeups that I laid off of," Kiermaier said. "I figured he was going to throw me another fastball right there, so I just told myself to be on time and ready to hit. Thankfully he left one over the plate, I put a good swing on it and it had enough backspin on it to go out."
It was the second homer given up by Street in 23 innings this season.
"He was ahead 0-1 and then tried to get soft and got behind the count," manager Mike Scioscia said. "He came right back with the fastball and (Kiermaier) didn't miss it. It's going to happen. But Huston's as consistent as any pitcher out there in the major leagues."
The blown save was the first in 16 opportunities this season for Boxberger (3-3). But he was credited with the win after former Angels righty Steve Geltz followed Xavier Cedeno out of the bullpen and got two outs for his second big league save
Hector Santiago was touched up for five runs and five hits in five-plus innings, after getting staked to a 4-0 lead with Mike Trout's solo homer in the first and Johnny Giavotella's two-run shot in the fourth.
Giavotella's second homer was the Angels' 17th in eight games, following a four-game stretch that didn't produce any.
Butler connected in the sixth. It was the fourth home run for Butler, who came in leading AL rookies with a .333 batting average and .519 slugging percentage.
"He's been magnificent this whole year, and it's been fun to watch," Souza said. "He's a big part of our success right now, and if he keeps that going, we're going to do some good things."
Santiago gave up a single to Evan Longoria and a walk to Logan Forsythe, then got a visit from pitching coach Mike Butcher before Souza drove his 93rd and final pitch to left field for his 11th homer -- most among the league's rookies.
"I think we're flying under the radar, and we like it that way," Souza said. "I don't know when the point comes where teams take us seriously, but we're going to keep going about our business the same way we've been doing since Day 1 and keep playing our game."
David Freese led off the bottom half with a double and was waved around by third base coach Gary DiSarcina on a ground single toward the middle that went off the glove of diving shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera. But Cabrera recovered in time and threw out Freese at the plate by a wide margin as he made a headfirst slide.
"The run-saving play by Cabby was just incredible," Rays manager Kevin Cash said.
CHART CLIMBING
Albert Pujols made it 2-0 when he singled home Kirk Nieuwenhuis for his 1,631st RBI, five behind Ernie Banks for 29th on the career list.
UP NEXT
Rays: RHP Erasmo Ramirez (3-2) faces Roenis Elias in the opener of a four-game series at Seattle on Thursday night.
Angels: RHP Jered Weaver (4-4) will oppose Yankees RHP Nathan Eovaldi on Friday night in the opener of a three-game set at New York. The three-time All-Star has given up 19 home runs to the Yanks in 14 career starts -- the most he's allowed against any club outside the AL West.
Kiermaier led off the 10th inning with a home run after rookies Joey Butler and Steven Souza Jr. went deep to account for all the scoring in Tampa Bay's five-run sixth, and the Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-5 on Wednesday night.
"It just felt good to barrel something up and finally swing it with authority and connect like that," Kiermaier said. "It's been an inconsistent kind of season for me, and I wanted to step up big right there for the team."
Rays closer Brad Boxberger, born in nearby Fullerton, entered in the eighth looking for his first four-out save in the majors. He struck out Matt Joyce to strand a runner at third, but gave up the tying run in the ninth on Erick Aybar's sacrifice fly after getting ahead in the count 0-2.
The Angels called on closer Huston Street (2-2), and his 2-1 fastball was driven deep into the right-field seats by Kiermaier for his fourth homer of the season.
"He spotted the fastball low and away on the first one, then threw two changeups that I laid off of," Kiermaier said. "I figured he was going to throw me another fastball right there, so I just told myself to be on time and ready to hit. Thankfully he left one over the plate, I put a good swing on it and it had enough backspin on it to go out."
It was the second homer given up by Street in 23 innings this season.
"He was ahead 0-1 and then tried to get soft and got behind the count," manager Mike Scioscia said. "He came right back with the fastball and (Kiermaier) didn't miss it. It's going to happen. But Huston's as consistent as any pitcher out there in the major leagues."
The blown save was the first in 16 opportunities this season for Boxberger (3-3). But he was credited with the win after former Angels righty Steve Geltz followed Xavier Cedeno out of the bullpen and got two outs for his second big league save
Hector Santiago was touched up for five runs and five hits in five-plus innings, after getting staked to a 4-0 lead with Mike Trout's solo homer in the first and Johnny Giavotella's two-run shot in the fourth.
Giavotella's second homer was the Angels' 17th in eight games, following a four-game stretch that didn't produce any.
Butler connected in the sixth. It was the fourth home run for Butler, who came in leading AL rookies with a .333 batting average and .519 slugging percentage.
"He's been magnificent this whole year, and it's been fun to watch," Souza said. "He's a big part of our success right now, and if he keeps that going, we're going to do some good things."
Santiago gave up a single to Evan Longoria and a walk to Logan Forsythe, then got a visit from pitching coach Mike Butcher before Souza drove his 93rd and final pitch to left field for his 11th homer -- most among the league's rookies.
"I think we're flying under the radar, and we like it that way," Souza said. "I don't know when the point comes where teams take us seriously, but we're going to keep going about our business the same way we've been doing since Day 1 and keep playing our game."
David Freese led off the bottom half with a double and was waved around by third base coach Gary DiSarcina on a ground single toward the middle that went off the glove of diving shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera. But Cabrera recovered in time and threw out Freese at the plate by a wide margin as he made a headfirst slide.
"The run-saving play by Cabby was just incredible," Rays manager Kevin Cash said.
CHART CLIMBING
Albert Pujols made it 2-0 when he singled home Kirk Nieuwenhuis for his 1,631st RBI, five behind Ernie Banks for 29th on the career list.
UP NEXT
Rays: RHP Erasmo Ramirez (3-2) faces Roenis Elias in the opener of a four-game series at Seattle on Thursday night.
Angels: RHP Jered Weaver (4-4) will oppose Yankees RHP Nathan Eovaldi on Friday night in the opener of a three-game set at New York. The three-time All-Star has given up 19 home runs to the Yanks in 14 career starts -- the most he's allowed against any club outside the AL West.
10:05PM,EDT,June 3,2015
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Hector Santiago pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Guyer reached on infield single to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| Butler singled to shallow left center, Guyer to second. | 0 | 0 |
| Longoria lined out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Guyer stole third, Butler stole second. | 0 | 0 |
| Forsythe struck out swinging. | 0 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. hit by pitch. | 0 | 0 |
| Elmore flied out to right. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Nathan Karns pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Aybar flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Trout homered to center (433 feet). | 0 | 1 |
| Pujols flied out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Calhoun struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Hector Santiago pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Cabrera lined out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| Mahtook walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Rivera struck out looking. | 0 | 1 |
| Mahtook caught stealing second, pitcher to first to second. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Nathan Karns pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Freese struck out swinging. | 0 | 1 |
| Joyce popped out to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| Pérez grounded out to third. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Hector Santiago pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Guyer lined out to right. | 0 | 1 |
| Butler grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| Longoria flied out to center. | 0 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Nathan Karns pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Nieuwenhuis doubled to deep left center. | 0 | 1 |
| Giavotella grounded out to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Aybar walked. | 0 | 1 |
| Trout grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Aybar out at second, Nieuwenhuis to third. | 0 | 1 |
| Pujols singled to left, Nieuwenhuis scored, Trout to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Trout to third, Pujols to second on wild pitch by Karns. | 0 | 2 |
| Calhoun walked. | 0 | 2 |
| Freese grounded out to third. | 0 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Hector Santiago pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Forsythe flied out to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Souza Jr. struck out looking. | 0 | 2 |
| Elmore lined out to left. | 0 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Nathan Karns pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Joyce singled to center. | 0 | 2 |
| Pérez sacrificed to pitcher, Joyce to second. | 0 | 2 |
| Nieuwenhuis struck out swinging. | 0 | 2 |
| Giavotella homered to center (405 feet), Joyce scored. | 0 | 4 |
| Aybar lined out to shortstop. | 0 | 4 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Hector Santiago pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Cabrera flied out to left. | 0 | 4 |
| Mahtook fouled out to first. | 0 | 4 |
| Rivera grounded out to third. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Nathan Karns pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Trout walked. | 0 | 4 |
| Pujols grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, Trout out at second. | 0 | 4 |
| Calhoun lined out to left. | 0 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Hector Santiago pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Guyer hit by pitch. | 0 | 4 |
| Butler homered to center (418 feet), Guyer scored. | 2 | 4 |
| Longoria singled to center. | 2 | 4 |
| Forsythe walked, Longoria to second. | 2 | 4 |
| Souza Jr. homered to left (386 feet), Longoria and Forsythe scored. | 5 | 4 |
| Bedrosian relieved Santiago. | 5 | 4 |
| Elmore grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 4 |
| Cabrera reached on bunt single to third. | 5 | 4 |
| Mahtook flied out to center. | 5 | 4 |
| Rivera flied out to right. | 5 | 4 |
| 5 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Brandon Gomes pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Gomes relieved Karns. | 5 | 4 |
| Freese hit a ground rule double to right. | 5 | 4 |
| Joyce struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| Pérez reached on infield single to shortstop, Freese tagged out at home. | 5 | 4 |
| Pérez to second on wild pitch by Gomes. | 5 | 4 |
| Nieuwenhuis struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Cam Bedrosian pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Kiermaier hit for Guyer. | 5 | 4 |
| Kiermaier grounded out to second. | 5 | 4 |
| Butler struck out looking. | 5 | 4 |
| Longoria lined out to left. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Jake McGee pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Kiermaier in center field. | 5 | 4 |
| Mahtook in left field. | 5 | 4 |
| McGee relieved Gomes. | 5 | 4 |
| Giavotella struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| Aybar flied out to left. | 5 | 4 |
| Trout struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Fernando Salas pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Salas relieved Bedrosian. | 5 | 4 |
| Forsythe struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| Souza Jr. bunt popped out to pitcher. | 5 | 4 |
| Elmore lined out to right. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Kevin Jepsen pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Jepsen relieved McGee. | 5 | 4 |
| Pujols singled to left. | 5 | 4 |
| Calhoun singled to right, Pujols to third, Calhoun out stretching at second. | 5 | 4 |
| Freese struck out looking. | 5 | 4 |
| Boxberger relieved Jepsen. | 5 | 4 |
| Joyce struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Jose Alvarez pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Álvarez relieved Salas. | 5 | 4 |
| Cabrera grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 4 |
| Mahtook grounded out to third. | 5 | 4 |
| Rivera struck out looking. | 5 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Brad Boxberger pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Pérez singled to center. | 5 | 4 |
| Featherston ran for Pérez. | 5 | 4 |
| Navarro hit for Nieuwenhuis. | 5 | 4 |
| Featherston caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. | 5 | 4 |
| Navarro walked. | 5 | 4 |
| Giavotella singled to right, Navarro to third. | 5 | 4 |
| Aybar hit sacrifice fly to right, Navarro scored, Giavotella to second. | 5 | 5 |
| Trout intentionally walked. | 5 | 5 |
| Pujols grounded out to third. | 5 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 10th | SCORE | |
| Huston Street pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Iannetta catching. | 5 | 5 |
| Navarro in left field. | 5 | 5 |
| Street relieved Álvarez. | 5 | 5 |
| Kiermaier homered to right (393 feet). | 6 | 5 |
| Butler grounded out to pitcher. | 6 | 5 |
| Longoria struck out swinging. | 6 | 5 |
| Forsythe singled to center. | 6 | 5 |
| Souza Jr. grounded into fielder's choice to third, Forsythe out at second. | 6 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 10th | SCORE | |
| Xavier Cedeno pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Cedeño relieved Boxberger. | 6 | 5 |
| Calhoun popped out to shortstop. | 6 | 5 |
| Geltz relieved Cedeño. | 6 | 5 |
| Freese walked. | 6 | 5 |
| Green ran for Freese. | 6 | 5 |
| Joyce sacrificed to pitcher, Green to second. | 6 | 5 |
| Iannetta grounded out to shortstop. | 6 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay Rays | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Guyer LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .292 | .368 | .408 |
a-Kiermaier PH-CF
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .236 | .276 | .406 |
| Butler DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .337 | .367 | .547 |
| Longoria 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .267 | .345 | .408 |
| Forsythe 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 | .287 | .375 | .470 |
| Souza Jr. RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .228 | .327 | .468 |
| Elmore 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .250 | .286 | .400 |
| Cabrera SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .213 | .269 | .322 |
| Mahtook CF-LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | .100 | .250 | .400 |
| Rivera C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | .163 | .208 | .248 |
| Totals | 37 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 150 | |||
| a-grounded to second for B Guyer in the 7th | ||||||||||
| BATTING HR: Butler (4, 6th inning off Santiago 1 on, 0 Out); Souza Jr. (11, 6th inning off Santiago 2 on, 0 Out); Kiermaier (4, 10th inning off Street 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Butler 2 (11), Souza Jr. 3 (25), Kiermaier (12) Rays RISP: 1-4 (Longoria 0-1, Souza Jr. 1-1, Elmore 0-1, Forsythe 0-1) Team LOB: 5 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING SB: Guyer (6, 3rd base off Santiago/Pérez); Butler (1, 2nd base off Santiago/Pérez) CS: Mahtook (2, 2nd base by Santiago) Picked Off: Mahtook (1st base by Santiago) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 1 (Cabrera-Forsythe-Elmore). Outfield Assist: Souza Jr. (Calhoun at 2nd base). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, CA |
| Attendance | 28,245 (62.1% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:20 |
| Weather | 70 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 6 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Jeff Kellogg, First Base - Alan Porter, Second Base - Mark Ripperger, Third Base - Pat Hoberg |
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