ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Chris Archer truly enjoys pitching against the Los Angeles Angels -- particularly Mike Trout, for some reason.
The Tampa Bay Rays right-hander threw six scoreless innings and did not allow the Los Angeles Angels slugger to hit a ball out of the infield in three at-bats on Friday night in a 5-2 victory.
Trout is 4 for 16 lifetime against Archer with five strikeouts.
"He usually brings out the best in me," said Archer, who was a teammate of Trout's with Team USA in 2010. "I don't know really what it is, but I usually come with it whenever he's up there."
Archer (2-4) scattered five hits, struck out six and stranded four runners in scoring position during his 100th major league start. Perhaps his biggest out was in the fifth, when he fielded a dribbler by Trout with two men on and and ran to the bag himself for the third out.
"That's what all elite pitchers do," Archer said. "As a whole, our staff has done a great job of that, and I'm happy just to fall in that category. I had three pitches working. We are all our toughest critics, and there's room for improvement, but I feel good about giving the team a solid chance to win."
Corey Dickerson snapped out of a career-worst, 0-for-23 drought with a three-run homer. Brad Miller added four hits, including a home run.
Archer, who fanned a franchise-record 252 batters last season and pitched in his first All-Star Game, is 5-1 with a 2.48 ERA in six career starts against the Angels. The last time he faced them on June 2, 2015, he joined former Angels lefty Frank Tanana as the only pitchers in the history of the "Big A" to strike out at least 15 batters without allowing a walk.
Cory Rasmus (1-1) gave up five runs and five hits in 2 1/3 innings in place of right-hander Garrett Richards, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list earlier in the day because of a torn ligament in his elbow and is done for the season.
"Garrett's in the right frame of mind for pitchers who have had serious injuries, and he will bounce back from it," manager Mike Scioscia said. "There's no doubt that our guys feel for Garrett as a teammate and a friend. So these guys also understand what we need to do -- compete on the field."
The Angels, who stranded 10 baserunners, got on the board in the seventh with a bases-loaded walk to Trout before Albert Pujols' towering, opposite-field drive to right was caught on the warning track by Steven Souza Jr.
Andrelton Simmons snapped a 0-for-21 drought with an RBI single in the Angels' eighth, but Alex Colome pitched a perfect ninth for his seventh save in seven chances.
The start was Rasmus' first in the majors since last Aug. 2, 2015. The 28-year-old righty is 0-2 in eight big league starts with a 4.44 ERA.
Rasmus needed 25 pitches to get out of the Rays' four-run first inning. Logan Forsythe led off with a double to center field off the glove of a leaping Trout, who appeared to get a late start on the ball and couldn't hold onto it a few feet from the fence.
Forsythe advanced on a balk and scored on Evan Longoria's sacrifice fly. Dickerson capped the rally with his sixth homer on an 0-2 pitch after a single by Steve Pearce and a walk to Souza.
Miller homered to center leading off the third. The Rays loaded the bases later that inning, but Jose Alvarez retired Kevin Kiermaier on a bases-loaded grounder to second after an intentional walk to Brandon Guyer.
Tampa Bay loaded them up again in the fourth, but Javy Guerra got Pearce to fly out to shallow center and then struck out Souza.
SPIKE MARKS
Rays: The Rays will recall RHP Matt Andriese from Triple-A Durham to start Sunday's series finale. LHP Matt Moore has been pushed back to Monday at Seattle. ... Dickerson's homer was his first hit since his two-run shot on April 24 at Yankee Stadium. Eleven of his 16 hits this season have gone for extra bases.
Angels: Umpire Tom Hallion, who was scheduled to work home plate, wasn't able to perform his duties because of a personal issue. So Tony Randazzo called balls and strikes. The start of the game was delayed 10 minutes ... The Angels transferred Heaney to the 60-day disabled list, reinstated OF Daniel Nava from the DL, optioned OF Rafael Ortega to Triple-A Salt Lake and selected RHP Javy Guerra to the major league roster.
UP NEXT
Rays: RHP Jake Odorizzi (0-1) has lost both of his starts against the Angels, the last one on Aug. 5, 2014, when he surrendered five runs, five hits and two walks in the first inning. This season, he has yielded fewer than three runs in four of his five no-decisions.
Angels: RHP Jered Weaver (3-1) is coming off an 8-5 loss at Milwaukee in which he gave up seven runs and 11 hits through five innings on Monday. He has allowed 11 homers in his 12 career starts against Tampa Bay, including eight in his last five.
The Tampa Bay Rays right-hander threw six scoreless innings and did not allow the Los Angeles Angels slugger to hit a ball out of the infield in three at-bats on Friday night in a 5-2 victory.
Trout is 4 for 16 lifetime against Archer with five strikeouts.
"He usually brings out the best in me," said Archer, who was a teammate of Trout's with Team USA in 2010. "I don't know really what it is, but I usually come with it whenever he's up there."
Archer (2-4) scattered five hits, struck out six and stranded four runners in scoring position during his 100th major league start. Perhaps his biggest out was in the fifth, when he fielded a dribbler by Trout with two men on and and ran to the bag himself for the third out.
"That's what all elite pitchers do," Archer said. "As a whole, our staff has done a great job of that, and I'm happy just to fall in that category. I had three pitches working. We are all our toughest critics, and there's room for improvement, but I feel good about giving the team a solid chance to win."
Corey Dickerson snapped out of a career-worst, 0-for-23 drought with a three-run homer. Brad Miller added four hits, including a home run.
Archer, who fanned a franchise-record 252 batters last season and pitched in his first All-Star Game, is 5-1 with a 2.48 ERA in six career starts against the Angels. The last time he faced them on June 2, 2015, he joined former Angels lefty Frank Tanana as the only pitchers in the history of the "Big A" to strike out at least 15 batters without allowing a walk.
Cory Rasmus (1-1) gave up five runs and five hits in 2 1/3 innings in place of right-hander Garrett Richards, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list earlier in the day because of a torn ligament in his elbow and is done for the season.
"Garrett's in the right frame of mind for pitchers who have had serious injuries, and he will bounce back from it," manager Mike Scioscia said. "There's no doubt that our guys feel for Garrett as a teammate and a friend. So these guys also understand what we need to do -- compete on the field."
The Angels, who stranded 10 baserunners, got on the board in the seventh with a bases-loaded walk to Trout before Albert Pujols' towering, opposite-field drive to right was caught on the warning track by Steven Souza Jr.
Andrelton Simmons snapped a 0-for-21 drought with an RBI single in the Angels' eighth, but Alex Colome pitched a perfect ninth for his seventh save in seven chances.
The start was Rasmus' first in the majors since last Aug. 2, 2015. The 28-year-old righty is 0-2 in eight big league starts with a 4.44 ERA.
Rasmus needed 25 pitches to get out of the Rays' four-run first inning. Logan Forsythe led off with a double to center field off the glove of a leaping Trout, who appeared to get a late start on the ball and couldn't hold onto it a few feet from the fence.
Forsythe advanced on a balk and scored on Evan Longoria's sacrifice fly. Dickerson capped the rally with his sixth homer on an 0-2 pitch after a single by Steve Pearce and a walk to Souza.
Miller homered to center leading off the third. The Rays loaded the bases later that inning, but Jose Alvarez retired Kevin Kiermaier on a bases-loaded grounder to second after an intentional walk to Brandon Guyer.
Tampa Bay loaded them up again in the fourth, but Javy Guerra got Pearce to fly out to shallow center and then struck out Souza.
SPIKE MARKS
Rays: The Rays will recall RHP Matt Andriese from Triple-A Durham to start Sunday's series finale. LHP Matt Moore has been pushed back to Monday at Seattle. ... Dickerson's homer was his first hit since his two-run shot on April 24 at Yankee Stadium. Eleven of his 16 hits this season have gone for extra bases.
Angels: Umpire Tom Hallion, who was scheduled to work home plate, wasn't able to perform his duties because of a personal issue. So Tony Randazzo called balls and strikes. The start of the game was delayed 10 minutes ... The Angels transferred Heaney to the 60-day disabled list, reinstated OF Daniel Nava from the DL, optioned OF Rafael Ortega to Triple-A Salt Lake and selected RHP Javy Guerra to the major league roster.
UP NEXT
Rays: RHP Jake Odorizzi (0-1) has lost both of his starts against the Angels, the last one on Aug. 5, 2014, when he surrendered five runs, five hits and two walks in the first inning. This season, he has yielded fewer than three runs in four of his five no-decisions.
Angels: RHP Jered Weaver (3-1) is coming off an 8-5 loss at Milwaukee in which he gave up seven runs and 11 hits through five innings on Monday. He has allowed 11 homers in his 12 career starts against Tampa Bay, including eight in his last five.
10:05PM,EDT,May 6,2016
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 |
| Tampa Bay - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Cory Rasmus pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Forsythe doubled to deep center. | 0 | 0 |
| Miller flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Forsythe to third on balk by Rasmus. | 0 | 0 |
| Longoria hit sacrifice fly to left, Forsythe scored. | 1 | 0 |
| Pearce singled to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. walked, Pearce to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Dickerson homered to right (398 feet), Pearce and Souza Jr. scored. | 4 | 0 |
| Guyer lined out to left. | 4 | 0 |
| 4 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Escobar singled to right. | 4 | 0 |
| Nava lined out to right. | 4 | 0 |
| Trout struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| Pujols singled to left, Escobar to third. | 4 | 0 |
| Calhoun struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Cory Rasmus pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Kiermaier flied out to left. | 4 | 0 |
| Casali grounded out to third. | 4 | 0 |
| Forsythe popped out to shortstop. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Cron grounded out to second. | 4 | 0 |
| Simmons grounded out to third. | 4 | 0 |
| Pérez doubled to right. | 4 | 0 |
| Pennington struck out swinging. | 4 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Cory Rasmus pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Miller homered to center (413 feet). | 5 | 0 |
| Longoria grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| Pearce walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. singled to left, Pearce to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Álvarez relieved Rasmus. | 5 | 0 |
| Pearce to third, Souza Jr. to second on wild pitch by Álvarez. | 5 | 0 |
| Dickerson struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Guyer intentionally walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Kiermaier grounded out to second. | 5 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Escobar grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| Nava grounded out to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Trout grounded out to third. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jose Alvarez pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Casali singled to left. | 5 | 0 |
| Forsythe singled to left, Casali to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Miller singled to right, Casali to third, Forsythe to second. | 5 | 0 |
| J. Guerra relieved Álvarez. | 5 | 0 |
| Longoria struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Pearce flied out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. struck out looking. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Pujols walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Calhoun walked, Pujols to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Cron struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Simmons grounded into fielder's choice to third, Calhoun out at second, Pujols to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Simmons caught stealing second, catcher to second. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Javy Guerra pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Dickerson walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Guyer hit by pitch, Dickerson to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Kiermaier grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Guyer out at second, Dickerson to third. | 5 | 0 |
| Casali struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Pérez struck out looking. | 5 | 0 |
| Pennington grounded out to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Escobar singled to shallow right center. | 5 | 0 |
| Nava singled to right, Escobar to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Trout grounded out to pitcher. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Cam Bedrosian pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Bedrosian relieved J. Guerra. | 5 | 0 |
| Forsythe struck out looking. | 5 | 0 |
| Miller singled to right. | 5 | 0 |
| Longoria flied out to center. | 5 | 0 |
| Miller caught stealing second, catcher to second. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Pujols struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Calhoun flied out to left. | 5 | 0 |
| Cron grounded out to third. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| A.J. Achter pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Achter relieved Bedrosian. | 5 | 0 |
| Pearce grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. doubled to left. | 5 | 0 |
| Souza Jr. out at third on runner's fielder's choice. | 5 | 0 |
| Dickerson grounded out to first. | 5 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Steven Geltz pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Geltz relieved Archer. | 5 | 0 |
| Simmons flied out to right. | 5 | 0 |
| Pérez walked. | 5 | 0 |
| Pennington singled to left, Pérez to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Escobar struck out swinging. | 5 | 0 |
| Nava hit by pitch, Pérez to third, Pennington to second. | 5 | 0 |
| Trout walked, Pérez scored, Pennington to third, Nava to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Ramírez relieved Geltz. | 5 | 1 |
| Pujols flied out to right. | 5 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| A.J. Achter pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Guyer hit by pitch. | 5 | 1 |
| Kiermaier grounded into double play, third to shortstop to first, Guyer out at second. | 5 | 1 |
| Casali flied out to left. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Erasmo Ramirez pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Calhoun doubled to deep right center. | 5 | 1 |
| Cron grounded out to shortstop. | 5 | 1 |
| Simmons singled to center, Calhoun scored, Simmons to second on error by first baseman Pearce. | 5 | 2 |
| Pérez grounded out to third. | 5 | 2 |
| Pennington grounded out to second. | 5 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| A.J. Achter pitching for Los Angeles | TB | LAA |
| Forsythe grounded out to third. | 5 | 2 |
| Miller singled to center. | 5 | 2 |
| Morin relieved Achter. | 5 | 2 |
| Longoria struck out looking. | 5 | 2 |
| Pearce fouled out to catcher. | 5 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Alex Colome pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | LAA |
| Colomé relieved Ramírez. | 5 | 2 |
| Escobar struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| Nava grounded out to first. | 5 | 2 |
| Trout struck out swinging. | 5 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay Rays | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Forsythe 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .316 | .402 | .551 |
| Miller SS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .216 | .284 | .405 |
| Longoria 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | .236 | .274 | .445 |
| Pearce 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | .296 | .377 | .500 |
| Souza Jr. RF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .267 | .323 | .523 |
| Dickerson DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .198 | .270 | .481 |
| Guyer LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .326 | .466 | .478 |
| Kiermaier CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .234 | .314 | .442 |
| Casali C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .186 | .226 | .373 |
| Totals | 33 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 138 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Forsythe (9, Rasmus); Souza Jr. (4, Achter) HR: Dickerson (6, 1st inning off Rasmus 2 on, 2 Out); Miller (3, 3rd inning off Rasmus 0 on, 0 Out) RBI: Longoria (15), Dickerson 3 (12), Miller (6) SF: Longoria 2-out RBI: Dickerson 3 GIDP: Kiermaier 2 Rays RISP: 2-10 (Miller 1-2, Dickerson 1-2, Kiermaier 0-2, Casali 0-1, Pearce 0-1, Souza Jr. 0-1, Longoria 0-1) Team LOB: 8 | ||||||||||
| BASERUNNING CS: Miller (2, 2nd base by Bedrosian/Pérez) | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Pearce (2, catch) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, CA |
| Attendance | 41,253 (90.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:06 |
| Weather | 62 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 4 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Tony Randazzo, First Base - Dan Bellino, Third Base - Adam Hamari |
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