Mike Trout hits majors-leading 10th homer, but Angels lose to Orioles

Gunnar Henderson continued his hot streak at the plate with three hits and three RBIs and the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Angels 6-5 on Wednesday despite Mike Trout becoming the first player in the majors to reach 10 home runs this season.

The shortstop’s biggest play, though, was defensively when he tagged out Jo Adell at second base after a great throw by catcher James McCann for the final out as the Orioles held on for a 6-5 victory.

Adell drew a walk with two out, but was caught stealing as he tried to get into scoring position as the potential tying run after the Angels trailed 6-0 going into the bottom of the sixth.

“I felt like I got a good tag on him. It was really close,” said Henderson, who had three hits and drove in three runs. “We’re very fortunate that they called it out on the field.”

The call stood after a lengthy replay review. Major League Baseball said in a statement the replay official could not definitively determine that Adell touched second base before Henderson applying the tag

Angels manager Ron Washington and Adell both thought it should have been overturned.

“The guy on the mound (Craig Kimbrel) was slow. The opportunity was there and we took it,” Washington said. “From all replays we saw, it looked like he was safe but we don’t make the call.”

Adell said he felt like his foot reached the bag before the tag.

“A little disappointing to end the game that way. But hopefully we can get those right moving forward,” he said.

Batting leadoff for the second straight day, Trout got the Angels on the board with a solo shot down the left-field line off Dean Kremer (1-2) in the sixth. It’s the third time in the last seven seasons Trout has been the first in the majors to reach double digits in homers.

“We were gong to keep fighting until the final out. We had a chance at the end and didn’t come through,” Trout said.

That began Los Angeles’ rally from being down 6-0 to having the tying run on first with two outs in the ninth.

With the Angels trailing 6-4, Ehire Adrianza led off the ninth with an infield single off Orioles closer Kimbrel and advanced to third on second baseman Jorge Mateo’s throwing error. Logan O’Hoppe’s grounder drove him in to get the Angels within a run.

Adell drew a walk with two out but was caught stealing to end the game. Kimbrel got his 424th career save, tying him with John Franco for sixth on the all-time list.

Taylor Ward and Zach Neto also homered for the Angels, who have dropped five of six.

Henderson is nine of 20 in the last five games. The shortstop, last year’s unanimous choice for AL Rookie of the Year, homered for the second straight game when he led off the third with a drive off Tyler Anderson (2-3). It was Henderson’s eighth of the season, which is second in the American League.

Adley Rutschman had his 12th multihit game of the year with two hits and an RBI.

Kremer didn’t give up a hit until Adell’s single with two out in the fifth. The right-hander struck out 10 in 5 2/3 innings, giving up two runs and three hits.

After Henderson connected on Anderson’s cutter for his third homer this season against the Angels, he led off the fifth with a double and scored on Rutschman’s base hit.

Baltimore broke it open with four in the sixth as the first five hitters got aboard against José Suarez. After Jorge Mateo’s run-scoring, ground-rule double, Henderson had the key hit with a liner up the middle to plate two more.

Anderson gave up two runs and four hits with four walks and seven strikeouts. The left-hander threw 105 pitches, the second-most he has tossed in the first five innings in his nine-year career.

After Nolan Schanuel’s base hit chased Kremer in the sixth, Ward hit Jacob Webb’s first pitch just over the outstretched glove at the wall in right-center to get the Angels within 6-3.

Neto led off the eighth with a first-pitch solo shot to left for his first this season.

Angels third baseman Miguel Sanó left in the sixth due to left knee soreness.

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