Angels star Mike Trout, right, celebrates with teammate Taylor Ward after hitting a go-ahead, two-run home run during the eighth inning of their game against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night in St Petersburg, Fla. All players are wearing the number 42 in honor of Jackie Robinson Day. Trout belted an eighth-inning two-run homer to give the Angels the lead on their way to a 7-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night.
This time, the Angels had done little offensively for the first seven innings. Their best opportunity was in the seventh, but Mickey Moniak hit into a bases-loaded double play. The Angels needed the insurance, because left-hander Matt Moore gave up a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth. Ward hit a two-run homer in the top of the ninth to get those runs back before Carlos Estévez recorded the final three outs.