Major League Baseball
LA Angels 7, Pittsburgh 5
When: 4:07 PM ET, Sunday, July 23, 2023
Where: Angel Stadium, Anaheim, California
Temperature: 81°
Umpires: Home - Sean Barber, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - Jim Wolf, 3B - Mike Muchlinski
Attendance: 28385

Luis Rengifo hit two of Los Angeles' four home runs as the Angels beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-5 in the rubber match of a three-game series on Sunday in Anaheim, Calif.

Rengifo and Andrew Velazquez hit back-to-back homers during a four-run fifth inning for the Angels, who concluded a nine-game homestand with a 6-3 mark. Shohei Ohtani added his major league-leading 36th homer of the season.

Tyler Anderson (5-2) allowed four runs with five strikeouts over six innings against his former team. Carlos Estevez worked around a two-out walk in the ninth for his 23rd save.

Pittsburgh trailed 7-1 before Carlos Santana capped a four-run seventh inning with a two-run double off Jacob Webb. The Pirates were held to a pair of baserunners in the final two innings and lost for the seventh time in their last nine games.

The Pirates claimed a brief lead on Bryan Reynolds' solo homer in the first inning. Ohtani answered with a solo blast in the bottom half of the inning off Mitch Keller (9-6).

Los Angeles appeared primed for a big inning after Eduardo Escobar doubled in a run with no outs in the second, but Keller escaped further damage by retiring the next three batters in order.

The Angels moved ahead 4-1 when Velazquez and Rengifo began the fifth inning with back-to-back homers. After the next two batters reached base safely, Taylor Ward singled in a run and Matt Thaiss capped the outburst with a run-scoring sacrifice fly.

Keller was lifted after giving up six runs on nine hits over five innings. He walked one and struck out seven while throwing 101 pitches.

Rengifo hit a two-out homer in the sixth inning before Pittsburgh responded with four runs in the seventh. Liover Peguero doubled in a run with one out before Webb replaced Anderson. Peguero scored on a throwing error and Santana doubled in two runs to cut the lead to 7-5.

Angels center fielder Mickey Moniak singled in the fifth inning to extend his hitting streak to a career-high 14 games. Moniak is hitting .379 (22-for-58) during his streak.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Pittsburgh   LA Angels
Mitch Keller Player Tyler Anderson
Loss W/L Win
5.0 IP 6.0
7 Strikeouts 5
9 Hits 8
10.80 ERA 6.00
Hitting
Pittsburgh   LA Angels
Bryan Reynolds Player Luis Rengifo
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 2
1 HR 2
5 TB 8
.400 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Pittsburgh 10 1 16 .270 21 9 4 3 0 0
LA Angels 10 4 24 .303 10 13 7 1 0 1