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- Updated: May 7, 2016
ANAHEIM — Chris Archer celebrated his 100th Major League start in style, while the Angels had to work without a true starter as the Rays defeated the Angels, 5-2, at Angel Stadium on Friday night.
“[The win is] big, it is different, the travel change, all of that, you want to start with wins whatever series you go into,” said Rays manager Kevin Cash about getting a win in the first game of a six-game West Coast road trip. “This was a night where it was good to get an early lead. Something we haven’t done a ton of. We had some opportunities to add on — we did not, but we got enough early to get the win.”
Archer held the Angels scoreless on five hits while walking two and striking out six in six innings to claim his second win of the season.
On the flip side, the Angels went into the game knowing they were going to have to run through a parade of relievers after getting caught in a starting-pitching lurch. That translated to Cory Rasmus making his first start of the season, which he made knowing he would be limited to 50 pitches or less.
The Rays got busy against Rasmus in the first, scoring first on an Evan Longoria sacrifice fly before Corey Dickerson added to the damage with a three-run homer that put the Rays up 4-0. Brad Miller — who went 4-for-5 on the night — finished off Rasmus with his third home run of the season, a solo shot in the third. Rasmus allowed five runs on five hits in 2 1/3 innings to take the loss.
“I put us in a hole early and we couldn’t come back from it,” Rasmus said. “I don’t feel like I put guys away very well. My command wasn’t how I would like it. At the same time, I thought I pitched competitively but in that situation, I didn’t have that pitch or two that would have gotten me out of the inning.”
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDDickerson breaks out: Dickerson entered Friday night’s game in an 0-for-23 slump, the longest hitless streak of his career. The prospects of breaking out didn’t look promising when he batted with two outs and two on in the first and fell behind, 0-2. But the hard-swinging left-hander changed everything when he swung at a 92-mph fastball from Rasmus. Dickerson had his sixth home …
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