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- Updated: May 8, 2016
ANAHEIM — Logan Forsythe’s two-run single in the ninth gave the Rays a 4-2 win over the Angels Saturday night at Angel Stadium.
Forsythe faced Angels right-hander Joe Smith with two outs and the bases loaded and delivered a single to center that scored Logan Morrison and Kevin Kiermaier. Erasmo Ramirez earned his sixth win of the season, while Alex Colome pitched a scoreless ninth to pick up his eighth save.
The Rays are now off to a 2-0 start on their six-game West Coast road trip while moving to .500 on the season at 14-14. The Angels fell to 13-17.
Runs were hard to come by in the early going. Andrelton Simmons’ two-run single in the fifth accounted for the only runs the Angels scored against Rays starter Jake Odorizzi, who had a six-inning no-decision. Steven Souza Jr. ‘s two-run homer in the sixth proved to be the only blemish on Angels starter Jered Weaver’s line in six innings of work as he, too, took a no-decision.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED Bit by the shift: The Rays’ infield was shifted to the left for right-handed hitting Johnny Giavotella when he batted with a runner on first in the bottom of the fifth. Giavotella hit the ball slightly to the left of second base, which prevented Rays second baseman Forsythe from getting the …
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