ANAHEIM, Calif. — Riley Greene homered to open the ninth inning and capped an eight-run outburst with a three-run shot to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 9-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.
Colt Keith had a solo homer and Javier Báez hit a two-run drive in the inning against closer Kenley Jansen, who opened the season with eight scoreless innings but was pitching for the first time in eight days.
With his three-run shot off left-hander Jake Eder, Greene became the first Tigers player to homer twice in an inning since Magglio Ordonez against the Oakland Athletics on Aug. 12, 2007. According to the Elias Sports Bureau. he became the first player in major league history to hit two homers in the ninth inning of a game.
Tyler Holton (2-2) pitched a scoreless eighth inning for the win.
Jansen (0-1) gave up six runs and six hits in the ninth, as the Angels lost their seventh straight and 15th in the last 19 games.
Angels shortstop Zach Neto crushed Detroit left-hander Tarik Skubal's first pitch of the game for his fourth homer. The Tigers tied the score 1-1 in the seventh on Trey Sweeney's homer off reliever Ryan Johnson.
Angels starter Jose Soriano allowed six hits in six innings, striking out five and walking one.
Skubal, the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, allowed one run and four hits in six innings, striking out eight and walking one.
