C.J. Cron did the damage and the Angels pitching did the damage control. Cron hit two home runs while Jered Weaver and the bullpen held off the Reds for a 4-2 victory on Tuesday. It was the Angels’ fourth straight win while Cincinnati has dropped seven of its last nine games.
All of the Angels early offense came from Cron, who slugged a two-out, two-run homer in the first inning and another two-out solo homer in the third for a 3-0 inning against Reds starter Tim Adleman.
Weaver gave up two runs and eight hits over 6 1/3 innings with no walks and five strikeouts. Weaver took a shutout into the top of the seventh inning before he ran out of steam. Eugenio Suarez’s two-run homer made it a one-run game and Jose Peraza’s third hit of his four-hit game was enough to bring a pitching change. More >>
Adleman survived his rocky beginning to turn in a quality start of six innings with three earned runs, seven hits, one walk and four strikeouts. Following short starts from the rotation in the previous two games, the Reds needed a longer start.
“I try to get deep in the game and give them a chance,” Adleman said. “I did that tonight but unfortunately, three runs were too many.”
Michael Lorenzen followed with a perfect seventh but gave up two hits in the eighth, including Andrelton Simmons’ RBI single to short right field over a drawn-in infield that scored Mike Trout with a key insurance run.
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