ANAHEIM, Calif.—Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout homered in the same game for the eighth time this season, but rookies Kerry Carpenter and Ryan Kreidler hit back-to-back homers in the ninth inning to send the Detroit Tigers to a 5–4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Sept. 7.
Kreidler hit his first career homer off José Quijada (0–4) four pitches after Carpenter tied it with a homer down the left field line into the shortest porch at Angel Stadium.
Eric Haase went 5 for 5 with a homer and two doubles in the majors’ 12th five-hit game of the season, and former No. 1 overall draft pick Spencer Torkelson hit his first homer since July 3 as the Tigers snapped their four-game skid and avoided a series sweep with a 13-hit attack in just their second win in nine games….