BALTIMORE—All Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout need is a little more help.
They got it from Hunter Renfroe during a dicey ninth inning.
Ohtani homered in the first and hit a tiebreaking infield single in the eighth, and Renfroe’s terrific throw in the ninth helped the Los Angeles Angels hold on for a 6–5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday.
“That throw from Renfroe was incredible,” Los Angeles manager Phil Nevin said. “That’s one of the better throws I’ve seen by a right fielder.”
Trout also went deep for the Angels, and Anthony Santander and Adley Rutschman homered for Baltimore. Rutschman’s two-run shot in the seventh gave Baltimore a 5–4 lead, but it was short lived….