Jorge Soler belted a grand slam and Jack Kochanowicz allowed one run over seven innings, fueling the visiting Los Angeles Angels to a 10-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday.
Zach Neto launched a two-run homer, Josh Lowe also went deep and Yoan Moncada had an RBI single while reaching base four times on Friday. Lowe and Moncada joined Soler and Neto with two hits after entering the game mired in 1-for-25 and 0-for-15 ruts, respectively.
Adam Frazier reached base four times and joined Mike Trout in working a bases-loaded walk to help the Angels snap a two-game losing streak.
With the bases loaded in the eighth inning, Soler sent a 3-1 fastball from Kyle Nicolas over the wall in left-center field.
Kochanowicz (2-0) surrendered a single to Eugenio Suarez to lead off the second inning and overcame four walks, including three free passes in the fifth inning. Will Benson scored on TJ Friedl’s groundout to trim Los Angeles’ lead to 4-1 before Kochanowicz induced Matt McLain to ground out to end the inning.
Kochanowicz allowed another single to Suarez in the sixth inning for his only other hit before departing after seven innings.
Elly De La Cruz belted a solo homer in the eighth inning for the Reds, who mustered little else en route to losing their third straight game.
Frazier worked a five-pitch walk against Chase Burns (1-1) with the bases loaded to open the scoring in the second inning.
Los Angeles extended its lead to 2-0 in the third inning after Soler ripped a two-out double and scored on Moncada’s single to shallow left field.
The Angels doubled that advantage with two outs in the fourth inning.
Frazier worked another five-pitch walk to extend the inning, and Neto made Burns pay for that by depositing a 2-2 fastball over the wall in center field. Neto’s homer was his team-leading fifth of the season and third in his last six games.
Cincinnati scratched for a run in the top of the fifth inning before Lowe turned on a 0-1 fastball from Burns, lining the ball over the wall in right field to lead off the sixth.
Burns permitted five runs on seven hits with four walks in 5 1/3 innings.
–Field Level Media
