Los Angeles Angels Join Exclusive Club in Baseball History with Insane Late Win vs. White Sox
The Los Angeles Angels beat the Chicago White Sox on Monday, 2-1. The Halos scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning to break a 1-1 tie.
It's not that the Angels won that's surprising, it's the historic nature of how they won that's surprising.
The Angels manufactured that game-winning run without getting a single hit, or even putting a ball in play.
Facing Reynoldo Lopez, Mike Trout led off the inning with a walk. Lopez was then replaced by Aaron Bummer, who walked Shohei Ohtani. Then Trout and Ohtani each stole third and second base, respectively.
With second and third and no one out, Brandon Drury struck out and then Bummer threw a wild pitch which scored Trout and ended the game.
Per @OptaSTATS on Twitter:
The @Angels are the first MLB team to win via walkoff in an inning where they started with nobody on base, had no more than 3 batters finish a plate appearance and had nobody put the ball in play since the Reds did it against the Giants on September 16, 1985.
The win moved the Angels to 43-37 on the season. They are currently tied for second place in the American League West at 5.0 games back of the Texas Rangers. They are also tied with the Astros at 0.5 games back of the final wild card spot.
For the White Sox, they fell to 34-46 on the season. They are 6.0 games back in the American League Central.
The two teams will play on Tuesday at 9:38 p.m. ET.
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