Kyle Hendricks earns win No. 100 as Angels beat | College News

When Angels nearer Kenley Jansen induced a groundout from J.P. Crawford to finish Friday night time’s contest, he made sure to keep the ball.

In the Angels’ clubhouse after a 5-4 win over the Seattle Mariners, Jansen handed the ball to Kyle Hendricks. It was Hendricks’ to keep after he earned his one centesimal profession victory.

Hendricks didn’t pitch his best sport. The right-hander gave up eight hits and 4 earned runs along with two strikeouts and two walks over six innings. Still, his milestone capped one of the Angels’ higher wins — an all-around staff effort spearheaded by veteran gamers.

“I hate it being about me, so I appreciated keeping [the postgame celebration] short,” mentioned Hendricks, who gained 97 of his 100 video games with the Chicago Cubs. [Manager Ron Washington] just mentioned a couple phrases, and the fellows identified Kenley maintaining the final ball for me, handing it over. Just actually cool and hugs all around.”

Clyde Wright, ninth on the Angels’ all-time wins listing and Hendricks’ pitching coach during his teenage years in South Orange County, was at Angel Stadium on Friday. Wright, who ended his profession with 100 wins, congratulated Hendricks in the clubhouse.

“I told him, I only took 23 years after our first lesson — 12-year-old, first lesson — and now, finally tied him,” Hendricks mentioned.

Hendricks mentioned he has constructed a stable bond with battery mate Travis d’Arnaud in latest begins.

“Really catching a groove, really learned me, and it’s just making things so much easier for me,” Hendricks mentioned of d’Arnaud. “So I can’t thank him enough.”

Being half of Hendricks’ one centesimal win was “very special” for d’Arnaud, who also caught Charlie Morton’s one centesimal win with Atlanta in 2021.

“I’m very thankful and grateful that I was a part of it, and not only to be a part of it behind the plate, but also to help contribute at the plate,” d’Arnaud mentioned.

Offensively, it was one of the most recent Angels who helped lead them to victory.

Chris Taylor hadn’t performed a lot at the plate since the Angels signed him practically two weeks in the past. Friday night time at Angel Stadium, the previous (*100*) utilityman put collectively his best sport for the Angels so far — going two for three with a tying RBI double in his first multi-hit efficiency of the season (his first in the common season since Sept. 28).

“That’s obviously the best game I’ve had in a minute,” Taylor mentioned. “Just to hit the ball hard and drive in a run — do some things to help a team win, felt good.”

Angels second baseman Chris Taylor throws to first base after forcing out a Mariners runner at second in the first inning Friday.

(Eric Thayer / Associated Press)

Taylor also scored the decisive run in the fifth inning on a single from Nolan Schanuel. Even Taylor’s one out was loud. In the underside of the sixth, Seattle heart fielder Julio Rodríguez robbed Taylor of a two-run home run to lifeless heart subject.

In his first plate look in the third, Taylor scored on a single from Zach Neto to tie the rating 1-1. After the Mariners retook the lead in the fourth, d’Arnaud tied the sport again with a two-run home run in the underside of the inning.

The Angels put collectively one of their higher performances at the plate. They mixed for seven hits and struck out just seven instances. With their third win in 4 video games, the Angels (29-33) are three video games back of second-place Seattle (32-30) and 5½ video games behind AL West-leading Houston (35-28).

Ryan Zeferjahn and Reid Detmers pitched a scoreless seventh and eighth, respectively, and Jansen tossed a scoreless ninth for his thirteenth save. Detmers hasn’t given up a run — across eight appearances — since May 17.

For Washington, Hendricks getting his one centesimal win was the cherry on high of a win over a division rival.

“I talk about two things, presence and performance,” Washington mentioned. “[Hendricks’] presence is always around. And when he’s performing, you see him giving everything he has. Well deserved.”