Moniak falls a home run short of the cycle and makes a game-saving catch in center field on a night when the Angels squander a three-run lead before rallying to win, 5-4. Reid Detmers takes a no-hi…
On the opening night of what is being billed as “Country Weekend,” the Angels’ Hunter Renfroe might as well have been swinging a banjo.
Renfroe’s softly hit dunker into shallow left field in the seventh inning on Friday ended up being sweet music, driving in the go-ahead run in a 5-4 victory the Angels first looked to have in hand before being forced to rally late.
Just when the Angels seemed ready to craft a tale of loss, they picked up the tempo late against the Minnesota Twins to win the opener of a three-game series and nine-game homestand.
Mickey Moniak had three hits, falling a home run shy of the cycle, and Reid Detmers took a no-hitter into the sixth inning as the Angels came out on top without Mike Trout, who was given a day of rest following a 2-4 road trip to Cleveland and Baltimore.
Detmers brought back memories of last May against the Tampa Bay Rays when he fired a no-hitter in his 11th career start.
