Brandon Marsh’s late home run propels Angels past White Sox

CHICAGO — Brandon Marsh has had large games during his two-month large league career, but helium had not had a infinitesimal bigger than this.

Marsh deed an eighth-inning tie-breaking location tally successful the Angels’ 3-2 triumph implicit the Chicago White Sox connected Wednesday night.

Marsh homered connected a 100.8 mph fastball from Michael Kopech, belting it conscionable implicit the obstruction successful left-center.

His 2nd homer of the play was his 3rd deed of the night. He’d besides singled and scored the Angels’ 2nd tally of the game.

Marsh besides had timing bully capable to deed his homer conscionable aft Mike Mayers had pitched. Mayers, who wears No. 21, was the winning pitcher connected the time that players astir the large leagues wore that fig to grant Roberto Clemente.

Although Angels starter Janson Junk didn’t get the victory, helium inactive represented himself well, allowing conscionable 1 tally successful 4-1/3 innings.

Junk has a 2.25 ERA successful 2 starts aft the Angels promoted him consecutive from Double-A.

Acquired from the New York Yankees successful the Andrew Heaney commercialized connected July 30, Junk had spent the full play astatine Double-A. He carried a cleanable crippled into the ninth successful his last insignificant league commencement earlier the Angels called him up.

In his Sept. 5 debut against the Texas Rangers, his outing was spoiled by 4 unearned runs.

This time, facing a overmuch tougher lineup successful a hitter-friendly ballpark, Junk performed well.

He threw conscionable fastballs, curves and sliders with his 61 pitches, averaging 92 mph with his fastball.

Junk retired the archetypal 8 hitters earlier giving up a azygous to Cesar Hernandez. Junk gave up a leadoff homer to Yoan Moncada successful the fourth, and past retired the adjacent three.

After a leadoff treble by Gavin Sheets and a sacrifice successful the fifth, Junk was pulled.

Junk near successful a 1-1 necktie and the crippled was inactive tied aft the teams each scored successful the sixth.

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