Indians 3, Angels 1
CLEVELAND -- Trevor Bauer pitched eight strong innings and the Cleveland Indians scored all of their runs in the seventh inning of a 3-1 victory over Anaheim Angels on Friday night at Progressive Field.
It was the Indians' third win in a row. The Angels have lost six of their last eight games.
Bauer (10-10) gave up one run and five hits with seven strikeouts and three walks in six innings. Coming into the game, Bauer was 1-5 with a 6.23 ERA in his previous eight starts.
Right-hander Cody Allen pitched the ninth inning to pick up his 27th save. Right-hander Trevor Gott (2-2) took the loss.
Left-hander Andrew Heaney started for the Angels and pitched six scoreless innings, giving up six hits and one walk with three strikeouts.
With Anaheim leading 1-0, Gott relieved Heaney to start the seventh and the Indians used three consecutive pinch hitters to trigger a three-run rally.
Lonnie Chisenhall led off with a walk but was erased at second when Jose Ramirez reached on a fielder's choice. Abraham Almonte followed with a booming double to center field, scoring Ramirez with the tying run.
Second baseman Jason Kipnis ripped a single into center field, scoring Almonte and giving Cleveland a 2-1 lead. Gott retired the next hitter but then walked left fielder Michael Brantley, putting runners at first and second with two outs.
Left-hander Jose Alvarez relieved Gott and first baseman Carlos Santana greeted Alvarez with a ground single to center, scoring Kipnis to extend the Indians' lead to 3-1.
Neither team could do anything against the opposing pitcher through the first five innings.
The Angels, who managed just one hit in a 5-0 loss in Detroit on Wednesday, were held hitless by Bauer until first baseman Albert Pujols bounced a double off the center field wall with two outs in the fourth. But Bauer struck out the next batter, left fielder David Murphy, to end the inning.
Heaney pitched out of jams in the second and fourth to keep Cleveland off the board.
In the second, designated hitter Ryan Raburn doubled with one out, but Heaney retired the next two batters.
In the fourth, Brantley led off with a double, but Heaney was able to weave his way through that inning without a run scoring.
The Angels took a 1-0 lead in the fifth when designated hitter C.J. Cron led off with a single and scored on a two-out single by third baseman Kaleb Cowart.
NOTES: Indians RHP Danny Salazar was scratched from his scheduled start because he was still recovering from a virus that caused him to miss two days of work earlier in the week. Salazar's next start is expected to come Monday in Toronto. ... Manager Terry Francona said Indians INF Chris Johnson (infected left hand) is likely to be activated off the disabled list on Tuesday. ... 1B Albert Pujols and OF Mike Trout are on pace to become the first Angels teammates to hit 40 home runs in the same year. The last time it was done in the majors was in 2006 by Chicago White Sox sluggers Jim Thome and Jermaine Dye.