Rays 6, Angels 5 (10 innings)
ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Center fielder Kevin Kiermaier led off the 10th inning with a home run off Los Angeles Angels closer Huston Street, snapping a tie and lifting the Tampa Bay Rays to a 6-5 win Wednesday night at Angel Stadium.
The Rays scored all six runs on home runs, rallying from a 4-0 deficit to take two of three in the series. Designated hitter Joey Butler hit a two-run homer, and right fielder Steven Souza Jr. hit a three-run shot.
Brad Boxberger (3-3), the fifth of seven Rays pitchers to appear in the game, got the win over Street (2-2). Steve Geltz got the final two outs in the bottom of the 10th for his second save of the season.
Angels starter Hector Santiago looked to be in control through five innings, but the Rays scored five in the sixth on the home runs by Butler and Souza.
Rays starter Nathan Karns was nowhere near as good as he was recently, but he was set up to get the win before the Angels rallied with a run in the ninth to tie the game at 5. Karns gave up four runs on five hits and three walks in five innings.
Like Santiago, Karns gave up two home runs: Angels center fielder Mike Trout hit a solo homer in the first inning, and second baseman Johnny Giavotella hit a two-run homer in the fourth.
Down 5-4 going into the bottom of the ninth, the Angels pushed across a run to tie the game and send it into extra innings. But it didn't come easily.
Carlos Perez led off with a single, but pinch runner Taylor Featherston was thrown out trying to steal second by catcher Rene Rivera, who made a perfect throw after scooping a pitch out of the dirt.
Pinch hitter Efren Navarro walked, and he was going on a 3-2 pitch that Giavotella grounded into right field for a single, sending Navarro to third. Shortstop Erick Aybar followed with a sacrifice fly to right, tying the game at 5.
Santiago worked out of a jam in the top of the first after the Rays had runners on second and third with one out. In the bottom of the inning, Trout homered (No. 14) off Karns for a 1-0 Angels lead.
Los Angeles left fielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis led off the third inning with a double, and he scored on first baseman Albert Pujols' two-out single for a 2-0 lead.
The Angels increased their lead to 4-0 in the fourth on Giavotella's two-out, two-run homer, his second of the season.
NOTES: Rays RHP Chris Archer became the second pitcher since 1914 to strike out 12 or more without a walk in two consecutive starts. Archer fanned 12 Mariners on May 28, then struck out 15 Angels on Tuesday. The other pitcher to accomplish the feat was the Mets' Dwight Gooden in 1984. ... Los Angeles LHP Edgar Ibarra made his major league debut Tuesday, throwing two scoreless innings of relief. Along with LHP Jose Alvarez and LHP Cesar Ramos, the Angels have three lefties in the bullpen. ... Angels SS Erick Aybar entered the game with a 10-game hitting streak and hits in 21 of his previous 22 games. ... Rays LHP Matt Moore, recovering from Tommy John surgery, threw 2 1/3 innings for Class A Charlotte on Wednesday in a rehab assignment. He allowed two runs (both unearned), two hits and two walks.