HOUSTON -- Already eliminated from playoff contention, the Los Angeles Angels quite enjoy playing spoiler.Yunel Escobar hit a two-run homer and pinch-hitter Rafael Ortega had three RBI during a six-run ninth inning, lifting the Angels over the Houston Astros 10-6 on Friday night.The loss dropped Houston to 2 1/2 games behind the Tigers for the second AL wild card, a tough blow after clawing back with a five-run sixth inning to make it 6-3 prior to the late-game collapse.We want to play spoiler, C.J. Cron said. Were not just going to push over and let them take the series. I think you saw that fight in us toward the end of the game today.Houston led 6-4 when Escobar sent a slider from Ken Giles (2-5) into the seats in left field to start the ninth. Giles walked Mike Trout with one out before intentionally walking Albert Pujols. Cron followed with a bloop single to score Trout and put the Angels on top.Giles was replaced by Michael Feliz after loading the bases with a walk. Ortega cleared the bases with his two-out double, which deflected off shortstop Carlos Correas glove, to extend the lead.Toughest inning of the year, Houston manager A.J. Hinch said. For a lot of reasons.Los Angeles manager Mike Scioscia was impressed with his teams comeback.You want to play the game the right way, he said. You want to play hard, you want to play well but that sometimes doesnt add up to a win. Tonight we overcame some of our own miscues, rallied and got some big hits on the offensive side.Nick Buss had two RBI for Los Angeles and Cron had an RBI double in the first. The Angels have won three in a row.Its the fifth blown save for Giles, who allowed three hits and six runs in 1/3 inning.I didnt do my job, Giles said. I put us in a hard position right now, and ... Im going to make up for it.Marwin Gonzalez hit a two-run single in the sixth that tied it before pinch-hitter Tyler White laced an RBI single to center field to make it 4-3. Jason Castro hit a third straight single to send home another run. Mike Morin took over and Houston got another run home on a passed ball to extend the lead.Buss drove home a run with a groundout in the eighth to cut the lead to 6-4.Houston starter Doug Fister allowed five hits and two runs in five innings.Los Angeles starter Alex Meyer yielded four hits and four runs with three walks in 5 1/3 innings in his seventh major league appearance. Cody Ege (1-0) got the last two outs of the eighth inning for his first major league win.Pujols doubled to start the second and Cron followed with his double to make it 1-0. A third double, this one by Buss with one out, scored Cron to push the lead to 2-0.THEY SAID ITIm not going to let Pujols be engaged in that inning. Ive seen enough of him over the years, as has this organization, Hinch on why he chose to intentionally walk him in the ninth inning.TRAINERS ROOMAngels: RHP Garrett Richards, who has been out since May after having Tommy John surgery, felt good on Friday after throwing a bullpen session a day before. He feels great ... the ball is really coming out hot, Scioscia said. Hes turning it loose and its exciting to see him healthy. Scioscia added that the next step will be to send him to pitch in their instructional league.Astros: Correa left the game after hitting the ground hard trying to make a catch in the ninth inning. There was no immediate word on his injury. ... Houston RHP Lance McCullers, who has been on the disabled list since Aug. 3 with an elbow strain, will throw another bullpen in a couple of days after feeling good following his first once since the injury on Thursday. 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BOSTON -- Wade Miley knows he hasnt been very good since coming to the Orioles.On Monday night, he was even worse.Miley retired just four batters -- giving up four runs before recording an out -- and allowed six runs as the Boston Red Sox ran away from Baltimore for a 12-2 victory.Since being acquired from Seattle on July 31, the left-hander has gone past the fifth inning just twice in eight starts. Hes failed to get out of the second a pair of times.It just happened fast. Real quickly it was over it, he said. Everything I threw they just hammered.Miley fell to 1-5 with Baltimore in the shortest start of his career.He had a good fastball, but command got him, Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said. Theyre a really good offensive club -- like we are -- and theyre going to make you pay for those mistakes. He made a lot of them. I kept hoping hed find his stuff, but he didnt.David Ortiz hit his 536th home run to tie Mickey Mantle for 17th on baseballs career list, and David Price allowed just a pair of solo homers to lead the Red Sox, keeping Bostons AL East lead at two games over second-place Toronto. The Orioles dropped to three out, but still one game ahead of Detroit for the second wild card.Miley (8-13) allowed five runs in the first inning before loading the bases in the second.Asked how he thinks hes done so far with Baltimore, he said: Obviously, thats not really a good question, its not been very good.Chris Young homered, doubled twice and singled, and Hanley Ramirez also homered for the Red Sox, who maintained a two-game lead over Toronto.The Red Sox won for the fifth time in six games, scoring in each of the first seven innings before going down in order in the eighth. Ramirez hit his eighth homer in his last 15 games as Boston, the top-scoring team in the majors, got 11 runs or more for the fifth time in 10 games.Price (16-8) allowed two runs on two hits and zero walks, striking out nine in eight innings for his seventh straight victory. Its the longest winning streak in his career for the left-hander, who signed a seven-year, $217 million free agent contract over the offseason.Dustin Pedroia and Xander Bogaerts led off the bottom of the first with singles and then Ortiz lined one to the warning track in left-center. Left fielder Steve Pearce jumped to glove the ball,, but it came out as he tried to avoid crashing into the Green Monster.ddddddddddddBogaerts had already begun retreating to first before Ortiz, rounding the bag, signaled for him to run in the other direction. The Orioles claimed Pearce had possession of the ball before dropping it, but the review upheld the original call and Ortiz had a single.Mookie Betts then hit a liner that stymied Pearce and went over his head for a double. When Ramirez followed with a single to left, Pearce was nonchalant in getting the ball back in; Betts, having stopped at third, scored to make it 4-0.Miley finally recorded an out, then got another on Sandy Leons sacrifice fly that gave Boston a 5-0 lead. Jackie Bradley Jr. was caught stealing to end the inning.Boston scored single runs in each of the next five innings, including Ortizs 33rd homer of the year into the Baltimore bullpen in the sixth. The Red Sox scored two more in the seventh.DIFFERENT OPINIONShowalter and Pearce both thought the LF caught Ortizs drive in the first.I know I caught the ball, Pearce said.Replays showed he didnt appear to ever have control as the ball fell to the ground.I thought he caught it, Showalter said.HOLD EVERYTHINGShowalter asked for a review of the game-ending double play as the Red Sox players were coming out of their dugout to celebrate.Dirty Water by the Standells was played over the PA -- as they always do in Fenway Park after Red Sox victories -- and Bostons players stood in foul territory, milling around waiting for confirmation that the game was over.Once the 55-second review confirmed the call, they joined their teammates on the field.TRAINERS ROOMOrioles: RHP Darren ODay is scheduled to pitch in a simulated game on Tuesday. He has been on the DL since Aug. 12 with a right shoulder rotator cuff strain.Red Sox: Knuckleballer Steven Wright hasnt resumed throwing yet. Manager John Farrell said he is getting better from a right shoulder strain but it will be challenging to get him ready with just a few weeks left in the season.UP NEXTOrioles: Game 2 of the series is Tuesday night, with righty Dylan Bundy (8-5) scheduled to start.Red Sox: Lefty Drew Pomeranz will start for Boston. ' ' '
