Los Angeles Angels at Chicago White Sox

· Major League Baseball

Los Angeles Angels

1-1, 1-1 Away

Final
1 - 0

Chicago White Sox

1-1, 1-1 Home

Moncada and Soriano deliver as the Angels edge the White Sox 1-0

Yoan Moncada's infield-single puts Angels on the board

Jorge Soler walked with two outs in the eighth and advanced to third on Mike Clevinger's wild pitch. Catcher Matt Thaiss had trouble locating the ball as Soler scampered around the bases.

Moncada then drove in Soler with a grounder back up the middle that went off Clevinger (0-1) for an infield single. Moncada played for the White Sox for the previous eight seasons before signing with the Angels in free agency.

Los Angeles right-hander José Soriano (1-0) pitched seven innings of two-hit ball. He struck out five and walked two.

Soriano made 20 starts and two relief appearances for Los Angeles last year, going 6-7 with a 3.42 ERA. He was shut down in August because of right arm fatigue.

Ben Joyce worked the eighth and Kenley Jansen earned his first save of the season, finishing a two-hitter.

Angels center fielder Jo Adell left in the fifth after legging out an infield hit. The team said he had left hip tightness.

Jonathan Cannon pitched five innings of four-hit ball for Chicago. He struck out five and walked three.

Key moment Jansen struck out Miguel Vargas and Luis Robert Jr. in the ninth before walking Andrew Benintendi. Andrew Vaughn then bounced to shortstop for the final out.

It was Jansen’s 448th career save.

Key stat Benintendi and Brooks Baldwin had the only hits for Chicago.

Up next The teams conclude their season-opening series Sunday. Jack Kochanowicz pitches for the Angels, and Davis Martin starts for the White Sox.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Vaughn grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Benintendi walked.
	9th Inning	Robert Jr. struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Vargas struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Jansen relieved Joyce
	9th Inning	Newman flied out to left.

Statistics

LAA		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
15	Ground Balls	15
7	Strikeouts	7
1	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	2
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	0
3	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	27
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
19	Runners Left On Base	8
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
10	Fly Balls	5
0	Caught Stealing	0
139	Pitches	111
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
8	Total Bases	2
36	Plate Appearances	31
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	0
2.2	Runs Created	-0.6
.250	Batting Average	.074
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.250	Slugging Percentage	.074
.156	Secondary Average	.148
.333	On Base Percentage	.194
.583	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.268
1.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	3.0
2.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-0.7
13.0	Batter Rating	2.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.86	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.58
.000	Isolated Power	.000
0.57	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.57
.111	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.129
-.094	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.074
2.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
70.5	MLB Rating	56.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0