CHICAGO — Kyren Paris and the Angels’ bullpen made sure they got something out of a long day spent in Chicago.
Paris hit a tie-breaking homer in the top of the eighth, helping the Angels to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday in a game that was delayed for 2 hours, 48 minutes by rain in the seventh inning.
Right-hander Ben Joyce got out of a jam immediately after the rain delay ended, and after Paris’ homer put the Angels on top, relievers Brock Burke and Kenley Jansen pitched the final two innings. Burke got out of the eighth with the help of a nice back-hand play from second baseman Luis Rengifo. Jansen got out of a jam in the ninth, thanks to Rengifo and shortstop Tim Anderson collaborating on a game-ending double play.
Long before the Angels (2-1) celebrated a season-opening series victory, they watched right-hander Jack Kochanowicz bounce back from a rough first inning to have a quality start.
He didn’t get the victory because the offense went dormant between two runs in the first and Paris’ homer in the eighth.
Paris was not expected to crack the Opening Day roster, but he had a torrid spring, thanks to a swing that he reworked over the winter. A natural infielder, Paris also demonstrated his ability to play center field. That combination pushed the Angels to release outfielder Mickey Moniak and give Paris an opportunity as the backup center fielder.
When he came up in the eighth, he swung at a first-pitch fastball at the bottom of the zone and launched it over the fence in left.
Kochanowicz provided the Angels other most encouraging performance.
A ground ball specialist, Kochanowicz got off to an ominous start when he hung a sinker and allowed a homer on his third pitch. The White Sox hit three more balls at harder than 100 mph against him in the rest of the inning, scoring another run.
After that, though, Kochanowicz cruised through the rest of his outing. Kochanowicz needed just 48 pitches to get through the next five innings, facing the minimum 15 hitters.
More to come on this story.
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