{"id":292051,"date":"2026-06-01T18:28:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/292051\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T18:28:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:28:13","slug":"mcclanahan-and-aranda-power-the-rays-to-a-5-2-victory-over-the-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/292051\/","title":{"rendered":"McClanahan and Aranda power the Rays to a 5-2 victory over the Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstalkflorida.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rays-Defeat-Angels-Ben-Williamson.jpg\" data-caption=\"Tampa Bay Rays&#039; Ben Williamson drops his bat after his RBI single off Los Angeles Angels pitcher Drew Pomeranz during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 31, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo\/Chris O&#039;Meara)\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rays-Defeat-Angels-Ben-Williamson-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"Tampa Bay Rays' Ben Williamson drops his bat after his RBI single off Los Angeles Angels pitcher Drew Pomeranz during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 31, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo\/Chris O'Meara)\" title=\"Rays Defeat Angels Ben Williamson\"\/><\/a>Tampa Bay Rays&#8217; Ben Williamson drops his bat after his RBI single off Los Angeles Angels pitcher Drew Pomeranz during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 31, 2026, in St. Petersburg, Fla. (AP Photo\/Chris O&#8217;Meara)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) \u2014 Shane McClanahan pitched one-run ball for five innings, Jonathan Aranda homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-2 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McClanahan (6-2) allowed four hits, struck out three and didn\u2019t issue a walk. Bryan Baker pitched a scoreless ninth for his career-high 16th save this season in 19 chances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aranda hit a solo homer in the first inning before the Angels Jose Siri singled with two out in the second, advanced to third when Logan O\u2019Hoppe doubled and scored on a wild pitch by McClanahan to make it 1-all.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aranda and Richie Palacios drew consecutive walks leading off the third inning and Junior Camerino followed with a single to load the bases. Victor Mesa Jr. hit an RBI single and Cedric Mullins walked to drive in a run, giving the Rays a 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O\u2019Hoppe hit a solo homer in the seventh that pulled LA within a run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pinch-hitter Ben Williamson singled to drive in a run in the bottom of the inning and stole second base. Taylor Walls walked to load the bases and Yandy D\u00edaz drew an eight-pitch walk that scored Chandler Simpson and made it 5-2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Camerino and Walls had two hits apiece for the Rays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jack Kochanowicz (2-4) allowed three runs and five hits and walked four in 2 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rays RHP Griffin Jax (1-3, 3.60 ERA) starts Monday in the opener of a home series with Detroit, which has not named a starter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Angels RHP Jos\u00e9 Soriano (6-4, 2.65 ERA) is scheduled to pitch at home Monday against Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland (1-6, 8.08) in the opener of a three-game series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AP MLB:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Rays&#8217; Ben Williamson drops his bat after his RBI single off Los Angeles Angels pitcher Drew&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":292052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[24227,202,204,203,199,201,200,3815],"class_list":["post-292051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news","tag-tampa-bay-rays"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/292052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}