Upton, Angels get lucky bounce, 最高の，を越す hot Mercedes, White Sox
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Justin Upton's tiebreaking ホームラン capped a three-run 決起大会／結集させる in the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Angels, helped by a flyball that bounced off the 長，率いる of Chicago 中心 fielder Luis Robert, （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 hot-hitting Yerm?n Mercedes and the White Sox 5-3 on Saturday night.
Mercedes ホームランd, 二塁打d and 選び出す／独身d to become the first player since at least 1900 to begin a season with eight straight 攻撃する，衝突するs. The 28-year-old 新人 飛行機で行くd out in his final at-bat, ending the streak.
"I never imagined that. It is 広大な／多数の／重要な for me," Mercedes said. "Now, it´s a new day for me. I want to keep doing 井戸／弁護士席 and work with my approach. I want to play every day and I´m excited for that."
The Angels 追跡するd 3-2 going into the eighth. Anthony Rendon 選び出す／独身d with one out and 得点する／非難する／２０d the tying run on Jared Walsh's ３倍になる. Upton then 供給（する）d the game-winning 発射, sending a changeup from Evan Marshall (0-1) over the 塀で囲む in left.
"I was trying to stay to the big part of the field. The ball 肉親，親類d of ran in on me so I pulled it," Upton said.
Marshall said he thought he threw a good pitch, but Upton guessed 正確に.
Los Angeles Angels left fielder Justin Upton (10) 攻撃する，衝突するs a ホームラン during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Anaheim, Calif. Jared Walsh also 得点する／非難する／２０d. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
"I couldn´t have 投げ上げる／ボディチェックするd it in there any better and he （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 it to the 位置／汚点／見つけ出す," Marshall said.
Walsh had two 攻撃する，衝突するs and two 打点s, while David Fletcher also had two 攻撃する，衝突するs for Los Angeles. Junior Guerra (1-0) got the 勝利，勝つ with 1 1/3 scoreless innings.
The Angels got a gift in the third.
Rendon´s 決まりきった仕事 high 飛行機で行く appeared to be the final out of the inning, but the ball caromed off Robert´s 長，率いる after he 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d in and called off shortstop Tim Anderson.
権利 fielder Adam Eaton retrieved the ball after the crazy bounce and tried to throw out Fletcher at the plate. But Eaton´s throw bounced off the 塚 and then carried all the way to the backstop, 許すing Rendon to 前進する to second. Walsh then 攻撃する，衝突する an 打点 選び出す／独身 for a 2-1 lead.
"Move the ball, make the 弁護 遂行する／発効させる so that they may 遂行する／発効させる themselves," Angels 経営者／支配人 Joe Maddon said. "The baserunner 得点する／非難する／２０ing on that (from first base) was big, too. When David （機の）カム in, I told him not everyone 得点する／非難する／２０s on that."
Mercedes was supposed to have the night off, but 経営者／支配人 Tony La Russa said he earned his way into the 顔触れ with Friday night´s 業績／成果, when he became the second player in the modern 時代 to have five 攻撃する，衝突するs in his first career start, and the first to go 5 for 5.
Mercedes, who was the 指定するd hitter for the second straight night, 攻撃する，衝突する a 単独の ホームラン off Alex Cobb in the second.
"I´m just trying to wait for my pitch and not do too much. Just stay 権利 there and swing hard," he said. "It doesn´t 事柄 if it is two strikes or no strikes, I just want to see the ball."
Mercedes followed that with a 選び出す／独身 to 中心 in the fourth inning and an 打点 二塁打 to left-中心 in the sixth to put the White Sox up 3-2.
MORE FIELDING WOES
La Russa said before the game he wasn't worried about the White Sox making three errors in their first two games, but he might start to 再考する that after two more errors, which （機の）カム on the Roberts play. Seven of the Angels' 17 runs in this series have been unearned.
"We didn´t have a clean game or 攻撃する，衝突する 井戸／弁護士席. There are a lot of places where we could have done more," La Russa said.
Robert and Eaton made up for their mistakes some at the plate. Robert had an 打点 選び出す／独身 in the fourth to tie it at 2, while Eaton had two 攻撃する，衝突するs.
FOR STARTERS
Cobb and Lance Lynn took no-決定／判定勝ち（する）s in the first start for their new clubs.
Lynn, who （機の）カム to the White Sox in an offseason 貿易（する） from Texas, saw his streak of throwing 100-加える pitches end at 37 straight starts. He 許すd two runs (非，不，無 earned) in 4 2/3 innings and was pulled at 99 pitches.
"There were some 深い counts and extra pitches, but I was able to make pitches and everything felt good," said Lynn, who struck out six.
Cobb, acquired from Baltimore in February, 許すd three runs in six innings while striking out seven. Maddon said Cobb had good 命令（する） of his fastball but struggled at times with the curve.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: RHP F?lix Pe?a (権利 hamstring 緊張する) has started running and could throw his first bullpen 早期に next week.
UP NEXT
Shohei Ohtani is 支援する on the 塚 for the first time since Aug. 2 of last season for the series finale. The 権利-hander 許すd seven earned runs in 1 2/3 innings in a pair of starts last year.
The White Sox 反対する with 権利-hander Dylan 中止する (5-4, 4.01 ERA last season), who is 0-1 in two starts against the Angels.
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Chicago White Sox 中心 fielder Luis Robert (88) 得る，とらえるs his 長，率いる after a 飛行機で行く ball 攻撃する，衝突する him on the 長，率いる during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Anaheim, Calif. The ball was 攻撃する，衝突する by Los Angeles Angels' Anthony Rendon, who reached first on Robert's fielding error and reached second on a throwing error by Chicago White Sox 権利 fielder Adam Eaton. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Chicago White Sox's Yermin Mercedes (73) runs the bases after hitting a ホームラン during the second inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Los Angeles Angels' Justin Upton (10) celebrates with チーム仲間s after he 攻撃する，衝突する a ホームラン during the eighth inning of a baseball game Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Anaheim, Calif. Jared Walsh also 得点する／非難する／２０d. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
