Gillaspie HR helps Angels beat Indians, end 6-game skid
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Conor Gillaspie hit a go-ahead home run off Corey Kluber and the Los Angeles Angels snapped a six-game losing streak, beating the Cleveland Indians 5-4 Monday night.
Garrett Richards (11-8) tied a career high with 11 strikeouts in 7 2-3 innings. Huston Street got the last three outs for his 26th save in 29 attempts, and his first since becoming the 27th member of the 300-save club on July 22.
Gillaspie connected for a two-run drive in the sixth. The Angels added another run later in the inning for a 5-3 lead.
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Kluber (6-12) gave up five runs and 10 hits in 5 2-3 innings, and left with a 3.60 ERA this season.
Kluber faced a lineup missing slugger Albert Pujols, who got the night off after playing first base in all three interleague games at Dodger Stadium because the Angels weren't able to use a designated hitter.
Yan Gomes hit a two-run homer for Cleveland in the first inning and center fielder Michael Bourn robbed Kole Calhoun of a home run in the bottom half.
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Gillaspie, acquired by the Angels from the Chicago White Sox in a cash deal on July 24 after third baseman David Freese broke a finger, connected after a leadoff single by Erick Aybar. It was his fourth home run this season and first in seven games with his new club.
Four batters later, David DeJesus -- one of three outfielders the Angels got at the trading deadline -- chased Kluber with a two-out RBI single.
The Indians scored three times in the first. Michael Brantley hit an RBI single and Gomes hit his sixth homer.
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Cleveland didn't get another hit until Santana's two-out single in the sixth, which ended a string of 14 straight batters retired by Richards.