Major League Baseball
LA Angels 2, Cincinnati 1
When: 9:38 PM ET, Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Where: Angel Stadium, Anaheim, California
Temperature: 87°
Umpires: Home - Brennan Miller, 1B - Jeremie Rehak, 2B - Chris Conroy, 3B - John Tumpane
Attendance: 27083

Luis Rengifo drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and Yusei Kikuchi allowed one run on seven hits over seven innings as the Los Angeles Angels snapped a 10-game losing streak to the Cincinnati Reds with a 2-1 victory on Wednesday night in Anaheim, Calif.

Yoan Moncada hit a home run and Mike Trout went 2-for-4 to extend his on-base streak to 21 games for Los Angeles, which won for the second time in six games.

Reid Detmers (4-3) picked up the win with a scoreless inning of relief and Luis Garcia, subbing for injured closer Kenley Jansen (ribs), pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to pick up his first save. Kikuchi didn't walk a batter and struck out four. He left after throwing 88 pitches, 58 for strikes.

Ke'Bryan Hayes had two doubles and scored a run and Noelvi Marte went 2-for-4 with an RBI for Cincinnati, which had a three-game win streak snapped. It was Marte's fifth consecutive multi-hit game and also extended his hitting streak to 11 games.

Graham Ashcraft (7-5) took the loss after allowing one run on three hits in two-thirds of an inning. The loss kept Cincinnati from moving into a tie with the New York Mets for the final National League wild-card spot.

Cincinnati took a 1-0 lead in the third inning when Austin Hays led off with an opposite-field double down the right field line and scored two outs later on a single by Marte.

Los Angeles tied it 1-1 in the fourth inning on Moncada's ninth home run, a 394-foot drive to left-center.

The Angels took the lead in the eighth inning against Ashcraft. Bryce Teodosio led off with a double to left and scored what proved to be the game-winner one out later on a ground single to left by Rengifo.

Los Angeles shortstop Zach Neto, the reigning American League Player of the Week, was hit by a pitch in the third inning and left the game before the start of the sixth inning with what was described by the team as left wrist soreness.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cincinnati   LA Angels
Nick Martinez Player Yusei Kikuchi
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 7.0
7 Strikeouts 4
2 Hits 7
1.50 ERA 1.29
Hitting
Cincinnati   LA Angels
Ke'Bryan Hayes Player Mike Trout
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
4 TB 2
.667 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Cincinnati 7 0 10 .219 15 7 1 1 0 0
LA Angels 5 1 9 .172 14 10 2 2 0 0