On a night when Shohei Ohtani enhanced the star quality of his rookie year in his first at-bat of the game, and Felix Pena hurled seven quality innings, it was pinch-hitter Jose Briceno’s leadoff heroics that snapped the Angels’ five-game losing streak and gave them their sixth walk-off win of the season.
Briceno launched Texas Rangers reliever Matt Moore’s third pitch of the 11th inning over the center-field wall for a game-winning homer and a 5-4 victory Monday night at Angel Stadium. Baby powder was thrown at him at home plate. A bucket of ice was dumped over his head during his postgame interview.