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09/04 20:48 CDT Jones throws 6 strong innings, Mangum doubles in run in
Pirates' 1-0 win over Angels
Jones throws 6 strong innings, Mangum doubles in run in Pirates' 1-0 win over
Angels
By JOHN PERROTTO
Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) --- Jared Jones pitched six strong innings, Jake Mangum had an
RBI double in the second inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the skidding
Los Angeles Angels 1-0 on Friday night.
The MLB-worst Angels (53-88) lost for the 10th time in 11 games. The Pirates
have won five of six games.
Jones (3-6) blanked the Angels on three hits to win for the first time in eight
starts since beating Cleveland on July 18. He struck out nine, walked one, and
threw 63 of 91 pitches for strikes.
Wilber Dotel pitched two innings, and Mason Montgomery worked the ninth to
complete the four-hitter and the Pirates' ninth shutout of the season.
Montgomery had his ninth save.
Ryan Johnson (3-8) was the hard-luck loser, giving up one run and four hits
over six innings with six strikeouts and two walks. He has a 1.67 ERA in his
last six starts and allowed zero or one run in five of those outings.
Prized rookie shortstop Konnor Griffin returned from the injured list for the
Pirates and made an immediate impact when he scored the lone run from first
base on Mangum's one-out double to right field in the second inning.
Griffin had been sidelined since July 6 after undergoing surgery to repair a
torn tendon in his left ring finger. The Pirates signed the 20-year-old to a
nine-year, $140-million contract, the richest in franchise history, in April.
The Angels hit back-to-back singles to open the top of the second, but Jones
got Christian Moore to foul out, then struck out Jose Siri and Adam Frazier.
The Halos have been shut out 12 times.
Up next
Angels LHP Yusei Kikuchi (0-5, 5.65 ERA) faces RHP Braxton Ashcraft (14-5,
3.59) on Saturday night in the middle game of the series.
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