ANAHEIM, Calif. — Josh Naylor hit a tiebreaking home run in the eighth inning and the Cleveland Indians snapped a four-game losing streak with a 6-5 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
The Tribe (22-18) jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the first but saw the Angels steadily rally and tie it in the seventh. Naylor, though, put Cleveland back on top when he drove Alex Claudio's changeup over the wall in right-center for his fourth homer of the season.
José Ramírez hit his 12th home run and Cleveland scored two more on an error by LA second baseman Phil Gosselin, but Shohei Ohtani put the Halos on the board in the bottom of the first with his Major League-leading 14th bomb. Justin Upton added a three-run shot in the fourth before José Iglesias evened things up with a solo shot of his own in the seventh. Tribe starter Zach Plesac allowed all five runs.
Despite the devastating collapse, Naylor was able to right the ship with the teams' fifth homer of the night combined, and the Indians' bullpen took care of the rest: Bryan Shaw struck out two in a scoreless eighth before James Karinchak earned his fourth save in the ninth.
Finally back in the win column, the Indians have pulled back to within 2 1/2 games of the Chicago White Sox for first place in the AL Central. They'll attempt to take the rubber match of this three-game series Wednesday night when Aaron Civale (5-1, 3.40 ERA) faces the budding superstar Ohtani (1-0, 2.10).