ANAHEIM — Logan O'Hoppe made franchise history while homering in his fourth straight game, and Jorge Soler hit a tiebreaking solo home run in the sixth inning, as the Los Angeles Angels beat the visiting Cleveland Guardians 6-2 on Sunday in Anaheim.
With a second-inning solo shot, O'Hoppe, who also singled, became the first Angels catcher to homer in four consecutive contests. He's batting .345 with five home runs and nine RBIs in seven games for Los Angeles, which has won two straight to win its third consecutive series to open 2025.
Soler, meanwhile, lined an 0-2 slider from Cleveland's Luis Ortiz (0-2) over the left-field wall to break a 2-2 tie and give the Angels a lead they'd never relinquish. Kyran Paris homered in the eighth for Los Angeles, which got five innings of two-run, one-hit ball from starter Tyler Anderson.
Kyle Manzardo homered for one of Cleveland's three hits. Ortiz allowed three runs and seven hits over six innings for the Guardians, who went 3-6 while opening the season on the road.
Cleveland wasted no time getting on the board via Lane Thomas' first-inning sacrifice fly to left. That came after Anderson issued ...
