This loss marked their seventh consecutive defeat, and continues their ongoing struggles in pitching and late-game execution. In a historic and unfortunate turn, the Angels became the first team in the modern era to allow eight or more runs in the eighth inning or later in back-to-back games.

Detroit Tigers outfielder Riley Greene became the first player in Major League Baseball history to homer twice in the ninth inning of a single game on Friday night, accomplishing the feat as part of a 9-1 victory against the Los Angeles Angels (box score).

After becoming the first player in MLB history to hit two homers in the ninth inning, the Tigers' Riley Greene kind of shrugged, full of nonchalance.