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OC Register: Jo Adell drives in go-ahead run, makes spectacular catch in Angels’ win


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ANAHEIM — Jo Adell continues to change the narrative about his defense.

Now, he just has to hit.

Adell did some of both in the Angels’ 4-3 victory over the Oakland A’s on Tuesday night, saving at least an extra-base hit with a leaping catch and driving in the tie-breaking run with an eighth-inning single.

Adell had been hitless in his first three at-bats when he came to the plate in the eighth. Matt Duffy was hit by a pitch to lead off the inning, and then Michael Stefanic moved him into scoring position with a perfect sacrifice.

Adell then yanked a single through the left side of the infield, driving in Duffy.

The 23-year-old Adell still has plenty to prove at the plate and in the field if the Angels are going to be able to count on him as an everyday player.

Adell is hitting .223 with a .626 OPS and seven home runs. He has struck out 95 times in 257 plate appearances and walked just 10 times.

For his career, he’s up to 529 plate appearances, with a .214 batting average and .609 OPS.

Although Adell’s offense has been less than expected throughout his career, the assumption has always been that it would improve, and the defense was more of an issue.

Over the past two months, though, Adell has made a handful of impressive defensive plays. He fired a perfect throw to the plate to get an out just last week.

On Tuesday night, A’s first baseman Dermis Garcia ripped a Patrick Sandoval pitch toward the left field fence in the fifth inning.

Adell grabbed it, with his glove just above the fence, preserving a 3-3 tie.

Sandoval gave up three runs in 5-1/3 innings, with all of the damage coming in the second inning.

In that inning, the A’s had five hits and a walk and they scored three runs against Sandoval. Two of the hits were infield hits, though. Another was a ground ball single.

Two of the runs scored on Nick Allen’s double off the left field fence. Adell and shortstop Livan Soto prevented further damage with a couple of strong throws to nail Christian Pache at the plate.

Other than the second, Sandoval gave up just one single and one walk in the rest of his outing.

Sandoval has one start left this season, and he’s thrown 142-2/3 innings with a 3.09 ERA.

While Sandoval limited the damage to one inning, the Angels could only score in one inning against right-hander James Kaprielian, a former Beckman High and UCLA standout.

The Angels began the inning with three straight hits, plating runs on a Matt Thaiss single, a Soto sacrifice fly and Luis Rengifo’s single.

Soto singled and tripled in his next two trips to the plate. The 22-year-old is hitting .379 with a 1.062 OPS through his first 10 major league games.

More to come on this story.

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