Mickey Moniak hit a go-ahead double in the sixth inning and Logan O’Hoppe stopped an 0-for-29 slump with a tying homer in the fourth as the Angels rallied past the Atlanta Braves 3-2 on Friday night to stop their three-game losing streak.
Moniak, who was one for 11 on the homestand when he came up to bat, narrowly missed a home run when he drilled Pierce Johnson’s curveball off the right-field wall. That drove in Nolan Schanuel, who drew a walk from Braves starter Spencer Schwellenbach (4-6) leading off the inning.
Brock Burke (1-0), the third of six Angels pitchers, earned the win with 1⅔ scoreless innings. Ben Joyce got five outs for his second save.
Schwellenbach gave up three runs on four hits and two walks in five-plus innings. He struck out eight and has 85 strikeouts this season, most by a Braves pitcher through their first 13 games in franchise history.
O’Hoppe tied the game 2-2 in the fourth with his 17th homer, which is third among catchers in the majors.
Atlanta jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the fourth. Marcell Ozuna led off with a base hit and Matt Olson walked before Sean Murphy lined a single to left field to drive in Ozuna. Jarred Kelenic brought in Olson with a one-out chopper that third baseman Anthony Rendon was unable to handle cleanly.
The Angels tied it in the home half when O’Hoppe drove a low curveball from Schwellenbach into the center-field stands. O’Hoppe drove in Schanuel, who got aboard with a leadoff double down the left-field line.
Injury update: Rendon was removed from the game in the fourth with a bruised right elbow.
Up next: Braves left-hander Chris Sale (13-3, 2.61 ERA), who leads the National League in wins and ERA, threw seven scoreless innings at San Francisco on Monday. Angels right-hander Griffin Canning (4-10, 5.11) has yielded at least four runs in three of his last five starts.