La Stella's walk-off homer sends Angels past Giants, 7-6

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Tommy La Stella hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning, and the Los Angeles Angels snapped their four-game losing streak with a 7-6 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night.

Mike Trout hit his 10th homer and Albert Pujols had a tiebreaking two-run double, but the Angels still fell behind in the sixth inning on Mike Yastrzemski's two-run double for San Francisco.

The Halos didn't rally until David Fletcher got a one-out single in the ninth and La Stella knocked the ball off the video board above the right field fence for his first career walk-off homer and the Angels' first comeback victory of the entire season.

La Stella said the last time he ended a game with a homer was “when I was seven, so a little bit of a layoff between the two.”

“I was just reading it and reacting,” he added. “I just wanted to make sure I didn’t swing out of the zone, especially with Mike coming up next."

Trevor Gott (1-2) blew his third save opportunity for the Giants, who lost their fifth straight overall after blowing a ninth-inning lead for the third time in their last four games. Gott gave up a ninth-inning homer for the sixth time already this season, and manager Gabe Kapler said he will look for a new closer.

“In the long term, my confidence in Trevor Gott has not changed,” Kapler said. "In the short term, we'll look for a softer landing spot for him. I think we’re going to need to figure out how to get his confidence back."

Brandon Belt hit an early two-run homer and Mauricio Dubón had two hits for the Giants, whose bullpen was solid until it wasn't. San Francisco has lost 12 of 15.

“It's been a rough few games, but this doesn't have to define our season,” Belt said. “We’re going through a rut right now, and...

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