Matt Joyce beat the Angels on Saturday, providing the winning runs in a particularly cruel 8-7 defeat to the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park.
For the second consecutive day, Kole Calhoun hit an early home run against a left-handed pitcher, this time to straightaway center in the first inning. He has three homers against left-handed pitchers this season.
The Angels moved up Jhoulys Chacin one day to start Saturday when Nick Tropeano went onto the disabled list. Chacin’s last start was enormously successful, the only complete game by an Angel in 2016.