Travis d’Arnaud had a simple explanation this week for his recent hot streak, saying he was just trying “to be consistent, stay calm and have a slow heartbeat” when he steps to the plate.

The veteran catcher displayed all of those qualities in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday night, stroking a pinch-hit RBI single to left field to give the Angels a 6-5 walk-off victory over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks before a crowd of 35,209 in Angel Stadium.

Logan O’Hoppe sparked the winning rally when he was hit by Kyle Backhus’ pitch with one out. Luis Rengifo lined a single to center, and d’Arnaud, batting for Gustavo Campero, delivered the fifth walk-off hit of his career.

The Angels had taken a 5-4 lead on Rengifo’s RBI double in the fifth, and they got perfect relief innings from left-hander Brock Burke in the sixth and right-hander Jose Fermin, who struck out two of three batters in the seventh.

Angels interim manager Ray Montgomery summoned left-hander Reid Detmers, who had his 22-inning scoreless streak snapped in Wednesday night’s win over Texas, for the eighth.

Detmers got Josh Naylor to ground out to first base but caught too much of the plate with a 91 mph slider to Randal Grichuk, who sent a 411-foot drive over the center-field wall for a 5-5 tie and the 13th multihomer of his career.

The Angels had a chance to take the lead in the bottom of the eighth when Nolan Schanuel doubled with one out, Mike Trout was intentionally walked and Schanuel stole third without a throw.

But Taylor Ward swung through a full-count changeup from reliever Anthony DeSclafani for strike three, and Jo Adell popped out to shallow left-center, Arizona left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. making a lunging catch after a long run.

Angels closer Kenley Jansen threw a scoreless ninth, getting Gurriel to ground into an inning-ending 5-4-3 double play, to keep the score tied.

Angels starter Tyler Anderson reached 10 years of big league service time Friday night, a significant milestone that only 7% of players who make it to the major leagues achieve, but the veteran left-hander didn’t have much to celebrate.

Anderson needed 84 pitches to grind through five innings in which he gave up four runs and eight hits, struck out three and walked two, and he coughed up an early 4-0 lead when he gave up four runs on five hits in the second.

But Anderson escaped a two-on, no-outs jam in the third when he struck out Grichuk and got Blaze Alexander to ground into a 6-4-3 double play, and he added a scoreless fourth and fifth inning before turning the game over to the bullpen.

— Mike DiGiovanna

RED SOX PITCHER DOBBINS HAS TORN ACL

Red Sox right-hander Hunter Dobbins said on Saturday he knew his season was probably over when he felt a familiar feeling in his knee.

He was right. Dobbins was diagnosed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, his second ACL tear in his right knee.

“Yeah. I’ve torn my ACL in this knee before and it was the same feeling,” he said, standing in the middle of Boston’s clubhouse with a red sleeve on his right leg. “Kind of some denial went into it, tried to go through that warm-up pitch, felt the same sensation again so, at that point, I knew what it was.”

Dobbins tore the same ACL playing high school football.

Covering first base in the second inning of Boston’s 5-4 walk-off win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night, the 25-year-old Dobbins stepped awkwardly and limped after recording an out by making a catch on a throw from first baseman Abraham Toro.

Dobbins took one warm-up toss before manager Alex Cora stopped him from attempting any more.

“Tough,” Cora said before the Red Sox faced the Rays. “He put himself on the map, right, did a good job for us. When it happened, I thought something minor. Talking to him, he felt it right away. He’s been through that before.”

The Red Sox placed him on the 15-day injured list Saturday and recalled right-hander Richard Fitts.

“In my head I have opening day next year kind of circled,” Dobbins said. “Whether or not that’s realistic, I don’t know, but that’s my goal.”

SATURDAY’S highlights

Minnesota Twins All-Star center fielder Byron Buxton hit for the cycle Saturday in a 12-4 win over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates.

The cycle was the first for any player in Target Field history since the ballpark opened in 2010. It was the first cycle by a Twins player since Jorge Polanco had one in 2019.

Buxton had three hits through three innings — a single in the first, a triple in the six-run second and a double in the third. After singling again in the fifth, he had one more opportunity in the bottom of the seventh.

Buxton, who will participate in next week’s Home Run Derby, crushed a 427-foot solo homer off Pirates reliever Andrew Heaney with two outs in the seventh to make it an 11-3 game and complete the cycle. That brought the Target Field crowd to its feet, many of which had received a Buxton bobblehead giveaway at the park.

The cycle was the first for any player in Target Field history since the ballpark opened in 2010. It was the first cycle by a Twins player since Jorge Polanco had one in 2019.

The cycle-completing homer for Buxton was his 21st of the season, tied for fifth-most in the American League.

Buxton was replaced in center field after the seventh inning.

Cubs 5, Yankees 2: Chicago’s Matthew Boyd won a matchup of All-Star left-handers as Max Fried left early because of yet another blister on his pitching hand, and the visiting Cubs stopped New York’s five-game winning streak.

Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer in the ninth off Brad Keller, his 35th of the season, and became the fastest player to 350 home runs. Playing his 1,088th game, Judge bettered Mark McGwire’s 1,280.

A first time All-Star, Boyd (10-3) won his fourth straight start and fifth consecutive decision, giving up four hits in eight scoreless innings with six strikeouts and no walks.

Fried (11-3) allowed nine of 18 batters to reach, giving up four runs — three earned — six hits and three walks in three innings.