ANAHEIM >> On a night that began with the Angels suffering a freak injury to their hottest hitter, his replacement came through in the end.

The Angels scored two runs in the ninth to pull out a 3-2 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday night, ending the Angels’ six-game losing streak hours after Luis Rengifo suffered a first-inning injury while swinging the bat in the on-deck circle.

Randal Grichuk, who replaced Rengifo, had the game-winning single with two outs in the bottom of the ninth.

The rally began with No. 7 hitter Chad Wallach hitting a double off of Guardians All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase with one out. Brett Phillips followed with a single and then Kyren Paris singled, driving in the tying run for his first major league RBI. After an intentional walk to Nolan Schanuel and Brandon Drury’s forceout at the plate, Grichuk lined a single to center.

The Angels didn’t score their first run until the seventh, using a lineup that was without the reigning American League Player of the Week.

Rengifo was about to step up to the plate when he felt something wrong while getting ready to hit. He grabbed his left arm. Head athletic trainer Mike Frostad came to check on him, and he quickly left the game.

There was no immediate word on how much time he might miss, but the Angels can’t afford to be without their hottest hitter for long as they try to get through this disappointing season with a few more victories.

Shohei Ohtani has been out for the past four games because of oblique tightness, and Mickey Moniak was a late scratch because of a back issue.

After Rengifo came out of the game, second baseman Drury was the only player left in the Angels’ lineup who was also in their Opening Day lineup.

Five others are injured and one (Hunter Renfroe) was lost on waivers in a cost-cutting move. Catcher Logan O’Hoppe had the day off on Thursday.

Rengifo was batting third on Thursday because he’d been on a tear since late June, hitting .319 with a .965 OPS over his last 63 games. He has a 14-game hitting streak, which is still intact because he did not have an official at-bat.

While the Angels’ patchwork lineup couldn’t muster any offense, their pitchers did a nice job of holding down the Guardians in a bullpen game.

Left-hander Jhonathan Diaz recorded the first five outs and right-hander Andrew Wantz picked up the next four.

Right-hander Davis Daniel then worked three scoreless innings in his major league debut.

Daniel, a 26-year-old former seventh-round pick, reached the major leagues for three days last year but he didn’t get into a game.

He allowed the leadoff man to get on base in each of his innings but escaped unscathed. He struck out one and walked three.