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Angels designated hitter Mike Trout watches the flight of his fifth-inning, two-run home run off Zac Gallen of the Arizona Diamondbacks. Trout also had a two-run single in the eighth inning for a 10-5 advantage. Jessie Alcheh / The associated Press

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RBI singles and Trout capping the rally with a two-run single to right for a 10-5 lead.

Angels left-hander Yusei Kikuchi, the team’s ace and lone All-Star representative, gave up three runs and six hits in 5 2/3 innings, striking out five and walking one to improve to 4-6 with a 3.11 ERA, and he appeared to survive a serious injury scare in the sixth.

With a runner aboard and two outs, Josh Naylor smashed a 105 mph line drive off Kikuchi’s left shoulder or biceps, the ball caroming into center field for a single. Kikuchi fell to the ground, clutching his shoulder, but he got up, threw a few practice pitches and remained in the game for one more batter.

Randal Grichuk lined an RBI single to center to pull Arizona to within 6-3, Naylor taking third and Grichuk second on the throw. Kikuchi was pulled in favor of right-hander Ryan Zeferjahn, who got James McCann to ground out to third, ending the inning.

The Diamondbacks took a 2-1 lead in the fourth when Eugenio Suárez lined his second homer of the game — and 31st of the season — over the right-field wall for the 20th career multihomer game.

The Angels mistakenly set off fireworks for the visiting player, an error that was met with a cascade of boos as Suárez rounded the bases.

But those boos quickly turned into cheers in the bottom of the fourth when the Angels rallied for three runs to take a 4-2 lead.

Ward led off with a double to left and scored on Jo Adell’s RBI double off the right-center field wall for a 2-2 tie. Adell took third on Moncada’s grounder to first and scored on Jorge Soler’s sacrifice fly to right for a 3-2 lead.

D’Arnaud doubled into the left-field corner and scored on Luis Rengifo’s RBI single to center for a 4-2 lead.

The Angels loaded the bases with no outs off Arizona starter Zac Gallen in the first, Neto lining a single to left, Schanuel drawing a walk and Trout capping a 10-pitch at-bat in which he fouled off four two-strike pitches with a walk. But they managed only one run on Ward’s fielder’s choice grounder for a 1-0 lead.

The Diamondbacks tied the score in the second inning when Suárez jumped all over Kikuchi’s center-cut, full-count slider, sending a towering 434-foot drive over the center-field wall for his 30th home run of the season, matching his home run total for 2024.