Jorge Soler belted a grand slam and Jack Kochanowicz allowed one run over seven innings, fueling the visiting Los Angeles Angels to a 10-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday.

Zach Neto launched a two-run homer, Josh Lowe also went deep and Yoan Moncada had an RBI single while reaching base four times on Friday. Lowe and Moncada joined Soler and Neto with two hits after entering the game mired in 1-for-25 and 0-for-15 ruts, respectively.

Adam Frazier reached base four times and joined Mike Trout in working a bases-loaded walk to help the Angels snap a two-game losing streak.

With the bases loaded in the eighth inning, Soler sent a 3-1 fastball from Kyle Nicolas over the wall in left-center field.

Kochanowicz (2-0) surrendered a single to Eugenio Suarez to lead off the second inning and overcame four walks, including three free passes in the fifth inning. Will Benson scored on TJ Friedl’s groundout to trim Los Angeles’ lead to 4-1 before Kochanowicz induced Matt McLain to ground out to end the inning.

Kochanowicz allowed another single to Suarez in the sixth inning for his only other hit before departing after seven innings.

Elly De La Cruz belted a solo homer in the eighth inning for the Reds, who mustered little else en route to losing their third straight game.

Frazier worked a five-pitch walk against Chase Burns (1-1) with the bases loaded to open the scoring in the second inning.

Los Angeles extended its lead to 2-0 in the third inning after Soler ripped a two-out double and scored on Moncada’s single to shallow left field.

The Angels doubled that advantage with two outs in the fourth inning.

Frazier worked another five-pitch walk to extend the inning, and Neto made Burns pay for that by depositing a 2-2 fastball over the wall in center field. Neto’s homer was his team-leading fifth of the season and third in his last six games.

Cincinnati scratched for a run in the top of the fifth inning before Lowe turned on a 0-1 fastball from Burns, lining the ball over the wall in right field to lead off the sixth.

Burns permitted five runs on seven hits with four walks in 5 1/3 innings.

–Field Level Media

CJ McCollum scored 25 of his game-high 29 points in the first half and Dyson Daniels collected 13 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists as the Atlanta Hawks clinched a playoff spot with a 124-102 rout of the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night.

Jalen Johnson had 18 points and nine rebounds and Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 18 for the Hawks (46-35), who will finish either fifth or sixth in the Eastern Conference. Southeast Division champion Atlanta missed the playoffs in the last two seasons.

Daniels posted his second career triple-double and McCollum drained 6-of-8 3-point attempts. The Hawks built a 92-59 lead in the third quarter, when Alexander-Walker and Johnson each had 11 points to deliver the knockout blow.

James Harden scored 20 points and dished out five assists, and Tyrese Proctor had 15 points in the final quarter for the fourth-seeded Cavaliers (51-30). Cleveland will have home-court advantage in the first round against either Atlanta or the Toronto Raptors.

The Cavaliers rested All-Star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell, starting center Jarrett Allen and small forward Sam Merrill. Power forward Jaylon Tyson had 15 points in his return from a 10-game absence with a bruised big left toe.

Harden became the seventh player to attempt 10,000 career free throws, reaching the milestone in the first when Cleveland briefly went up by five points. Lakers superstar LeBron James is the lone active player with more.

The Hawks, who are 20-8 since the All-Star break, would lose a tiebreaker with Toronto for fifth. Atlanta finishes the regular season at the Miami Heat, while the Raptors host the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday.

In the second, Daniels scored six straight points in an 8-0 run that gave the Hawks the lead for good at 43-35. They ended the first half on a 26-13 surge, fueled by McCollum’s four 3-pointers in the final 3:09, to carry a 61-48 advantage into intermission.

Atlanta eventually went up by 36 points at 105-69 on a Jonathan Kuminga free throw.

The teams completed a home-and-home set that began Wednesday with a 122-116 victory by the Cavaliers. Cleveland and Atlanta split four games with the home team winning every time.

The Cavaliers had their four-game win streak snapped, but are 10-3 since March 17.

–Field Level Media