Angels @ A’s 6/16/21 Gamethread

Can Canning calm CtPG? Find out today as the Angels try to get back to .500. Again. Maybe this time it will work.

HITTERSH-ABRBIHRSBAVG
J. UptonLF47-20231142.233
S. OhtaniDH59-22146189.267
M. StassiC21-651150.323
J. IglesiasSS56-2042052.275
T. WardRF29-1221961.238
J. Walsh1B68-23446152.291
P. Gosselin3B20-68910.294
J. LagaresCF26-1101510.236
D. Fletcher2B67-2462103.272
No Rendon. Again.
HITTERSH-ABRBIHRSBAVG
M. CanhaLF62-24228117.256
R. LaureanoCF47-18322118.257
M. Olson1B65-22548180.289
M. MorelandDH33-1352050.244
M. Chapman3B51-2293071.223
S. BrownRF26-1372490.190
E. AndrusSS48-2141404.224
T. Kemp2B32-1171223.274
A. GarciaC11-59420.186
boo

Discuss…

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LA_Seitz
Trusted Member
2 years ago

Couldn’t even get one goddamn base runner in the last three innings to at least give us a chance to see Ohtani hit again. Team just totally quit.

Christianhanson
Trusted Member
2 years ago

we’re a day closer to Arte not being the owner though! He’s 76

FungoAle
Super Member
2 years ago

I’m pinning this years fate on Prevention Perry . He hand picked this MLB worst bullpen outside of CRod and Mayers.

Fansince1971
Legend
2 years ago
Reply to  FungoAle

The bullpen is totally exhausted. Overuse is a big problem

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
2 years ago

I think were in trouble

Fansince1971
Legend
2 years ago

Said as the wing falls off the plane.

matthiasstephan
Super Member
2 years ago

Umm, am I reading the box score correctly? Gosselin is batting over .300, and is 2 for 3 today – so we pinch hit for him with Keon Wong batting below the Mendoza line?

Is this little league? Do we need to play everyone?

FungoAle
Super Member
2 years ago

Sergio Romo for kryst sakes…RIP THE BALL!

JakeTaylor
Trusted Member
2 years ago

That 6-game win streak was a fluke. The A’s gave the Angels a big ‘ol dose of reality.

FungoAle
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  JakeTaylor

While I am very disappointed, I don’t think it was a fluke but it might be better described as the year-long canker sore festered once gain…BULLPEN.

JakeTaylor
Trusted Member
2 years ago
Reply to  FungoAle

Beyond Ohtani, our pitching is pretty much garbage. The decent pitchers we do have(i.e. Heaney, Iglesias, Sandoval) are not consistent….one night you think they got things figured out and the next night they get lit up. So, yeah I do think that 6 game streak was a fluke because we didn’t play any team with a record over .500, they were teams that are just as shitty as we are. This team is not a playoff caliber team and the A’s just showed us why. OUR PITCHING SUCKS!

Mia
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Mia
2 years ago

6 wins against shitty teams and then back to reality.

Fansince1971
Legend
2 years ago
Reply to  Mia

A’s in Oakland is more like a nightmare

GrandpaBaseball
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2 years ago
Reply to  Mia

It is just a rerun of pulling a starter and using the Pen. Canning deserved another inning, but Joe pulled the same thing he is wired to do, pulling a starter. But this time with a very low pitch count. Post game he will say “I saw Griffin getting tired out there.”

Last edited 2 years ago by GrandpaBaseball
eyespy
Super Member
2 years ago

This is where I seen some things that showed Griffin could have been tiering like in the past

eyespy
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  Mia

Then that makes us not the shittyest. And we are still in line for the not last place ribbon.

http://www.hrwiki.org/w/images/f/fe/NotLast.PNG

matthiasstephan
Super Member
2 years ago

Late to the party, but why did Watson face 6 batters? Was there (again) no one up in the bullpen and they needed to leave him in longer?

Fansince1971
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2 years ago

It was either 5 or 6 with no registered outs

matthiasstephan
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  Fansince1971

I saw that. Why 6, instead of subbing him after facing the minimum 3? 6 runs with no outs is not good.

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
2 years ago

yes. Should have been 3.

Fansince1971
Legend
2 years ago

No idea how Joe decides his short leash and long leash

FungoAle
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  Fansince1971

Joe and Mike Gallegos use a Ouija Board

eyespy
Super Member
2 years ago

Didn’t reach Joe’s pitch count for effectiveness

GrandpaBaseball
Legend
2 years ago

Joe just likes to watch us get our starters out early so he can’t chose the wrong relief pitcher get clobbered.

matthiasstephan
Super Member
2 years ago

Also, did Canning only pitch 69 pitches? Why on earth do you pull him there, with a lead at that?

eyespy
Super Member
2 years ago

Nice … That’s why

Fansince1971
Legend
2 years ago

Joe thought it would be funny to pull Canning after a 69.

Fansince1971
Legend
2 years ago

Those runs saved by the A’s preventing a bigger first inning and the catch on Upton’s ball have really played an important role in this game. That’s what the A’s do. I hate them but also respect them.

eyespy
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  Fansince1971

That JUp K of three Fastballs, was just perfect for the A’s.

Just bring your best stuff to the mound. No messing with match up pitch calling.

tanana40
Super Member
2 years ago

I was at work, saw an update that it was 4-0 Angels early!. Okay, get one out of three better than being swept. And then…..

GrandpaBaseball
Legend
2 years ago

Are masks required at stadiums?

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
2 years ago

I think we’ll get more runs. Enough? Hmmmm…

rez2405
Trusted Member
2 years ago

It’s ballgame….

I wonder if Rendon would’ve helped

Fansince1971
Legend
2 years ago
Reply to  rez2405

Can he pitch?

rez2405
Trusted Member
2 years ago
Reply to  Fansince1971

Joke never gets old huh?

GrandpaBaseball
Legend
2 years ago
Reply to  rez2405

Nope.

Fansince1971
Legend
2 years ago
Reply to  rez2405

Never will until this team can actually pitch.

nishiogawakun
Super Member
2 years ago

Had to get a gift call to get out of the inning. Not a lot of good to see here.

LA_Seitz
Trusted Member
2 years ago

Come in 6 out, leave 9 out. It was fun to watch the Angels get back into it, but I suppose it’s nice of them to dash all hopes now and end their season well before the All Star break. I have another kid coming in a couple days, so I can stop caring about baseball again.

steelgolf
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  LA_Seitz

Congratulations

nishiogawakun
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  LA_Seitz

Congrats! Hope they are healthy and sleep like a dream as soon as possible.

h27kim
Trusted Member
2 years ago
Reply to  LA_Seitz

Congrats! Hope all is well and (not causing too much sleep loss)!

rez2405
Trusted Member
2 years ago

Ballgame

Fansince1971
Legend
2 years ago

Honestly I hope the A’s move and this cesspool of a stadium is destroyed and turned into a shopping mall. The A’s fans can then sit outside the Walmart playing their drums and blowing horns.

Last edited 2 years ago by Fansince1971
Eric_in_Portland
Legend
2 years ago

I’m excited about the upcoming Detroit series

bradllee424
Trusted Member
2 years ago

I hope baseball is shut down next season. At least we will be another year closer to Moreno no longer owning this team.

Eric_in_Portland
Legend
2 years ago
Reply to  bradllee424

only in the sense that he’ll die eventually but then we’ll be closer to that, too.

bradllee424
Trusted Member
2 years ago

We need an owner like the Dodgers have. This owner couldn’t run a Girl scout troop.

GrandpaBaseball
Legend
2 years ago
Reply to  bradllee424

Can’t be 2 of you and you are just the same with the same things to say.

bradllee424
Trusted Member
2 years ago

Just exactly what site are you talking about?

bradllee424
Trusted Member
2 years ago

If you are upset that I am angry about this team then I am sorry you feel that way. I have also been following this team for a very long time and have had it with the losing. There is no excuse for this. Even bad teams have a good season once in awhile. The last time we had a winning season was in 2015. This team is run by people who have no clue about how to run a baseball team and it makes me mad.

eyespy
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  bradllee424

CUBS and Mariner fans would like a word with you on watching losing/bad teams for too long.

bradllee424
Trusted Member
2 years ago
Reply to  eyespy

The thing is the Mariners and Cubs at least have an above .500 season once in awhile. This team can’t even do that anymore.

eyespy
Super Member
2 years ago

He will sell before, just before. That way he can self brag to himself about how much he made in his life.

GrandpaBaseball
Legend
2 years ago
Reply to  bradllee424

What?

bradllee424
Trusted Member
2 years ago

That’s right. Maybe it would reset things in MLB and Oakland and Houston will no longer be the cheating powerhouses they are right now.

GrandpaBaseball
Legend
2 years ago

Wow two games in a row, a bat around.