Angels bats go ice cold, drop 4th straight in 4-2 loss to last-place A’s

A’s 4 Angels 2

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” -Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

The Angels started this season 24-13, turning heads, shutting up naysayers, kicking ish, and taking names. They have now dropped four straight, swept by the Rangers and now a loss to the gutted, lowly A’s at home. Perhaps a middling team is what should have been expected all along. Perhaps this is a blip on an otherwise solid season. But the squad’s blemishes have been overshadowed by one strong performance after another up to this point, which makes this even tougher to swallow.

On the bump, the rookie Chase Silseth put together a nice performance, keeping hitters off balance with a whopping 23 swinging strikes and six strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings, but his shaky third time through the order couldn’t be overcome (a 2-run HR to Seth Brown proved to be the difference). The Halos bats went cold, mustering just 6 hits and striking out 13 times, and the A’s pulled inched away.

At one point, four Angels struck out looking in a row (Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani, Anthony Rendon, and Jared Walsh), the dark side of plate discipline, huh? In any case, a two-run shot to Seth Brown in the 5th inning turned out to be the difference in the game.

Oh, and then Taylor Ward made a nice catch at the right-center field wall! And also injured his shoulder, so not great. Please be okay, Taylor.

Nothing much else to say. Turn the page and go get ’em tomorrow, chiefs.

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Guest
Newbie
2 years ago

Basically a must-win game. Houston is winning their game and if Angels lose they’ll fall to 2.5 back..

Cowboy26
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2 years ago
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Thanks for jinxing it .

MarineLayer
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2 years ago
Reply to  Twebur

He will opt for the conservative treatment, wait another six months, and then have the surgery. The Angels Way.

Mia
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Cowboy26
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2 years ago
Reply to  Mia

Yeah, they probably said the same thing about Pete Gray way back when. Blake will probably be out for at least a week taking up a roster spot while we’re stuck having to play more nincompoops in the outfield

JackFrost
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2 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

trAdition.

admkir
Trusted Member
2 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Are you referring to our infielders becoming more valuable by learning the outfield on the fly

Twebur
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2 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Rengifo’s got this…no worries.

MikeSalmon
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2 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Re’d for the Pete Gray ref.

gitchogritchoffmypettis
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Reply to  Cowboy26

I hope so. I hope they clone Rengifo so they can play two Rengifos.

Eric_in_Portland
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2 years ago
Reply to  Mia

Ward is out, Wade is in RF. Wade…..SMDH. Wade….

I might have mentioned somewhere that I’m not a Wade fan.

JackFrost
Super Member
2 years ago

Don’t like Ikemen, huh?

Eric_in_Portland
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2 years ago
Reply to  JackFrost

Wade strikes me as the kind of guy you’d be really glad to have on your softball team….where he couldn’t run you out of innings.

Cowboy26
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2 years ago
Reply to  JackFrost

Let him enjoy his celebrity status while he’s over sliding the bag in the NPB

MarineLayer
Super Member
2 years ago

I panicked for a second, then realize you meant Wade, not Ward. We have to do something about the names on this team as well, Perry.

gitchogritchoffmypettis
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Reply to  Mia

He’s dead. Tay Tay is dead and I will miss him.

Twebur
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2 years ago

Sam Bachman last night, good again…4 innings, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 W, 3 Ks WHIP 0.82

MikeSalmon
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2 years ago

It’s almost getting to the point where Maddon has to do one of those things where he brings in a kangaroo to the clubhouse, or breaks 10 bricks with his head like Bruce Lee, has Madame Le Tarot Woman read the players’ cards, etc…to “break up the tension” or whatever’s goin’ on…like..ya know?

matthiasstephan
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  MikeSalmon

Like walks a player with the bases loaded?

MikeSalmon
Super Member
2 years ago

Yea, but the players have seen that already. It’s ye olde newes.

Have Penn and Teller do a bit in the clubhouse. Hire some yogi who can do some insane pose, then go into a trance where, electrodes hooked up, he has NO BRAIN WAVES he’s so deep in meditation. Hire some hologram artist who has a 17 inch Ted Williams, in his prime, stand on a locker and talk about the Art of Hitting. Have Wilfred Brimley read “Casey At The Bat.” Ya know, like that.

Cowboy26
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2 years ago
Reply to  MikeSalmon

So thats what they call it nowadays ? A Ted Williams?

MikeSalmon
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2 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Yea, they do. My wife has one. I’m man enough to admit it.

My favorite is the bit where Ted homers in his final game, the crowd’s going nuts at Fenway, and he says eff you to all Chowdendom by not coming back out of the dugout to doff his cap. He tells it with such bile and sociopathic glee. It’s fun.

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Cowboy26
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2 years ago
Reply to  MikeSalmon

I think I would avoid the “Splendid Splinter” model though.

MikeSalmon
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2 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

That model was such a bust over 400 women joined a class-action lawsuit. “Pain and unusual suffering.”

red floyd
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2 years ago

Blast21dave found where DG does his garden shopping!

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Mia
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Mia
2 years ago
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The Garden Center of Eden

JackFrost
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2 years ago

I really hope Perry does decide to call Adell back up (poor defense and all). I think the trade off with the poor defense is worth adding his hot bat. I say this not just because we struggled so mightily on offense last night, but especially because Ward could be sitting for a few days…

I hope Joe does not get any bright ideas and decide to plop Mayfield out in Right for a few games. In that case we get poor bat + poor defense. At least with Jo we could get a few bombs mixed in with the bad throws and missed out opportunities.

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Twebur
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2 years ago
Reply to  JackFrost

Don’t forget we have GG Lagares back with the band. Might be him if not Adell

JackFrost
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2 years ago
Reply to  Twebur

Ah, okay. That is a good point.

matthiasstephan
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2 years ago
Reply to  Twebur

That would require another 40-man move, right? Who else might we lose?

Twebur
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2 years ago

You are correct. And 3 rehab appearance

start tonight in San B. Archie Bradley, Max Stassi, and Jose Quijada

Last edited 2 years ago by Twebur
Cowboy26
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2 years ago

Well we could remove Luis Rengifo, Luis Rengifo or Luis Rengifo.

Cowboy26
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2 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Actually we have one open spot right now on our 40 man but other viable candidates are: Janson Junk, Jeffrey Marte, Elvis Peguero, Austin Romine, and Kenny Rosenberg

gitchogritchoffmypettis
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Reply to  Cowboy26

But then we’ll be out of Rebgifos. Who will the internet try to coach up with out ol’ Luis?

gitchogritchoffmypettis
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Reply to  JackFrost

Eh. Makes sense to me.

Chap24
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2 years ago

If I can I’d like to comment on the “get out of here negative troll” (not verbatim) comments that seem to get tossed around anytime people rant after a loss and never leave positive comments after a win. I’m quilty of it at times. Just know Some of us don’t handle losses very well (yes I know not healthy and we need to focus on life) BUT for me personally I love this franchise as we all do or should here, and I get a knot in my stomach whenever they lose winnable games (PTSD of the last 8yrs) so coming on here helps me vent/wine a little bit and reading the comments does make me feel better. So I apologize if my comments are annoying and they’re not welcome, but just know some of us do get carried away with rants/complaints but it doesn’t make us trolls or lesser fans of this team. Ok cool I’m done. go Angels!

Twebur
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2 years ago
Reply to  Chap24

We will always have ‘Doomers Delight’ here….we do have trAditions.

Besides once the Monkeypox Virus get’s a foothold in this state they’ll cancel the season and none of us will need to go through this pain.

#long live the Angels2022

MikeSalmon
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  Twebur

Whoa, whoa, whoa there. That’s “Ralley Monkey Pox”, friend. And don’t you fergit it.

Twebur
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2 years ago

The infamous ‘Ward Catch’ is symbolic of the Angels deepest and most heart felt trAditions.
Looking good, tracking well, nice route, got this…………BOOM….HELLO WALL.

nishiogawakun
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2 years ago
Reply to  Twebur

Ouch. That is apt, and painful.

red floyd
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2 years ago
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When Torii did that, the wall went on the 15 day DL.

DowningDude
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2 years ago

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2002heaven
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2 years ago

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Of course the end is near silly!!!

DowningDude
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2 years ago
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Nice! Rec.

2002heaven
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2 years ago
Reply to  DowningDude

Hitchcock & Tippi Hedren agree 😍 

MarineLayer
Super Member
2 years ago

All we’ve seen the last few days of regressing to the mean is what’s obvious, this is a lineup lacking depth, so if any of the top guys goes cold or gets injured, the run production dies. We are not going to get $37 million of value out of Rendon. The SP lacks a true ace, although there does seem to be more depth at the middle and bottom. I love Shohei but he doesn’t quite fill that role of ace. The RP is unreliable, the “fix” didn’t quite work. At the end of the day, imagine if we had Trevor Story at 2B/SS instead of Rengifo. That one I will lay at Moreno’s door. I said going in we’re a .500 team. I know some here say we will win 100 plus. I still think my prediction is closer to what we are. Montas for Adell might be a good place to start a quick fix but I don’t think Oakland is doing that and who knows where we are with Ward. We may need Adell going forward.

Last edited 2 years ago by MarineLayer
Halo71
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2 years ago
Reply to  MarineLayer

Loup is the only reliable reliever and Herget has been a pleasant surprise. I think we’ll win 80-85 games.

JackFrost
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  MarineLayer

I did not see the Ward injury happen as I turned away from the game in the late innings and only followed Gameday sporadically…. Did he bang his head/neck on the wall catching a fly ball? Was it a bad impact?

DowningDude
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2 years ago
Reply to  JackFrost

Yes and yes.

WallyChuckChili
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2 years ago

The Sun will come out tomorrow

2002heaven
Super Member
2 years ago

The river is supposed to turn into blood, heck this California, we don’t even have water anymore!!

DowningDude
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2 years ago
Reply to  2002heaven

Get Jerry on it – he will be able to trade for some H two Oh. 😎👍

Cowboy26
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2 years ago
Reply to  2002heaven

Well then at least the river can’t catch on fire then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVNuT4fkjAs

Twebur
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2 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

The Cuyahoga River Caught Fire at Least a Dozen Times, but No One Cared Until 1969

It would be funny if wasn’t true…..at least we ain’t Cleveland I guess….

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/cuyahoga-river-caught-fire-least-dozen-times-no-one-cared-until-1969-180972444/

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Cowboy26
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2 years ago
Reply to  Twebur

Sam Wyche would be happy about that too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJMa20xXykI

JackFrost
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Ha ha, good job Cowboy.

You remembered !

I referenced this song about a month ago after the subject of “Sail Away” album came up.

gitchogritchoffmypettis
Legend

Well, that sucked. Is the season over? Probably not. Just gotta struggle through it till we win some games.

I still think PTP will trade for some pitching if there’s a solid trade to be had and the team still looks good after June. I know some of the more tender souls on the site probably won’t survive the G forces, but as long as Houston doesn’t gallop too far ahead and the team get’s through June and is still at .500 I’ll be happy and consider the team tried by fire and ready to push for at least a contending season.

DowningDude
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2 years ago

I like chicken tenders

2002heaven
Super Member
2 years ago

Jo (Sunk Cost Fallacy) Adell hasn’t quite developed into the next Willy Mays.
BTW Ward, Walsh, and Fletcher………Thanks Jedi. Meanwhile no thanks to THE OLIGARCH for vetoing the Stripling Pederson trade last year………UNBELIEVABLE!!!
 💪  💪  👈 

Cowboy26
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2 years ago
Reply to  2002heaven

Like most trolls You must live under a bridge somewhere. the Stripling-Pederson /Rengifo trade was actually vetoed over 2 years ago. Since then Stripling has had a 5.06 ERA a 86 ERA+ and 5.27 FIP ( That means that he sucks) and Pederson would have been a 1 year rental but in that one year he hit whopping .190)

So despite the addition by subtraction of ridding ourselves of Rengifo, You are right and I apologize for not doing this sooner. THANK YOU Arte for vetoing that trade.

Twebur
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2 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Added bonus with Rengifo still around serving as our whipping boy, it will make the ‘Plumbers’ eventual arrival and playoff bound dominance most glorious.

Plumber minus Rengifo = problems solved

JackFrost
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  Twebur

I just had an “A ha” experience and realized why Cowboy26 has such a strong distaste for Rengifo — it is because his presence is blocking his favorite young, aspiring Angel, The Plumber himself !

Last edited 2 years ago by JackFrost
Cowboy26
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2 years ago
Reply to  JackFrost

Its time for the plumber to finally make his house call and help stop this leak

JackFrost
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Agree. Now more than ever we need his expert plumbing services !

Last edited 2 years ago by JackFrost
gitchogritchoffmypettis
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Reply to  2002heaven

“Sunk Cost” and Adell? I do not think those words mean what you think they mean….

Fansince1971
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2 years ago

Rengifo is like that bad-luck idol that Peter Brady found in Hawaii and kept wearing around his neck.

gitchogritchoffmypettis
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Reply to  Fansince1971

I like the way you guys wiggle and dance when he plays.

Senator_John_Blutarsky
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JackFrost
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2 years ago
Reply to  Fansince1971

 😂 

Cowboy26
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2 years ago
Reply to  Fansince1971

You know, At first I thought you were joking about Little Luis but then I decided to do some research…..

The last 2 seasons the Angels are only 26-38 in games Rengifo plays in but have a record of 75-64 if he rides the pine or is riding the Great Salt Train.

So Maybe it’s time to help him contact the Venezuelan Magistrate in Caracus so he can finally straighten out those pesky personal matters?

JackFrost
Super Member
2 years ago
Reply to  Cowboy26

Hmmm.

Did not know this. I do think those 64 games are a large enough sample to say his presence might not be needed any longer.

VladimirTrout27
Trusted Member
2 years ago

Had Iglesias not blown 1 or 2 games we’d be okay, but that’s not what happened. Halos bottom of the order needs to pick up. Ohtani needs to be more selective.

MikeSalmon
Super Member
2 years ago

The strikeouts were already getting to be too much, but K after K after K after K looking? Really a drag.

When Ohtani isn’t hitting, it always looks like he takes his eye off the ball a split second too soon…which is probably wrong. Dude won the MVP, hit 46 HRs last year. He knows what he’s doing.

I missed any report from the Angels on Ward. Is it really his shoulder? Because I watched that play over and over and the way his head snapped back, I hope he’s not concussed.

These are the times that try to fans’ patience/optimism/souls. So they’ve lost 4 straight to bad teams. I can easily seen them winning 9 straight at one point. Maybe 12. I’m not traditionally religious, but keep the faith, guys. We’re gonna be in this. We’ll be playing in Oct. I feel fairly certain of this.

gitchogritchoffmypettis
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Reply to  MikeSalmon

Yah. Even BAD teams win 60 games and they’re not all against other 100 loss teams.

Chap24
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2 years ago

The loveable losers are back!!..

Mia
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Mia
2 years ago
Reply to  Chap24

There it is again, that funny feeling.

Twebur
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2 years ago

Is this? The End?
https://youtu.be/BXqPNlng6uI

gitchogritchoffmypettis
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Reply to  Twebur

We might win another game this year, maybe two. Heck, we might win some games. We WILL! we will win some games.