The Angels start spring strong, winning their first game of Spring Training. Due to not being broadcast by Bally, Angels fans had to either listen by radio, watch the Mariners feed on MLB.TV, or do both with muting the Mariners, and thus having the radio feed ahead about 10 seconds or so, depending on how behind your TV stream is. This may become commonplace, if Bally does go under…
Needless to say, it is the first game of the year of change, with quite a few changes to the game. As both the radio and tv make obvious, there is now a pitch clock of 15 seconds that is implemented. There is also a ban on shifting, specifically, no overshift allowed anymore, requiring the SS and 3B to be on their side of the infield. Also, the bases are bigger, slightly.
As for this game, the Angels bats were awake for sure. Pitchers, mostly. Tucker Davidson had 2 shutout innings, striking out 3.
But others weren’t able to finish the shutout.
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Jo Adell got the scoring started with a 2 run blast in the 2nd.
2 more runs were scored soon after, making it 4-0 Angels in the 2nd.
Unfortunately, the Angels weren’t able to keep the shutout, as after going up 5-0, the Angels allowed a solo shot in the 5th.
The Angels pitchers almost blew it, loading the bases in the 7th. But they got out of it, thankfully.
Angels win 5-1 in under 2 and a half hours. A nice, and fast, all around game to start the year.
Up Next
Angels play again tomorrow at noon-ish, this time on Bally. Let’s go 2 for 2!
