The Anthony Rendon suspension is over. How did he do? What about Renfroe and Rengifo? Rendon got a pointless hit early.
Nothing much really happened until the top of the third inning at which time the
Blue Jays scored four runs with homers by Bichette and Chapman. I won’t show you the lowlights. The Angels got a run that inning after a really weird triple by Gio Urshela and a groundout by Luis Rengifo.
In the bottom of the fourth, Mike Trout walked and Ohtani doubled. Mike Trout might even have scored, but the Angels apparently have a newfound sense of caution. Rendon drove him in on a productive out.
Hunter Renfroe hit an RBI double to score Shohei. There was still only one out at this point.
That was it for this inning. George Springer chipped in another homer in the next inning to extend the Blue Jays lead. (5-3)
In the bottom of the fifth inning Luis Rengifo homered to make it 5-4 South Detroit Blue Jays. Matt Thaiss reached on an error and Taylor Ward singled to put men at first and second with no outs for Mike Trout who homered. 7-5 Angels.
Shohei Ohtani walked but Anthony Rendon grounded into a double play. OOPS Zach (Iggy) Opo came in to pitch the top of the seventh for Toronto but it didn’t help much. Still 7-5 Angels. Anthony Rendon singled in the top of the ninth to put a man on for Hunter Renfroe who homered. 9-5 Angels.
Carlos Estevez came in to pitch the bottom of the ninth for some reason. He got the first two guys out pretty quick but gave up a single to Vladdy Jr. He walked Matt Chapman. Fortunately, he struck out Daulton Varshoe to end the game.
That was it. Do you think the Ren-broes helped or hurt the effort?
Rendon 1-3 with 1 RBI; Renfroe 2-3 with three RBI; Rengifo 1-3 with 2 RBI. Seems respectable. Maybe it’s just me.
Photo credit: Rex Fregosi
The key for an Angel victory this afternoon is going to be “Rubber Biscuit” by The Blues Brothers.
Here-wa-hitta-watta-hitta-watta 🎶
Being the rubber game of this series, what other song could it have been? As long as the Angels stay loose and have as much fun playing the game as Dan Ackroyd has singing this song, we’ll get an easy win today.
https://youtu.be/jYyBZE0kBtE
This song will get stale all season long.
Ducks like stale bread — we could give this song to the fans over at Pucks of a Feather.
Mmm-wa-fitty-manna-bitty-hanah 🎶
originally done by the Chips in 1956. Here’s the link if you’re interested
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTZFPgCMLRw
My first game at the stadium for my son and I, this season, will be Star Wars night with the Trout /Star Wars bobble head. I fully expect to start seeing the Home Run Samurai helmet being sold in the team store, because marketing. Looking forward to the game a a very large food and soda tab for my quickly growing son.
Interesting that the Angels have still retained Tim Buss after Maddon was fired. He said s that the team hadn’t settled on a Home Run hat yet but I have to believe the Samurai helmet is it since Ippei and Shohei helped design it
Trash Pandas lost 7-5 while throwing a no-hitter. That has to be some sort of record
TP only gave up 1 hit in 14 innings of a double header.
VAIRY NICE!!!
Feels good to win.
Omg. Randazzo saying “base hit” every time there’s an obvious double is really starting to drive me nuts. Why do people like this guy?
Totally horrible. Just like every broadcaster accept Victor “He’s Deep Inside Me” Rojas, am I right? I think the only answer is probably to find some other team to follow that has awesome broadcasters.
I also really liked Daron Sutton, so maybe I’m the problem
Daron Sutton 🤣🤪
I even liked Dick Waltz or whatever his name was. Hell, I love Pat O’Neal and Joe Mota but definitely not as PxP guys.
I like Ran-Spazzo. I give him a pass on that dumb basehit call
you mean base shit?
If our guys take a dump whilst standing on first base – SURE
I love Terry Smith, but his “Troutta Here!” call is CringeGoofy.
But elementary school aged kids probably get excited when they hear this, and drawing young fans to the game is part of the MLB mission statement.
RIP Rory.
JAHV!
Jo Adell has just homered in his 5th consecutive game. That is all. Great win Halos
Let the trade talks begin!!!
You’re gonna have to call him up and show a team he can do it for realsies this time if you want anything other than a bucket of balls in return.
But we need to bring up Moniak first since he got jobbed not making the team out of spring training because everyone knows spring training stats prove everything.
And the fact that Moniak is now batting .172/.273/.276 at AAA in 33 PAs should just be ignored.
A little backstory on me. I’ve been following this site since the halo heaven days and been a fan since 86. Been lurking here since the start but only recently created an account. A big reason for that is how snarky it can get here. Sometimes there isn’t much difference between 2002 and the locals. At least 2002 is very upfront with his trolling. I agree Jo has been a major disappointment to this point. Developing talent isn’t like baking a cake. The guy just turned 24 yesterday and has 5 taters in 8 games. I’m sorry he didn’t fly out the gate and become an overnight HOF before drinking age. Maybe it is just a blip and he never becomes a productive player. The ship has sailed on cashing in on the potential. Personally I hope he does find success but won’t be filled with anger if he ultimately fails. Sorry for the long rant 🍻
The RENs prevail!!
Seems respectable??? 4 for 9 with 6 rbi. pretty damn respectable, lol
a lot to unpack. Anderson looked terrible especially allowing too many homers. Renfroe and others stepped up and kept balance throughout the lineup. Some good D, and bullpen keeping the team in it. This is the offense missing from last season. I hope they take another series tomorrow. C’mon Detmers!
Mike Trout out here in the best shape of his life!!!
He does look less fat than he has in prior years.
That is only because they brought in the body double to confuse you.
Perry Tried that with Thor last year and it didnt work out too well.
Speaking of Thor, he got lit up big time yesterday against the D Backs. 4 IP 8 hits including 2 Doubles, 1 Triple and 2 HR.
It looks like the savior Doyers have another work in progress.
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The Mike Trout vs The Outfield Truck rivalry is better than anything WWE has done in twenty years. Give us MOAR!
‘The Mike Trout vs The Outfield Truck rivalry…’ yass! lol
Long live the MAGA Red Hats
Make Angels Great Again!
GA could be in one of those “wanna get away” commercials. He looks so uncomfortable there. 🤣
Redone, Renfroe, Rengifo a go go. My my my how lovely.
Loup, Tepera AND Estevez pitched tonight. Is everyone OK? No one popped a brain vein or stumbled and broke their neck trying to get away from the TV? Good.
Well, we’re 5-3. But I’m sure this is the worst 5-3 team in the history of the number 5 or something. Anderson… eh. Could have been worse, hope he is a little better in most starts. I’m going to go ahead and overreact and say we have the best pen in baseball since so many guys pitched and didn’t give a run up. I’ve noticed that the rage lather regarding The Man using Phillips as a defensive scrub these first few weeks because a sub 2M contract has fizzed out and smells less like Moniak and more like Adell (which makes me laugh all on its own). I have no idea how Mickey is doing in SLC but my guess is he does not have a 1.000 OPS. But we were all spared the abomination of seeing Phillips on the field tonight. Here’s to more dominating performances from Loup and Tepera this next week eh!
Satisfying game. Lots of scoring and in at a crisp 2 hr 45 min. This game might have gone 4 hours in years past!
I know. By the end of May is ANYONE going to be saying “bring back the old version without that damn pitch clock!”?
right now the only rule I don’t like is the ghost runner.
Yeah, I am actually surprised. The pitch clock has grown on me… Quickly.
I was against it in the discussion phase.
Even the purists are considering a Manfred shrine in their man-caves
Well I wouldn’t go that far . But I think Theo is the one that really legitimized these rule changes when he worked for MLB
Theo Huxtable?
I can tell you it wasn’t Daddy Huxtable even though hes got alot of free time on his hands now.
And it wasn’t Epstein from Welcome Back, Kotter either.
Hope springs eternal- He is risen – even Eeyore cant contain his excitement.
Ohhh… that is a darling Eeyore. Probably because he has an unpossible smile.
Ohtani approves this win
And his Mom too !!
Ha ha…
Here
He’s such a cute rascal!
Hello, Gorgeous
101 wins, here we come! (2022 taps me on the shoulder…I don’t look at it)
Don’t forget 2021 also
Just keep praying to the baseball gods for health.
You are so right Mia…
We saw how quickly things unravelled last season ; and it all started with our hottest hitter Taylor Ward running into a wall and missing a bunch of time.
He ran into the wall last night…YIKES!!
Actually he… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPwrodxghrw
Who’s in first? I can’t tell. I just see a blurry shape of unpossibility and medium ochre.
Well I know what team is only 1/2 game out of the AL West cellar right now
No no, who’s *on* first.
Who’s on second, what’s on first
do we get a clapping panda tonight?