The Angels started off the Jackie Robinson Day game with a Trout double and a couple of walks to bring up Gio Urshela. All he did was hit a grand slam.
Anderson came in and gave up a two run homer to Rafael Devers. It would have been a tie game about then if the Angels hadn’t earlier turned a double play. 4-2 Angels after one inning.
The Angels failed to score for the next three innings while the Red Sox were able to add a run in the third on an RBI double play ball. 4-3 Angels. The wheels really came off in the bottom of the fourth inning when Connor Wong doubled and Yu Chang homered to make it 5-4 Red Sox. A single by Verdugo and a walk by Justin Turner set the stage for Rob Refsnyder to single in another run and make it 6-4 Red Sox.
Mike Trout doubled again in the top of the fifth inning and Shohei Ohtani singled. Anthony Rendon singled to drive in Trout and make it 6-5 Red Sox.
That chased Nick Pivetta out of the game. Gio Urshela singled to drive in Shohei Ohtani and tie the game.
In the sixth inning, Shohei Ohtani singled to drive in Taylor Ward who had reached on a fielder’s choice after Matt Thaiss had been hit by his second pitch of the day. 7-6 Angels.
In the bottom of the eighth inning, a single and two errors by Matt Thaiss loaded the bases for Yu Chang who singled to make it 8-7 Red Sox in the bottom of the eighth inning. Reese McGuire, one of the catcher interference beneficiaries, scored on a bases loaded walk by Ryan Tepera. 9-7 Red Sox. Tucker Davidson replaced Ryan Tepera at this point.
The two teams combined for 1 catcher interference by Connor Wong, 2 catcher interferences by Matt Thaiss, 3 hit batsmen (Thaiss twice and Tepera hit Justin Turner once), a pitch timer violation by Kaleb Ort, 2 wild pitches by Anderson, one WP by Kaleb Ort, and two more WP by Richard Bleier.
In all, the Angels amassed 10 strikeouts and 18 left on base. Sheesh! Three of the strikeouts were by Brandon Drury for a hat trick.
Title photo credit: Rex Fregosi
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My money would be on the Chisox women . They’re some pretty bad ass fighters. I love the one woman who came back with a hammer. Thankfully nobody had a trident.
Neato and O’Happy in the same lineup is fun! Lot of pressure on a young kid leading off. It will be my favorite story line for this game. We will see O’Happy and Neto hitting back to back as the lineup turns over.
Do any of the Red Sock pitchers throw a sweeper? It would be fun to watch Ohtani bat against someone who does.
Wantz up. Tepera IL
04/15/23Los Angeles Angels transferred RHP Chris Rodriguez from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list.
HMMMM…somebody here said Tepera would be on IL soon.
He’s done. Another promising prospect lands in the dustbin of unrealized potential.
I wish him the best.
They’ll send him off to The Island of Misfit Toys..Study his brain and run tests on his poop.
Figured that would be the case when he pulled himself out with his best Rodney Dangerfield shoulder grab.
https://youtu.be/zkvmnLgrd-Q
Okay. I hope that’s the last time we see Tepera disgracing our roster.
Don’t suck today. Don’t score early, or give up a 5 run lead again. Try to catch and throw the ball like a major leaguer.
1Neto SS
2Trout CF
3Ohtani DH
4Rendon 3B
5Renfroe RF
6Urshela 1B
7Rengifo LF
8Drury 2B
9O’Hoppe C
Any reason Ward is not in the lineup? I’m worried he was injured crashing needlessly into the Green Monster after the catchers interference.
Didn’t hear. Not sure if he’s had an off day? I’m sure your concern is valid, it’s trAdition.
But 100% certain Rengifo will F up in LF costing us runs. Again why, trAdition.
Angels are saying it’s a scheduled day off after playing 14 in a row.
Rengifo in LF at Fenway has “hot mess” written all over it.
Not according to our super sub who will get the start in CF tomorrow when the GOAT finally gets his day (morning) off.
https://twitter.com/JeffFletcherOCR/status/1647618777394159620
It says something bad about roster construction when this is the best move when one of the regulars needs a day off. If Phillips can’t handle that role, when need another fourth outfielder. As you said, Rengifo isn’t a good enough hitter to stick in LF and take that fielding deficiency.
It says something about injuries more than roster construction. We don’t need another outfielder when Walsh is healthy. That was the plan all along. Did you see him play left field in the All star game 2 years ago?
If it is just a rest day I am happy he’s getting it. He needs it.
He’s been slumping and if I am not mistaken I think he has played every game so far …
Agreed. He definitely could use a day off
Same ‘ol song and dance: losses to teams we should beat, wins against teams that are stronger. Ohtani will pitch incredibly to eeck out 1-0 victories. Trout will hit tape measure home runs when the game is out of reach. CtPG will bitch about plays not made or lineup decisions that were ultimately meaningless since the wins and losses were determined by roster construction in the offseason…..and we’ll all be back next season believing this is THE season that team will win more than it loses.
It’s just another year of Angels baseball during Arte Moreno’s reign of mediocrity.
It’s the same old story
Same old song and dance, my friend
It’s the same old story, same old story
Same old song and dance
Aerosmith
I think the most important things to remember about this game are that #4 hitter Anthony Rendon is no longer hitting under .200 (ERND AHM CONCERNED HOW LONG?) and no one had to suffer the gasp inducing trauma of seeing Loup or Phillips today.
Plus, Tucky D.
I like to imagine Jared Walsh, all snuggled in bed with his incredibly stern looking plush bear, sleeping deeply. Nice. No headaches.
I mostly hang out at CtPG for gitcho’s put-downs, and I’ve got to say, they are on fire tonight.
💪🔥
We are all invested in this team in different ways and have viewpoints, last two games were pretty damn frustrating. I’m not sure put-downs are needed.
They help to point out the ridiculousness of the knee jerking. I used to be typical freak out CTPG guy but a few beat downs later, I can live with a couple of losses In a row without needing crazy pills
I know and understand but honestly, those knee jerks all know the season is not won or lost in the 1st or 2nd month. Highly likely they will turn the game on tomorrow.
So if Gitcho stops diatribe you won’t be haunting us anymore?
You afraid of ghosts?
I aint afraid of no ghosts.
Is that GA? I’m too GA to look it up.
I’m too GA to even look up the screen.
I’m in love, with the other woman.
It’s trolling, and I’m not into it. It’s fine too have a take, just don’t personally insult others for their takes.
The last Thaiss interference was so frustrating. I understand trying to get close to the plate to frame pitches, but you absolutely cannot have two of those calls in the same game.
I know he’s not been a “regulars” catcher…. but man he looks out of his element. I mean, Napoli was a pretty awkward catcher. Thaiss needs to hit like that juice glass.
Nice easy wins – 40 post-game comments.
Angry gut punch losses – 150 post-game comments
The Angles should provide all of us with Mood Rings and Medication..
Reward our outrage Arte!
What nice easy wins have we had? We needed a 3-2 nail biter to beat the dog shit Nationals at home and an Ohtani 7 inning shutout to win 2-0, more run support than he usually gets actually, for our last 2 wins. I’m all about the easy wins, def waiting for one. Stupid me I thought 6-0 blue jays 4-0 Red Sox would be 2 nice easy wins but went down 10-6 and 6-4, tied both again then still lost. Not losses that carry over at all
I know! Turrible! I should never have to hear you’ve watched another game again!
Therapy!
at a much more manageable cost point.
Bachman 5.1 3hits 1ER 3W 7K 0.84 ERA on 80 pitches in a 10-4 TB win.
mmmmm…. up to 80P. Nice. He could be available for a spot start fairly soon, of course that depends on if his actual pitches are working and he’s not just beating up kids, but that’s a scout/coach thing we can’t see.
I feel he is a ways off. A healthy season is what is needed and make consistent starts.
True. I know they may rush him up, but best case Silseth is enough depth and Bachman just has a nice cruise through AA/AAA showing he can hold velo through 90+ pitches and getting more and more solid with the strategery of it all. I’d love to spend all year watching him have a sub 1.2 WHIP, throwing into the 6th inning, being told he’s a bust and a wasted pick by people too stupid to look up his stats or how long it generally takes a college pitcher to crack the bigs.
We’re all excited about Zach N getting the call-up.
I can’t help but think, however, that it is way too early.
We could be Jo Adelling him.
Neto has less than 40 minor league games under his belt.
Fletch only had 15 ABs this season.
Instead of rushing Neto into the Big Leagues, making adjustments to the bullpen, especially in not using Loup/Tepera in critical situations, and relying more on Estevez, Quijada, and Moore (damn, I want to include Wantz here) in game critical situations makes more sense.
nice catch by Ward
It was. He’s not a bad OF.
He’s not a bad left fielder.
Act Chew Eh Leeeee
Has there been any talk for how disgusted Ohtani looked when the Canadian traitor gave up the late lead?
4 late game leads wiped out by the bullpen.
If this trend continues, without any corrective action, something’s gotta give….
Bummer. We should trade him since he’s obviously gagging at the chance to leave. Let’s do it PTP!
I mean, this team sucks. No one can argue against that.
Sure I can. They are .500. The very definition of medium.
The weaknesses on the field are the same weaknesses on paper entering game one of the season:
*bullpen
*backup catcher
*infield defense
Those were knowns coming in – they just weren’t Minasian priorities. As for the defense, if you stock the cupboards with swiss army knives, expect to struggle when you go to cut the roast…up the middle.
(Let’s see if Neto can get a hit – that would be one box checked.)
Nothing is a surprise to date save for Anderson underperforming in the rotation – that could have gone either way, and is probably still self-correctable. Too early to write him off – but he has to work on his command fershure.
I know, what the heck? Anderson was loosing some meatballs. I watched him on the Rockies, watched him a fair amount in Pitt and he was always pretty safe in the zone but the last two games? Did someone trick him into thinking he throws 100 MPH?
They are the same weaknesses experienced for a while. The bullpen piece is not a simple one but finding a backup catcher and shoring up the defense should have more opportunities to fix. I might have added OF depth and starting catcher but liking O’Hoppe thus far, I’m just hoping no major injury to the OF core.
Bottom line is we had a lead in the 8th inning that Tepera and his 11.25 ERA gave up…bullpen again!!!
I’m kind of fed up with the “blow it all up” crowd after every single loss so far this season. The Angels gave two games away to the Sox for sure and should have a way better record, but there’s a lot to be optimistic about moving forward. The sting of two losses isn’t cause for dramatic impulsiveness.
Can we at least blow up Tepera and Loup?
Add Thaiss to that list.
Rengifo too.
The 3rd string catcher? To be replaced with … Wallach? Logan can’t play every game, and Stassi is out – so what? Quero already?
You new here?
He is clearly unfamiliar with the legend of The Buttercup, and likewise with trAdition
The Buttercup…. is for losers.
Our anthem
Aint my anthem. Song’s been gone for years now. Guys who still bring up buttercup probably also send their ex and her husband a Christmas card every year too.
Exactly.
The Halos could easily be 11 – 3 now, instead of at .500.
Sure, I agree with you that there are some real positives to the start of the season.
But, if the Manager and GM are constantly uptalking the team and are oblivious to its weaknesses, there is no pathway for improvement or course correction.
Yeah, we need to find the manager and GM who come out and highlight how bad they think the team will be like all the other managers and GMs do. YEAH!
They don’t have to trash talk the team, but the level of hyperbole when it comes to the team’s weaknesses is hard to stomach….
You want something that very rarely, if ever happens. So you deserve however it makes you feel.
Oh, and Ryan Tepera told me to tell you you need to not use the term hyperbole or at least look it up.
It took me a year, but I finally understand your gitch-speak….
I don’t think Tepera understands the meaning of “hyperbole…”
Oh well…..
Indeed. 11-3 could easily have been a reality with decent relief pitching and average defense.
Agreed. The reactions are very hyperbolic. The BP was decent last year and SP was above avg but the offense stunk. Offense was fixed, and SP is above avg just not in a groove yet. The BP is the easiest thing to fix when you add why Tepera is in high leverage situations. The defense is only in a couple areas. Stassi will be back and I’m confident Fletch will be back also. I just think we need someone who can get strikeouts. A lot of the guys try too hard and try get too cute with the zone/hitters. Get ahead and throw strikes. Considering the leads lost and games they were in, this shows me this team can do something once they right the ship
True.
This team will not have a winning record at the end of the season. They should tank like their neighbors and get the first overall pick.
I know right? You could literally be doing ANYTHING else. From archery to uping your personal hygiene game rather than wasting time with the this Angels tomfoolery.
Not mentioned in the game summary and the comments but for me, who’s bitched and wanted a real SS for almost two years, the Messiah finally arrived.
It’s a mighty fiesta in the big scheme- just get the series split and turn the page
We have a real SS
🎉 🍾
It’s a really early call up, but man I’m stoked. I won’t be crushed if he flops at first, but it will be so cool if he catches fire. Either way I think he’s gonna be good for us all told.
Yes. Agreed. I’m pumped. Cautiously optimistic.