This was a really easy article to write early on. Ohtani’s velocity was ramped up early in the game. Bryan Woo matched him with zeroes for Seattle. It was scoreless through 5. But there was this nifty grab by Grichuk.
About 40 seconds after Ohtani exited the game with cramping in his pitching hand Jose Soriano served up what used to be a double off the right field wall to put the Angels down 1-0.
I’m surprised the cramps aren’t in his back from trying to carry this team. Ohtani was walked in the sixth, stole a base, and scored the tying run on CJ Cron’s 0-2 single with two outs in the inning. A hit with RISP, are we allowed to do that?
Moose cracked a double to bring CJ in and put the Angels up 2-1.
That score held through the 7th and newcomer Reynaldo Lopez was filthy in the top of the 8th.
Then the MVP did what the MVP does.
Carlos Esteves looked shaky early and walked the first two in the ninth. A single then loaded the bases. Esteves got a big strikeout of Teoscar Hernandez to get the first out. He’d looked to get his form back until giving up an 0-2 grand slam to Cade Marlow. Mariners up 5-3.
Absolutely brutal.