Freshly back to .500 again, the Angels headed out on a Texas two-step road trip, starting in Houston. Reid Detmers was matched up with Justin Verlander making his first home start in his return to the Astros. The game started off with a scoreless 1st inning, then in the 2nd inning the Angels got on the board first when C.J. Cron slammed his first homer in this Angels stint. 1-0 Angels.
That was pretty much all the good news for the Halos on this day because Detmers continued his struggles, beginning with a 3-run home run from the formerly exiled but now rebooted Jon Singleton.
That was followed up by two RBI groundouts making the score 5-1 after 2. Rengifo singled in one run in the 3rd, but the Astros got that back plus one when Singleton homered in his second straight inning, this time of the 2-run variety. 7-2 Astros after 3.
Kenny Rosenberg, making his first appearance of the season for the Halos, came in for mop up duty and did an admirable job, allowing four runs but most importantly eating up 5 innings, which hopefully will pay dividends when the bullpen is fresh the next few games.
Three of those runs happened in the 4th inning from a Jeremy Pena double and Martin Maldonado single.
The only other highlights for the Angels was a Brandon Drury RBI single in the 6th inning, making the score 10-3. Altuve added on in the 8th with an RBI single.
That’s all that’s fit to print. Angels lose 11-3.
Does anyone here still believe we have a shot for the 3rd wildcard? I don’t believe it, but would love to be surprised.
Believe it or not, both Texas and Houston have formidable August and September schedule. Mariners are the only team who have relatively easy September schedule besides the Angels. The AL West division race is not yet over for 4 teams.
So if the Angels are say 15 games back of the division in a week and a half, you still think they have a chance at the division?
They are 11.5 games back as of today.
If everything goes right, we will be only 6.5 games behind next Wednesday with 40 games left.
Wow. Okay. Gotta respect your optimism even if it verges on unicorn farting.
He is the Top unicorn fan
6 games back is reasonable I suppose
I think it will be Aug 18.
https://twitter.com/JeffFletcherOCR/status/1690476746120798209
I see Jeff Fletcher is also superstitious like I.
https://twitter.com/JeffFletcherOCR/status/1690439411530338304
I am a fan of the Cubbies, Tigers, Guardians, Marlins, Giants, and Orioles for the second consecutive day.
Love Sandy Alcantara. Wish the Angels had him.
Love Steven Kwan. Wish the Angels had him. Ramon Laureano and Red Baron are not bad, either.
Love Cody Bellinger. Wish the Angels had him. Adbert Alzolay is not bad, either.
Will Detmers be toiling in the minors soon trying to figure things out? Is he the kind of live arm guy that is lousy here but will be good elsewhere?
Brutal.
I will say it again…when you rush young pitchers to the majors this is what happens.
I said it last year and earlier this year. They have the stuff…but no clue how to use it.
You seem to have been proven correct. It’s a shame.
Yes it is!! Sandoval, Canning, and the rest of them are in the same boat.
So we should only use seasoned free agent starting pitchers on the north side of the 30.
Got it.
Don be an idiot…that’s not what I said in any way shape or form.
Thanks for the advice but I’ll leave the idiocy to you.
unfortunately your regurgitated generic comment with out any supporting facts insinuates this very point.
So why not enlighten us with what you consider what a young pitchers is ( age college experience, high school pitcher etc) as well as how do define what rushing them to the majors is (is there a minimum amount of professional experience at each level that you require?) plus it would be neat to see some statistical data that proves your point. But dont forget to include the battery mates CERA because everyone here knows that a real thing.
They do not belong in the Major Leagues.
You don’t need a bunch of fancy stats to see that.
So no I don’t need to back anything up…it’s obvious
Who’s they?
Now that I have your full attention see my post above.
I will concede the battery mate part.
They don’t belong in the Majors either.
Now you cant go get all weird about that.
Agree
Detmers probably should be a rookie this year just like his former Louisville teammate Bobby Miller with the Dodgers. Miller also struggled pretty badly at times however. This is the same with bad NFL teams who start a rookie QB on game #1 of the season.
But unlike Walker Buehler and Logan Webb and a host of other young successful pitchers who were “rushed” to the majors
Right.
Didn’t think I would ever stick up for tootee two…see my post above again.
Detmers was supposed to be the quick to the majors guy. Instead of developing well, he appears to be overthrowing his fastball to get velocity which has limited control. He also has struggled locating in general. He needs to gain confidence also.
The Foundation Building Materials’ keystone of the series this weekend for the Angels against the Houston Oxys is “You Dropped a Bomb on Me” by the Gap Band.
When the Angel pitchers melt down and let the Houston hits pile up and the Houston runners score run after run, just remember, the games now, from the Angel perspective, just don’t matter any more. So rejoice, Angel fan, in the fact that you don’t have to let these losses crush your spirit! These games just don’t matter. Be happy. Be Gap Band happy.
Go ahead, Asstros, drop the bombs on us. See if we care!
https://youtu.be/17lkdqoLt44
I dig that song…funky stuff!!!
Jacob Webb pitched 1 inning for Baltimore and struck out 3 batters
Hey Angels Nation, no sad faces. Houston is a dynasty club who unfortunately is in our division. So difficult in American league to compete; Astros, Rsox, Yanks, Mariners, Texas, Jays, Rays,. Dealing w/ stacked or perfectly managed teams making it very difficult to get in playoffs. Just hoping Halo’s can keep playing solid, and steal some games
yea it sucks competing against competent organizations but hey maybe Artes frat buddy can lead us out of this mess.
They can definitely promote us with billboards
I don’t think we’re that far away from the T-Rays and Giants
Braves, Astros, and Dodgers, definitely but not these two above. Rays and Giants stay completive by changing pieces every season except at SS and #1 starting pitcher.
The caveat however is they’ll usually lose to a big market team with deeper pockets in the post season……. however it beats a 7yr consecutive streak of losing every time.
This is the new Moneyball.
I swear I read that Detmers was a breakout candidate. Well he’s broken.
recent fan posts: “I Guarantee a Wildcard Spot for the 2023 Angels”
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thread closed.
damnit.
Saw that in the highlights side bar too and had a chuckle.
And who around here is surprised by this outcome?
No one, if you follow this team like we do.
And we always come back to continue the cycle of torture!
See you, tomorrow 😀
Sad Trombone…
Shame. Shame. Shame. 💩
I’m so mad at John Singleton, I’m gonna burn my signed VHS of his movie Boyz N The Hood
True story — John Singleton sat behind me in my tenth grade driver’s education class in high school. One day when the teacher was late to class John told the class he could do the dance Prince does in his “Little Red Corvette” music video, and then he walked up to the front of the class and performed the dance, note for note.
Singleton also wrote movie reviews for our school newspaper and wrote glowing reviews for “Ladyhawke” and “The Falcon and the Snowman.”