Chase Silseth started today against Jose Urquidy of the Astros. Griffin Canning was activated and available out of the bullpen.
Inning 1:
The Angels went three up and three down. Mickey Moniak struck out to continue with his hitting woes. At least Jose Altuve also struck out when the Astros went three up and three down.
Inning 2:
For the Angels, the song remains the same. (Three up, three down). For the Astros, Chas McCormick got a one out single to break up the no hitter early. Silseth got out of the inning without anybody else getting on base.
Inning 3:
Randal Grichuk grounded out and Eduardo Escobar hit a bloop double to the opposite field to put a man in scoring position with one out. Chad Wallach struck out. Mickey Moniak doubled to score Escobar. 1-0 Angels.
Shohei Ohtani then struck out. (DFA!) Grae Kessinger hit a lead off double. Martin Maldonado Attempted to sacrifice bunt but ended up striking out. Randal Grichuk robbed Altuve of an RBI with an excellent play.
Alex Bregman flied out to end the inning.
Inning 4:
Angels went 1,2,3 on ten pitches. Kyle Tucker hit a ground rule double and Singleton walked, but Silseth got out of this inning without giving up any runs.
Inning 5:
Luis Rengifo struck out. Randal Grichuk grounded out as did Eduardo Escobar. That was just ten more pitches. Jose Altuve drew a two out walk and Matt Wise went out to talk with Silseth about something, maybe it was “Did you hear any buzzing sounds?” Alex Bregman singled to put two men on. Luckily Yordan Alvarez grounded into a force play to end the inning.
Inning 6:
Chad Wallach singled to lead things off but Moniak hit into a double play. Shohei Ohtani hit a solo homer. There could have been more than one run, of course, were it not for the double play. 2-0 Angels.
Brandon Drury grounded out for the third out.
Jose Soriano came in to replace Chase Silseth. He got two quick outs but walked Jon Singleton. Mauricio Dubon singled to drive Singleton to third. A wild pitch scored Singleton. Grae Kessinger then grounded out to end the inning at 2-1 Angels.
Inning 7:
Mike Moustakas grounded out to first. The Astros brought in Kendall Graveman to face Hunter Renfroe who flied out to center. Luis Rengifo grounded out to end the Angels part of the eighth. Reynaldo Lopez came in to face Martin Maldonado who flied out. Jose Altuve grounded out. Alex Bregman got a two out single to put a man on. Yordan Alvarez flied out to center. It was almost a homer but it was an out.
Inning 8:
Chad Wallach “worked” a four pitch walk with two outs. Dusty Baker replaced Graveman with Brayan Abreu who retired Mickey Moniak on a ground out. Matt Moore came in to replace Reynaldo Lopez. Kyle Tucker struck out and Chas McCormick golfed a single to left. Jon Singleton struck out. Mauricio Dubon also struck out. 2-1 Angels.
Inning 9:
Shohei Ohtani walked. He stole second while Brandon Drury was batting. Drury struck out. I guess it’s like a sacrifice except that Ohtani made it to third on a throwing error.
Mike Moustakas also walked. Hunter Renfroe popped out foul to Martin Maldonado. Andrew Velazquez walked to drive Rafael Montero out of the game. Can Ryne Stanek stop the Angels scoring juggernaut? Yep. Randal Grichuk flied out to right. Carlos Estevez did this: Kessinger=strikeout; Yainer Diaz= strikeout; Jose Altuve= easy shallow fly to right to end the game.
