Both Brandon Drury and Zach Neto contributed defensive miscues to this game that would have been rather forgettable were it not for multi-homer games for both Adell and Moniak. Neto actually got an error. Drury just wasn’t where he was supposed to be.
Seattle failed to score in the first inning. So did the Angels. Justin Turner homered straight off in the second inning to make it 1-0 Mariners. After a few outs Anthony Rendon doubled to lead off the bottom of the second. Mickey Moniak managed to get him to third with a ground out. That was where he stayed.
Tyler Anderson had a little trouble in the top of the third inning. He walked J.P. Crawford and Julio Rodriguez got a base hit to put two on with one out for Cal Raleigh. Raleigh hit into a force out. Randy Arozarena struck out. Matt Thaiss almost homered and then Jo Adell homered to tie the game.
Justin Turner homered again to lead off the fourth inning. 2-1 Mariners. A Dylan Moore single and walks to Victor Robles and J.P. Crawford loaded the bases with two outs. Julio Rodriguez hit a liner to left to score both Moore and Robles. 4-1 Mariners.
In the fifth, Randy Arozarena reached on an error by Zach Neto. After a couple of strikeouts, Dylan Moore doubled to put men at second and third with two outs. Fortunately, Mitch Garver popped out.
In the bottom of the sixth Jo Adell homered again. 4-2 Mariners.
Rendon singled to start off the bottom of the seventh inning. Logan O’Hoppe struck out but Mickey Moniak homered to tie the game. He has homered in three of his last four games including two days in a row.
JT Chargois came in to pitch for Bryan Woo. He shut the Angels down. Nothing really happened until Ward doubled to lead off the bottom of the eighth inning. He made it to third on a wild pitch. On a suicide squeeze play, Taylor Ward was out at the plate and Jack Lopez was out at first. So much for the momentum.
Ben Joyce came in for the ninth inning. He hit Randy Arozarena by a pitch and Justin Turner singled. He managed to get out of the inning without giving up a run. Mickey Moniak hit his second homer of the game to win it. 5-4 Angels.
Photo credit: Rex Fregosi
As a bonus: Here is Caden Dana talking about his start tomorrow.
Nats just called up Darren Baker … that kid’s been hustling for over 20 years.
JT Snow saved him from being run over by a Mack truck in the WS.
Fox was whack for switching to Darren Baker crying after Erstad made the catch.
Just 7 more wins, baby!
Beating the Mariners is priceless. They are five back of the Astros now.
Caden Dana Day !!!
Dana may ultimately have a good future in MLB with us, but unfortunately I think he is gonna get rocked today. Rubber game with a highly motivated M’s team, hot day game with ball carrying…
It doesn’t look good.
Not the Thor…….Thor
oh, of course, the Thor
Between todays emergence of Baby Thor and last nights win due to Thor scraps, the Thor is alive and well in Haloville.
Hammer time 🔨
U can’t touch this
Bang bang
Cadens silver hammer makes sure M’s are dead
I think you win the new nickname prize very early in the game Cowboy !
Nice one. Still doesn’t match me with best Angels player/coach nickname ever :
Dino “See No” Ebel.
Moniak & Adell contributing makes me happpy.
Easy dudes to root for. Will be fun watching them man the outfield for the rest of the decade.
I’d be pleased with Mickey playing regularly but with his ugly splits against left handers, don’t see him ever becoming impactful. He’s faced a left hander a whopping 26-times this season. Not very many ABs and clearly nothing to show for it. He is caught in the Marsh do-loop. Manager won’t let player face lefties due to past performance and player cannot develop familiarity against lefties to remove the stigma.
Would like to see Wash leave him in line-up full time in September and don’t mess with him, f-it. Just like he did with Adell. If anything, platoon Ward, I want that guy gone.
So Moniak hit .359 with a .719 slugging pct. in August including 6 Home Runs and 5 doubles in 68 Plate Appearances. Is that good enough for A.L. Player of the month honors?
Aaron Judge says, hi
Dodgers have the best record in baseball. Good for Ohatani!!
Who?
Really? F the best team money can by and Easy Way. MLB better hope they win WS or Soto will be on the team next yr too. They already tried to court Judge 3yrs ago. MVP’s only club.
Fuck (Sept) that traitor!!
of course you’d post this after one of our better wins 😂
Feels extremely Trollish, right?
It seems like ’71 is trying to become the new Toots.
🤑💰🤑💰🤑💰🤑
Baseball is played in October too.
I’m too GA to look up Anderson’s ERA since we didn’t trade him but I bet it’s over 5, maybe 6. trAdition.
It’s only 3.55
yes, but it *was* 0.01 or so
It’s 3.55 on the season; I’m talking about since the trade deadline. It was right around 3 at the deadline which means it’s been well above 4 since then for it to have increased by that much already.
Realizing now how poorly worded my post was, I meant his ERA since we decided we weren’t trading him.
Would you believe 5.97 for the month of August?
So, Neto was benched for “not being into it.”
Yeah that was interesting. I appreciate Ron’s transparency but man that’s airing some stuff out.
Right?? 😳
Maybe Wash should bench himself for calling that stupid squeeze play.
It was a good move, I like it
Slacker
It was the second straight game where he made an error on a routine play. I like the accountabiity that Wash holds his players to. He has already said that Neto is going to be an elite shortstop so he has praised him before.
Mickey with the mini bat flip
Moniak’s August slash line:
.359/.397/..719
Liking our outfield for next year. Moniak, Adell and Ward.
Hopefully Trout can DH some..
Eat it Jerry!
Suck baseballs, Jerry!
Mickey might yet prove that he is part of the young core. He has worked his ass off this year to get back on track offensively. You’ve got to respect how far he’s come since June.
Use the outfield depth to fill some of the other holes that exist.
This would have been a fun one to be at. What a game.
You have to listen to the winning AB from the M’s broadcast if you have that ability. So good.
Mickey owes a debt of gratitude to Mikey. Trout’s misfortunes have been Moniak’s blessings..
Kudos to Moniak and Adell for their 4-home-run contribution.