There’s an old joke about a man in a women’s prison with a pocket full of pardons that applies well to the Angels offense. They simply can’t score.
Angels hitters took 5 walks in less than 4 innings, including back to back walks in two separate frames, but failed to push across a run. Entering the game on a 15 inning scoreless streak, our boys kept themselves off the board until the 7th inning tonight. That is 21 straight zeroes followed by a 1.
That 1 was provided by the heart of the team, Logan O’Hoppe.
The walks weren’t the only good sign tonight. Silent C set a career high mark with half a dozen strikeouts. On the night there were only a couple of pitches he’d want back but one left the yard for a three run shot.
As Fletcher points out this was a particularly painful at bat as Jack was up 0-2 in the count and pitched himself into a bad situation. The absolute meatball over the plate was easily his worst pitch of the night.
As cool as back to back walks are for a struggling team, Zach Neto and Nolan Schanuel pulled off back to back doubles in the top of the 8th. Two backwards K’s by Trout (bs call) and Ward (watched a meatball) were followed by a third double in the inning; this one by Jorge Soler.
The doubles barrage brought the score to 5-3 Seattle and the Angels got no closer. So the losing skid continues, but perhaps some better days are ahead.
