This was Yusei Kikuchi’s day to start.
Kikuchi got into a jam in the first and pitched right back out of it. Mike Trout got a one out double. Nolan Schanuel drove him in to make it 1-0 Angels.
Taylor Ward also had a hit but Yoan Moncada grounded into a double play to end the inning.
Now the Angels seemed to have settled into the non-scoring portion of the game. That held until Julio Rodriguez homered in the top of the fifth inning to make it a 1-1 tie. Cal Raleigh singled and Randy Arozarena homered. 3-1 Mariners. Mitch Garver only doubled. It didn’t matter.
Luis Rengifo followed up a Mariner three spot in the fifth inning by grounding out to second. Zach Neto also grounded out. Mike Trout walked but Nolan Schanuel struck out.
Enter Quijada! He had a scoreless inning. Enter Bachman! Scoreless inning. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Luis Rengifo singled and advanced to second on a balk. Zach Neto singled to score Rengifo and took second on the throw. 3-2 Mariners.
Mike Trout flied out to end the inning.
Enter Jose Fermin who gave up a homer to Jorge Polanco to make it 4-2 Mariners. He got some other guys out and ended up only giving up one run in the inning. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Nolan Schanuel singled on a liner to center. Taylor Ward grounded into a force out and then pinch hitter Chris Taylor struck out. There was no joy in Mudville. Jo Adell also struck out.
Carson Fulmer came in to anti-close. He pitched a scoreless ninth, including striking out Cal Raleigh.
Travis d’Arnaud grounded out. LaMonte Wade Jr. reached first on a strikeout/wild pitch. Luis Rengifo grounded into a force out. Zach Neto singled and drove Rengifo to second. Mike Trout took a walk instead of gobbling up his thousandth RBI. The pitches were pretty bad. Nolan Schanuel lined out with the bases loaded to end the game. The Angels lose 4-2.
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