Here is the Angels fielding alignment behind Sam Aldegheri today.
After today the hurting stops for a little while, at least until Perry hires the next washed up outfielder to a multi-year contract..
Sam Aldegheri struck out the leadoff man but then gave up a single, a hit batsman and another single to make it 1-0 Astros. He struck out one more and then hit one more to load the bases. Barry Enright made a mound meeting at this point. Ramon Urias grounded to Rengifo at third who got the force out at second base.
Luis Rengifo grounded out to first. Mike Trout jacked one deep to left centerfield. Tie game.
Jo Adell struck out. Chris Taylor grounded out to third.
In the second inning, Aldegheri struck out the leadoff hitter and gave up a walk. He was over 40 pitches with only one out in the second inning. Jacob Melton, who had walked, stole second base. Zach Cole also walked. Mauricio Dubon flied out. A strikeout ended the Astros second.
A fly out, a groundout, and a grounder to third that was bobbled put Sebastian Rivero on first with two outs. Denzer Guzman singled. Bryce Teodosio walked to load the bases for Luis Rengifo, who struck out. Some people thought this wasn’t a styrike. What do you think?
If it was a ball, Rengifo would have had an RBI walk. The Astros failed to score in the next inning.
The Angels pinch hit Logan O’Hoppe for Mike Trout in the third inning. The Angels went three up three down. Colton Gordon came in to pitch against the Angels in the bottom of the fifth inning and the Angels couldn’t buy a hit after that.
There was no further scoring until Yainer Diaz homered in the top of the fifth inning. 2-1 Astros. Aldegheri gave up a single, a double, and another homer before getting pulled from the game. 4-1 Astros. Connor Brogdon gave up another homer to the next batter. 5-1 Astros. Jacob Melton singled but then was caught stealing to end the top of the fifth inning.
The Angels did nothing with their half of the fifth inning. Connor Brogdon gave up another homer in the top of the sixth to make it 6-1 Astros. Jo Adell was robbed of a home run in the bottom of the sixth. We headed into the seventh inning with the score still 6-1 Astros.
Z-Boy came in to pitch. He got two outs and then issued a four pitch walk to Ramon Urias. Brice Matthews singled and then stole second base. The Astros failed to score.
In the ninth Jayden Murphy came in to pitch. Jo Adell finally got a hit. So did Chris Taylor. Adell advanced to third on a fly ball out by Christian Moore. Carter Kieboom got a base hit to center. Jo Adell scored. 6-2 Astros. Sebastian Rivero got an infield hit. The bases were loaded with one out. Denzer Guzman struck out. Taylor Ward came in to pinch hit for Bryce Teodosio. He struck out looking with the bases loaded. The Angels lost by four runs.
Photo credit: Rex Fregosi
