The Angels had a commanding lead in the AL West. Today was the acid test. Today was Reid Detmers day. How did it go? Detmers struck out nine.
Inning 1
Zach Neto added to the strikeout total. Mike Trout flied out to deep right field. Nolan Schanuel also flied out to right. When the Astros came up, Jose Altuve struck out. Yordan Alvarez was hit by a pitch right above the elbow. Isaac Paredes flied out to shallow right center. Carlos Correa struck out.
Inning 2
Jorge Soler walked. Yoan Moncada grounded into a double play. Jo Adell grounded out. Christian Walker doubled down into the left field corner. Cam Smith got a dangerous single right at Reid Detmers at 102 MPH. Yainer Diaz struck out. So did Jake Meyers. So did Brice Matthews.
Inning 3
Josh Lowe walked. Logan O’Hoppe promptly hit into a double play. Oswald Peraza homered. 1-0 Angels.
Zach Neto grounded out to second. Jose Altuve lined out to Trout in center.
Yordan Alvarez doubled down into the right field corner. Isaac Paredes flied out to deep left field. Carlos Correa popped out to O’Hoppe in foul territory.
Inning 4
Mike Trout walked. Nolan Schanuel flied out to short. Jorge Soler homered to make it 3-0 Angels.
Yoan Moncada was immediately hit by a pitch. Jo Adell flied out to left and Josh Lowe flied out to right. For the Astros, Christian Walker struck out. Cam Smith struck out and Yainer Diaz grounded out.
Inning 5
Logan O’Hoppe was hit by a pitch to start the inning. Ozwald Peraza bunted for a single. Zach Neto walked to load the bases for Mike Trout. Trout got a base hit. 4-0 Angels.
Nolan Schanuel grounded into a double play but drove in another run. 5-0 Angels.
Kai-Wei Teng came in to replace Christian Javier on the mound. Jorge Soler walked. Then Teng uncorked a wild pitch to make it 6-0 Angels.
Yoan Moncada then grounded out.
Jake Meyers lined a hit to left field. Brice Matthews struck out. Jose Altuve singled out toward left. Yordan Alvarez struck out. Isaac Paredes bounced one off the left field wall to score two. 6-2 Angels. That brought Walbert Urena in to stop the bleeding. Carlos Correa got a base hit to left field to make it 6-3 Angels. Christian Walker reached on an error by Yoan Moncada. Cam Smith hit into a force out.
Inning 6
Jo Adell flied out to right. Josh Lowe struck out. Logan O’Hoppe popped out to second base. Yainer Diaz grounded out to Zach Neto.
Jake Meyer reached base on a throwing error by Walbert Urena. It was a ball tapped in front of the plate area rather than a botched pick off play. Joey Loperfido got a pinch hit single to put men at first and third with one out. Jose Altuve struck out. Yordan Alvarez was batting When a wild pitch made it 6-4 Angels. The Angels then intentionally walked Alvarez. Isaac Paredes walked. Carlos Correa hit a two run dribbler in fron of the plate. A throwing error by O’Hoppe was involved. 6-6 tie. Christian Walker got an infield single to make it 7-6 Astros. Now newcomer Joey Lucchesi replaced Walbert Urena. Cam Smith walked to load the bases again. Yainer Diaz grounded to the right to score two more. 9-6 Astros. Jake Meyers doubled to make it 11-6 Astros. Joey Loperfido finally made the third out, grounding out to second base.
Inning 7
Oswald Peraza singled to center field. Zach Neto flied out to right field. Peraza made it to second base. Mike Trout grounded out to third. Nolan Schanuel struck out. Jose Altuve then walked. Yordan Alvarez singled on the ground to right and Joey Lucchesi was replaced by Brent Suter. There was a kind of double rundown play, but the lead runner Altuve was out between third and home. Isaac Paredes struck out and Carlos Correa grounded out.
Inning 8
Jorge Soler walked. Yoan Moncada struck out. Jo Adell flied out to right. and Josh Lowe struck out. Christian Walker walked, of course. Cam Smith grounded out to the pitcher. Yainer Diaz struck out looking. Jake Meyers flied out to right.
Inning 9
Logan O’Hoppe struck out. Oswald Peraza also struck out. Zach Neto walked. Zach Neto then stole second while Mike Trout batted. Trout also walked. Nolan Schanuel homered to make it 11-9 Astros.
Jorge Soler struck out looking. The Angels lost 11-9.
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