Angels 9-7 Loss Postgame

Today we got Jack Kochanowicz for our starter. Here is how he did in his last outing against the Asstros.

There was the same basic lineup except Travis d’Arnaud was catching instead of O’Hoppe and Frazier was at second base..

Inning 1

Zach Neto drew a five pitch walk. Mike Trout drew a three pitch strikeTrout. Nolan Schanuel walked. Jorge Soler struck out. Yoan Moncada grounded out to second base. For the Astros, Jeremy Pena grounded out to third. Yordan Alvarez walked. Isaac Paredes flied out to short. Jose Altuve was batting while Silent C threw a wild pitch that advanced the runner. Altuve then struck out.

Inning 2

Jo Adell grounded out to Correa at third. Josh Lowe struck out. Travis d’Arnaud also struck out. Sigh! Carlos Correa lined out to center fielder Jo Adell. Joey Loperfido hit a hustle double to Jorge Soler out in right. Christian Walker walked on four pitches. Cam Smith walked to load the bases. Christian Vasquez hit a ball to right that scored two. 2-0 Astros. Jeremy Pena struck out on three pitches. Yordan Alvarez singled in another run. 3-0 Astros. Isaac Paredes reached on a throwing error by Moncada. 4-0 Astros. Jose Altuve walked. Carlos Correa thankfully grounded out.

Inning 3

Adam Frazier chopped into a 3-1 putout. Zach Neto walked and Mike Trout singled on a liner to center. Nolan Schanuel walked on a bunch of very outside pitches. Jorge Soler doubled to left scoring three. 4-3 Astros.

Yoan Moncada grounded out to second. Jo Adell singled to left and brought in the tying run. 4-4 tie.

Roddery Munoz came in to pitch. Josh Lowe struck out. Joey Loperfido grounded out to center. Christian Walker flied out to right. Jorge Soler basically made your textbook play on a line drive to rob Cam Smith of a hit.

Inning 4

Travis d”Arnaud doubled to left. Adam Frazier struck out. Zach Neto homered to make it 6-4 Angels.

Mike Trout struck out and Nolan Schanuel lined out to short. Christian Vasquez grounded out to second, Jeremy Pena struck out looking. Yordan Alvarez flied out.

Inning 5

Jorge Soler grounded out to second base. Yoan Moncada walked. Jo Adell was batting while Moncada advanced to second on a wild pitch. Then Adell singled to put runners at the corners with one out. Josh Lowe struck out swinging. Christian Roa was brought in to face Travis d”Arnaud. who struck out.

Isaac Paredes doubled on a grounder out to left. Jose Altuve walked. Jack Kochanowicz was removed in favor of Chase Silseth. Carlos Correa lined out to third. Joey Loperfido struck out. Christian Walker doubled to score two. 6-6 tie. Cam Smith flied out to right to end the inning.

Inning 6

Adam Frazier popped out to first. Zach Neto worked a walk to get a man on in front of Trout. Trout then hit into a double play. Sam Bachman came in and walked the number nine hitter Christian Vasquez. Jeremy Pena flied out. Yordan Alvarez walked. Isaac Paredes struck out. Jose Altuve lined out to left.

Inning 7

AJ Blubaugh came in to pitch to Nolan Schanuel. Schanuel grounded out to third. Jorge Soler struck out. Yoan Moncada flied out to right. Carlos Correa grounded out to third. Joey Loperfido struck out. Christian Walker lined out to Zach Neto.

Inning 8

Jo Adell flied out to right in foul territory. Josh Lowe struck out yet again. Jeimer Candelario flied out.

Drew Pomeranz came in to pitch. He hit Cam Smith with a pitch. Christian Vasquez advanced the runner to second with a sacrifice bunt. Jeremy Pena moved Smith to third base with a sacrifice fly to center. Yordan Alvarez was intentionally walked. Isaac Paredes was batting when Yordan Alvarez stole second and then Paredes doubled to score two. 8-6 Astros. Jose Altuve doubled to make it 9-6 Astros. Carlos Correa got an intentional walk and Joey Loperfido popped out to third to end the inning.

Inning 9

Adam Frazier walked. A wild pitch sent Frazier to second. Zach Neto flied out to deep left. Mike Trout walked after a couple of successful challenges. Nolan Schanuel bounced one off the glove of the first baseman to score Frazier. 9-7 Astros.

Bryce Teodosio came in to pinch run for Schanuel. Jorge Soler struck out looking. Yoan Moncada struck out to end the game. The Angels lost 9-7.

Photo credit: Rex Fregosi

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smithy610
Super Member
4 minutes ago

Truly a series of unfortunate events. Could have easily ended this series 4-0.

The silver lining is the offense. So far this new philosophy is a breath of fresh air. 28 walks already, 7 from Trout. Even the guys not known for walking are up there (Neto 5, Moncada 4, Soler 4). Hopefully this stays consistent through the season.

Trout looks locked in and healthy. Maybe the last two years of not starting the season healthy and that move to RF really did some bad juju on the mental part of his game. He looks much more like himself in the batters box knowing he’s playing in CF.

New hitting coaches working their magic early on. Hopefully Magic Mike catches up soon too.

Last edited 3 minutes ago by smithy610
EHC
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EHC
47 minutes ago

It’s 4 games. Some good, some bad. In a month, things should shake out differently. There are some strong arms in the minors, who might get a shot to pitch a few bullpen innings. Get the veterans who already look like they are coasting out of the lineup and get some new blood in there.
Stay at or near 500 and most will be pleased.

Turk's Teeth
Editor
Legend
23 minutes ago
Reply to  EHC

Eh, I think the baseball gods were just displeased with your hubristic yawps and repetitive attacks against this community for indulging in everything from scouting to analytics to “realism”. It created such a miasma of bad juju, predestiny had to reassert its privilege.

Two days ago it was all rakish taunts… now it’s ‘early days’ and you’re preaching forbearance. Stay humble, EHC.

As for the strong arms in the minors, the Bees have lost their first three contests to the A’s Vegas affiliate by a combined 31 runs to 6. Mederos’ start was so rough that they promptly DFA’ed him, showing more pessimism than even this FO I thought capable of. Still think there was some relief value in there with some coaching, but now it’s the waiver wire for Vic.

Senator_John_Blutarsky
Legend

Although the sample size is small, the initial exuberance has unfortunately proven to be irrational.

After Soriano and Kikuchi, the pitching is not major league caliber. Yes, Detmers looked good for 3 1/2 innings – which is why he’s really a reliever.

The bats are thus far competitive.

The defense is terrible especially when O’HoppE and Moncada are on the field.

The team is performing as constructed.

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MarineLayer
Legend
25 minutes ago

I wouldn’t leave out Soler.

JakeTaylor
Trusted Member
1 hour ago

Some things never change…..bullpen still blows!

steelgolf
Legend
1 hour ago

Nice job watching strike 3 down the middle Moncada! Yeeeesh. You suck defensively but you are supposed to swing a good bat.

angelslogic
Legend
1 hour ago
Reply to  steelgolf

Soler did the exact same thing just before him.

steelgolf
Legend
1 hour ago
Reply to  angelslogic

Soler shouldn’t even be on the team.

JackFrost
Legend
1 hour ago
Reply to  steelgolf

Soler has actually hit the ball a little so far. Moncada is hitting under .100.

MarineLayer
Legend
24 minutes ago
Reply to  steelgolf

Except Minasian swallowed his huge contract, just like everything else he sees at the buffet.

HalosFanForLife
Super Member
2 hours ago

Silent C had some nasty stuff but his fastball, at times, can be pretty flat. That 1-2 outer edge middle fb he threw to Vazquez is not a EV pitch to throw (perfect for a hitter with two strikes protecting) and he got punished for it. But, if he improves command and can locate that sweeper and two seamer with consistence – we might end up with something pretty good here but it will take some time.

John Henry Weitzel
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Super Member
2 hours ago

So this bullpen is as bad as we thought after all.

ryanfea
Super Member
2 hours ago

Just a complete lack of game awareness to not challenge the pitch against Paredes in the 8th. O’Hoppe continues to be a black hole behind the dish.

JackFrost
Legend
2 hours ago
Reply to  ryanfea

We had actually bounced back and were doing well with Travis and right after Logan comes in we give up those runs…. Coincidence ??

Last edited 2 hours ago by JackFrost
Pineapple12
Legend
2 hours ago

Really disappointing last 2 games. Bullpen is worse than advertised, O’Hoppe and Moncada are negative value players.

HalosFanForLife
Super Member
2 hours ago
Reply to  Pineapple12

Moncada has looked atrocious at third. He has two errors and could have 4 already but was saved by Schanuel (who will never win a gold glove either.)

JackFrost
Legend
1 hour ago

He doesn’t even know the basic fundamentals of defense. There is no way he should be on ANY Major League roster. Perry just showed how clueless he was by giving this guy money to stay here.

MarineLayer
Legend
23 minutes ago
Reply to  JackFrost

He is the mark at a poker table.

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