Today we had Jack Kochanowicz versus Emerson Hancock. Hancock was coming off a recent six innings of no-hit shutout baseball against the Guardians. Here is today’s lineup.
Some of those Angels obviously needed to step it up offensively.
Inning 1
Luke Raley struck out and then Jo Adell robbed Cal Raleigh of a home run above the yellow line out in right. Remember when he would have bonked it over the fence for a homer?
Julio Rodriguez singled past Schanuel to right. Josh Naylor singled to left and Rodriguez went first to third. Randy Arozarena struck out.
Zach Neto homered to lead it off. 1-0 Angels!
Mike Trout bounced out to third base. His struggle continued. Nolan Schanuel doubled to left and then Jorge Soler singled on the ground to left. There were Angels at first and third with one out. Yoan Moncada struck out on three pitches. There was a wild pitch while Adell batted and Nolan Schanuel was out at the plate. 1-0 Angels.
Inning 2
Dominic Canzone struck out and wasted a challenge for the Mariners. J. P. Crawford struck out looking. Cole Young also struck out. Jo Adell flied out to right field. Josh Lowe grounded out to first base. Logan O’Hoppe struck out.
Inning 3
Leo Rivas walked. Luke Raley and Cal Raleigh both hit fly ball outs. Julio Rodriguez singled to right. Josh Naylor walked. Randy Arozarena grounded into a force out. For the Angels, Oswald Peraza grounded out to third. Zach Neto lined out to third. Mike Trout popped out to the first baseman.
Inning 4
Dominic Canzone lined out to left field. J.P. Crawford hit a ground rule double to right. Cole Young struck out and Leo Rivas grounded out to first. Nolan Schanuel flied out to left and Jorge Soler struck out. Yoan Moncada flied out to end the inning.
Inning 5
Luke Raley grounded out to second. Cal Raleigh burned up a lot of Silent C’s pitches while striking out. Julio Rodriguez grounded out to Zach Neto. Jo Adell grounded out to second base. Josh Lowe flied out to left. Logan O’Hoppe singled to left. Oswald Peraza popped out to short to end the inning.
Inning 6
Josh Naylor flied out to right. Randy Arozarena grounded out back to the mound. Joey Lucchesi came in to replace Jack Kochanowicz. Dominic Canzone flied out to Mike Trout to end the Mariners half of the sixth. Zach Neto lined a single to left. Mike Trout flied out to right field. Nolan Schanuel promptly hit into a double play.
Inning 7
Logan O’Hoppe challenged a ball call on J.P. Crawford successfully. He was right 7 out of 8 times so far this season including another successful challenge earlier this game. There is something O’Hoppe is good at. Crawford eventually walked. J.P. Crawford was hit by a pitch. Chase Silseth came in to pitch for Lucchesi. Logan O’Hoppe made another successful challenge while Leo Rivas batted and Rivas eventually struck out. Luke Raley struck out. Cal Raleigh grounded out to second.
Jorge Soler struck out swinging. Yoan Moncada also struck out swinging. Jo Adell singled on a grounder to short. Josh Lowe finally got a hit and Jo Adell went first to third on it. Logan O’Hoppe flied out to end the inning. There is something O’Hoppe is bad at.
Inning 8
Sam Bachman came in to replace Chase Silseth. Julio Rodriguez popped out to third. Jo Adell again robbed a home run, this time from Josh Naylor.
Drew Pomeranz came in to pitch for Sam Bachman. Rob Refsnyder hit for Dominic Canzone. He grounded to third for a force out.
Oswald Peraza popped out to the catcher, Raleigh. Zach Neto and Mike Trout both struck out.
Inning 9
Jordan Romano came in to pitch. Logan O’Hoppe got another successful challenge under his belt. Jo Adell robbed another homer from J.P Crawford. Damn!
Cole young popped out to second base. Leo Rivas struck out to end the game. Angels won 1-0.
Photo credit: Rex Fregosi
