Today we got an early start with Silent C on the mound against the Reds.
A couple of walks and a couple of single in the second inning led to an Angels run. The Angels left a lot of men on base, but at least they came away with a lead.
A Soler double and a Moncada single put the Angels up 2-0 in the third inning.
In the fourth, another Frazier walk plus a Neto homer put the Angels up 4-0.
The fifth inning featured Cincinnati getting a run without a hit. Josh Lowe homered in the sixth inning to get that run back. 5-1 Angels.
In the top of the seventh Yoan Moncada got a two out triple. Jo Adell struck out to strand him. The Reds just couldn’t keep Moncada off base.
In the eighth inning, Sam Moll walked both O’Hoppe and Frazier to put two men on with one out for Zach Neto. Like Moncada, the Reds just couldn’t keep Frazier off the base paths. Kyle Nicholas came in to pitch and Neto got a hit to load the bases for Mike Trout. Trout worked a walk to drive in a run. 6-1 Angels.
Jorge Soler hit a grand salami to make it 10-1 Angels.
In the bottom of the eighth, Elly de la Cruz homered off of Mitch Farris to make it 10-2 Angels. P.J. Higgins came in to pitch. He is a back up catcher and was pumping in 50 MPH fastballs. Well, Gameday called them sliders. He retired the Angels 1, 2, 3. He retired Adam Frazier for crying out loud. I didn’t think that was possible. The Reds could not come back. The Angels won in convincing fashion.
Okay – Mason Miller’s Korn walkout is pretty sweet.
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If that doesn’t pump you up I don’t know what will. Nickname is the Reaper, too.
It’s at least 66 times better than the usual auto-tune rap
crap.
Nice… Soler might cook up some trade value also.
Soriano and Silent C are 5-0, no other starter has a win. The other 3 spots are 0-4. Thus far, via OPS+, Neto and Soler are well above average and all the rest are pretty bad. Looking at the numbers, it’s hard to figure how the team is 7-7 except for 5 brilliant starts by Soriano and Silent C and big hits by Neto and Soler who have 9 HRs and 23 RBIs between them. We’re winning with 2 pitchers and 2 hitters. Actually not quite, the bullpen has 4 guys who have been exceptional so far as well.
That last sentence seems important. The bullpen has a collective 3.29 ERA and they’ve been quick to flush shaky relievers like Lucchesi and Urena before they became an issue.
Can’t wait for Yates and Joyce to join the party, whenever that is
Finally!
Angels transactions:
•Reinstated INF Vaughn Grissom from injured list
•Designated INF Jeimer Candelario for assignment
https://x.com/i/status/2043001807300104546
Kind of a bummer…. Means more Moncada at 3B. Ugggh.
He won’t be there much longer.
Neto is on pace for 57 HRs and 11 WAR lol
That ain’t happening. That said, better to have a good start than a bad one.
don’t kill my vibe, Frosty!
You should be happy about this; Jo is batting 3rd today ! Maybe some better protection for Mike. Anyway, I am predicting that Mike hits a HR today.
Not sure about the game outcome with Klassen on mound but I do like Trout for a good game today.
Kinda love today’s lineup. It makes sense
I am not really complaining about it, but why is Soler still in the lineup? How long does it take MLB to hear and decide on an appeal? What has it been, 3 days now ? Today is the 4th day I think…
I guess I should not look a gift horse in the mouth as Soler is again in the cleanup spot…
Prior to this year, it’s been the lack of BBs that have kept Neto from being an elite hitter. With his increase in BBs this year so far, his slow start regarding his batting average has not significantly affected his OBA. If he continues to BB and hist BA comes up, He will be really special.
With offense being so depressed the last few years, other than OPS+ or WRC+, it’s hard to compare the current players with players of even the recent past. When GA played, he was labeled as an out machine because of his .330 OBA with few BBs. Today’s .330 OBA is not the same as yesterday’s. Back in the day, .350 was good, .375 was very good, and .400 was elite. It’s not like that today.
Ok Mr. Moncada, you win this round.
SILENT C LETS GOOOOOO!!
LT👼🏼U !
Well…
Soler is on a mission so far this season (Brawl excluded).
Brawl INcluded !!
True dat!
Traitor on the cusp of making history again for his team. It’s bobble head night so you know he’s gonna do it, more celebration for Dodger fans. Seems every time one of their players has a booble head night they show up and do something spectacular, and its news on MLB.com. We get Trout 400 hr bobble head night and he sucks. Bury my head in the dirt.
Passed Ichiro
Is that why they had Fleet Pete hand out his bobble head to fans instead of play him? They didn’t want to jinx him.
7 and 7 is….Love! 1 game out in the West, tied atop the Wild Card standings!!! hey! I’ll take it! I expected 4-10 or 5-9. Maybe they’ve got grit!
Very solid outing by Special K.
Soler is on fire.
Trade him, trade him, sell Mortimer, sell !!!!
Hopefully when the time comes, both he and Moncada will be swinging hot bats so they can bring back value for 2028 and beyond.
Love that movie. Worst pickup line of all time- Once you try a man with no legs, you never go back-
Check out Ichiro’s bent bat statue. Seattle couldn’t even do an angle of a bat correctly…..
There’s something especially satisfying about Mariner failures
More walks than Ks, 8-7
Waaaaaa?
10!!!
Do we get Free Wings?
No, just two or three games where we score 1 or 2 runs and give up a multiplicant of 2X or 3X.
10 runs? I’m on a bloodbuzz, yes, I am.
https://youtu.be/yfySK7CLEEg?si=skSidX54gaVz3mxy