7 PM start tonight and fireworks post game. Could be a late night for those going to the game.
Angels vs. Phillies Game 2 Gamethread
74 Comments
Super Member
4 seconds ago
I actually thought they blew both calls. I thought both runners were safe.
Trusted Member
4 minutes ago
That’s embarrassing if that stands.
Trusted Member
1 minute ago
Nice try Harper.
Trusted Member
16 minutes ago
Who tf is this guy pitching now?
Trusted Member
24 minutes ago
Sanchez is gonna get the CG shutout tonight, isn’t he?
Legend
34 minutes ago
Gawd, this line-up is impotent.
Super Member
35 minutes ago
Ballgame.
Super Member
45 minutes ago
This offense is beyond pathetic. I’m tired of watching Neto striking out on pitches in the dirt and in the left hand batters box. There is really no offensive threat 1-9 on this team.
Legend
56 minutes ago
The overreacting about RJ after the first 2 innings 😂😂😂
He’s a perfect 5th starter
Trusted Member
50 minutes ago
Not disagreeing but with 88 pitches in 5 innings, he needs to be more conservative, just like GRod, with his pitches. Asking the bullpen to cover 4 innings night after night will lead to mid-season problems.
Legend
46 minutes ago
He was fighting his command and managed to limit the damage early and get thru 5 giving up 1 run and 2 hits.
Yea we always want better, but this was a good outing for a young pitcher against a good team
Legend
45 minutes ago
Oh I don’t know. He’s only good if teams are chasing his slop. If he cannot harness his BB allowed, teams will get to him more often that not. Fine to keep him at 5 but we’ll see some dogs.
Last edited 45 minutes ago by FungoAle
Trusted Member
44 minutes ago
No, he’s not even close to an MLB caliber pitcher. The only reason he is playing is because our former GM had to find a way of coping when he and the owner let the best player in the game walk for free.
No other organization would have Johnson in the big leagues.
Legend
39 minutes ago
Low upside which is why I said 5th starter. He’s serviceable if not special
Super Member
19 minutes ago
I’ll go with he was more lucky than good tonight. He could have easily given up 4 runs.
Super Member
1 hour ago
We have a lot of trouble with LH pitching for some reason.
Legend
58 minutes ago
Yeah, missing Adell and his 33.5″ toothpick
Legend
1 hour ago
Fortunate to be down only by 1-run with RJs control skills
Legend
1 hour ago
of course Meck can bunt. What can’t he do?
Trusted Member
1 hour ago
Own the team.
Super Member
1 hour ago
legitimate question. Do teams still take fielding practice everyday before batting practice like they used to? When I’ve gone to games early I can’t remember seeing it like I did all the time growing up.
Legend
1 hour ago
I know this will not help the defense but if the Angels still have hopes for Moore, put him in LF for the reminder of the year. He clearly, IMO, is not good on the dirt.
Super Member
1 hour ago
yea if his actions are this bad at a position he’s had ample experience at, something needs to change. Advincula is probably our 2b of the future. LF seems open.
Legend
1 hour ago
I don’t think there is any reason to play Lowe, not likely to be tendered, even at a lofty $2.6M
Super Member
1 hour ago
yea he’s a 100% a non tender next year. He’s been so bad.
Super Member
1 hour ago
so we have the guy with nobody out not bunt and fail to get the guy to third, then we need an OF hit to get the guy in but we bunt. This team is so much fail.
Super Member
1 hour ago
Both the umpire and the players are missing a good game tonight.
Super Member
1 hour ago
Rada is not on the Angels 40 man, so with the labor dispute looming, he will not get a September call up.
Legend
1 hour ago
That’s wise, let him keep hammering on the craft
Trusted Member
1 hour ago
Not positive but he may be Rule 5 draft eligible with 2026 being his 5th year in the minors.
Super Member
1 hour ago
You may be right.
Super Member
1 hour ago
Siri showing more plate discipline than Trout. Sad.
Legend
1 hour ago
Not by much. He swung at a grounder.
Legend
1 hour ago
Siri did not look confident on those two easy pop-ups
Super Member
1 hour ago
and yet he’s by far our best OF defender this year. The Angels pitchers are a good deal better than their raw numbers would suggest pitching behind the horrid OF defense the Angels have put out there all year. Lowe, Trout and Adell are all negative WAR on outfield defense.
Legend
1 hour ago
probably right
Super Member
1 hour ago
So even our announcers are noticing RJ is throwing like 4 or 5 mph slower than normal. There is no reason a guy should be pitching when his velocity is down like that. If he already isn’t injured this is a great way to make sure he will be.
Trusted Member
1 hour ago
Let’s go ahead and enter Suzuki’s post game quote in order to save time.
“It’s definitely tough, obviously,” manager Kurt Suzuki said. “But it is what it is. The game moves on, and you’ve got to turn the page, go to the next day, and prepare to win the next one.”
Legend
1 hour ago
Turn the page? That a Scioscia special.
Legend
1 hour ago
“tough” sounds like him
