Today we had Yusei Kikuchi versus Brady Basso of the Athletics. Here are the starting lineups.
Inning #1
Zach Neto popped out to second. Mike Trout singled on the ground to left. Vaughn Grissom singled on a line drive to center field. Denzer Guzman was batting when both runners advanced on what was initially scored a wild pitch. Guzman got an RBI bounce out to short that scored Trout. 1-0 Angels.
Moises Ballesteros flied out to left. Henry Bolte struck out swinging. Shea Langoliers flied out to right on a blooper that almost dropped in. Lawrence Butler singled on a liner to left. Zack Gelof grounded out to third to end the inning.
Inning #2
Jose Siri flied out to right. Wade Meckler walked after a successful ABS challenge. Christian Moore struck out looking after a successful challenge by the Athletics. Bryce Teodosio struck out swinging. Tommy White singled on a liner to right field. Joshua Kuroda-Grauer struck out swinging. Jonah Heim tapped out to the catcher Ballesteros. Alika Williams lined out to left field.
Inning #3
Zach Neto singled on a ground ball to left. Mike Trout grounded a single through into left center field. Vaughn Grisson also single on the ground to left. 2-0 Angels.
Denzer Guzman hit a three run homer. 5-0 Angels.
Moises Ballesteros walked. Scott Blewitt came in to replace Brady Basso on the mound. Jose Siri struck out swinging. Wade Meckler got a hit that bounced off of the right shin of Scott Blewitt. Christian Moore flied out to center. Bryce Teodosio struck out swinging. Denzel Clarke hit a broken bat chopper to Neto which resulted in an out. Henry Bolte doubled to left. Shea Langoliers singled on a grounder to short. Lawrence Butler grounded into a double play at second base.
Inning #4
Seth Johnson came in to replace Scott Blewitt on the mound. Zach Neto flied out to left. Mike Trout doubled to left. Vaughn Grissom was hit by a pitch. Denzer Guzman hit into a double play. The Athletics did not score.
Inning #5
Nothing really happened in this inning. Ballesteros and Siri both singled.
Inning #6
Vaughn Grissom picked up another RBI to make it 6-0. Neto had walked and stolen two bases to set this up.
The Athletics scored a couple of runs to make it 6-2 Angels. Luke Murphy came in to pitch between the two runs.
Inning #7
Jose Fermin came in to pitch. A single and a triple made it 6-3 Angels. A walk and another single made it 6-4 Angels. Tayler Saucedo came in to pitch. A sacrifice bunt and a hit by pitch loaded the bases with one out. Saucedo walked in a run to make it 6-5 Angels. Sam Bachman came in to pitch. Michael Stefanic flied out to shallow center. Jonah Heim popped out to first.
Inning #8
Christian Moore singled on a soft grounder to third. Josh Lowe pinch hit for Bryce Teodosio. He struck out. Zach Neto flied out to left center. Mike Trout walked. Vaughn Grissom flied out to shallow left center. Alika Williams singled up the middle. Carlos Cortez homered to make it 7-6 Athletics. Henry Bolte and Shea Langoliers grounded out. Lawrence Butler hit a ground rule double. Blake Weiman came in to pitch. Zack Gelof homered to make it 9-6 Athletics. Jeff McNeil struck out to end the inning, finally.
Inning #9
Denzer Guzman walked. Moise Ballesteros grounded into a double play. Jose Siri reached on an infield hit. He advanced to second base on defensive indifference. Wade Meckler reached on an infield hit. Christian Moore bounced one off of the pitcher’s glove to score Siri. 9-7 Athletics.
Oswald Peraza pinch hit for Josh Lowe. He struck out. The Angels lost 9-7.
Photo credit: Rex Fregosi
