The Angels were apparently doomed in this game. They went down 4-0 to look bad early. They came back to tie the game. The bullpen then gave up another 4 runs to lose with authority. You think you can lose three times in a row to the Angels? Guess again son. The Angels lost this one 8-4.
I guess we had to lose. Houston beat the living crap out of the Athletics (13-2) tonight.
The detailed breakdown of this game follows:
Inning #1
Zach Neto grounde out to the shortstop to start the game. Mike Trout also grounded out to short. Jose Siri reached on a shallow fly ball to center field. It was scored a single although it had popped out of the glove of the second baseman. Vaughn Grissom singled on a liner to left. Denzer Guzman then grounded out to third.
J.P. Crawford bounced one through the right side for a hit. Randy Arozarena struck out swinging. Dominic Canzone lined out to Meckler in right. Cal Raleigh flied out to Siri in left field.
Inning #2
Christian Moore grounded out to short. Wade Meckler grounded out to second. Bryce Teodosio struck out on three pitches. Josh Naylor lined out to second base. Cole Young drew a walk. Michael Arroyo singled on a liner to center. Lazaro Montes hit a ground rule double to score Cole young. 1-0 Mariners. Leo Rivas grounded out to first. J.P. Crawford grounded out to first.
Inning #3
Tyler Heineman struck out looking. Zach Neto walked, thanks to a successful ABS challenge. Mike Trout struck out on three pitches. Jose Siri lined one into left for a single. Vaughn Grissom struck out swinging. Randy Arozarena struck out on a foul tip. Dominic Canzone walked on four pitches. Cal Raleigh flied out to center. Josh Naylor flied out to left. (Still 1-0 Mariners).
Inning #4
Denzer Guzman grounded out to third. Christian Moore bounced one off the elbow of the pitcher for an infield hit. Kade Anderson had to leave the game. Michael Rucker came in to pitch. Christian Moore advanced to second on a passed ball. Wade Meckler lined out to left. Bryce Teodosio struck out swinging.
Cole Young walked. Michael Arroyo singled on a line drive to left field. Lazaro Montes hit one to the warning track in right field advancing Cole Young to third with one out. Leo Rivas hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Young 2-0 Mariners. Teodosio’s throw was very weak. J.P. Crawford grounded out to first again.
Inning #5
Tyler Heineman singled on a grounder to left. A wild pitch sent him to second. Zach Neto walked. Mike Trout struck out looking. Jose Siri struck out looking. Vaughn Grissom grounded out to second. Randy Arozarena singled to third/short. Dominic Canzone doubled to right. Cal Raleigh popped out to third. Josh Naylor bashed one to Vaughn Grissom who threw to home unsuccessfully. 3-0 Mariners. Cole Young singled on a grounder to center. Dominic Canzone scored. 4-0 Mariners. Bryce Teodosio committed a throwing error to allow Young to reach second base. Michael Arroyo flied out to left. Lazaro Montes was intentionally walked. Leo Rivas struck out looking.
Inning #6
Jose Ferrer came in to pitch. Denzer Guzman lined a single to right fielder Lazaro Montes on the first pitch he saw. Christian Moore walked. Wade Meckler reached on a fielder’s choice and a throwing error by the pitcher. Bryce Teodosio singled to center and both Denzer Guzman and Christian Moore scored. 4-2 Mariners.
Tyler Heineman bunted a safety squeeze to score Wade Meckler. 4-3 Mariners.
Zach Neto lined out to third. Mike Trout walked to load the bases with one out. Carlos Vargas came in to pitch. Jose Siri grounded out to third but Teodosio scored to tie the game.
Vaughn Grissom grounded out to first. Blake Weiman came in to pitch and J.P. Crawford flied out to right. Randy Arozarena doubled to left. He stole third base. Dominic Canzone struck out looking. Cal Raleigh was intentionally walked and then Josh Naylor flied out to center. 4-4 tie.
Inning #7
Denzer Guzman grounded out softly to the pitcher. Christian Moore walked. Wade Meckler grounded to short for a force out. Bryce Teodosio grounded out to second. Mitch Farris came in to pitch. Cole Young singled on a fly ball to right field. Michael Arroyo singled on a grounder to left. A wild pitch advanced both runners by one base. Lazaro Montes grounded out to first. Taylor Ward came in to pinch hit. He got a hit to left center to score two. 6-4 Mariners. J.P. Crawford homered. 8-4 Mariners. Randy Arozarena struck out swinging. Dominic Canzone grounded out to the pitcher.
Inning #8
Seranthony Dominguez came in to pitch. Tyler Heineman lined out to left. Zach Neto racked up his 213th strikeout. Mike Trout grounded out to third base. Cal Raleigh struck out swinging. Josh Naylor walked on four pitches. He then stole second base for his thirtieth of the year. Cole Young struck out looking. Then Michael Arroyo grounded out to short.
Inning #9
Gabe Speler came in to pitch. Jose Siri flied out to center. Vaughn Grissom struck out swinging. Denzer Guzman flew out to right center to lose the game.
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