We had Jose Soriano versus Logan Gilbert tonight.
Inning #1:
Anthony Rendon struck out looking. Luis Rengifo grounded out to first while Taylor Ward grounded out to third. Josh Rojas struck out looking. Victor Robles grounded out to second base. Cal Raleigh flied out to center field.
Inning #2:
Logan O’Hoppe flied out to Polanco at second base. Nolan Schanuel grounded out to third, as did Brandon Drury. Jorge Polanco lined out to Brandon Drury, who made a nice leaping catch. Luke Raley struck out swinging. Tyler Locklear singled on a liner to center. Jason Vosler grounded out to second.
Inning #3:
Mickey Moniak flied out to the second baseman. Zach Neto struck out swinging. Jo Adell lined out sharply to left. Dylan Moore flied out to center field. Cade Marlowe walked. Josh Rojas grounded out to second. Victor Robles grounded out to Neto.
Inning #4:
Anthony Rendon struck out swinging. Luis Rengifo grounded out to second base. Taylor Ward also struck out swinging. Cal Raleigh got hit by a pitch on the front foot. Jorge Polanco struck out. Luke Raley flied out to Taylor Ward. Tyler Locklear grounded into a force out.
Inning #5:
Logan O’Hoppe lined a base hit to center. Nolan Schanuel lined a single to right field. The Angels were in business! Brandon Drury reached on an error to load the bases with no outs. Mickey Moniak got an RBI walk. 1-0 Angels.
Seattle’s wheels came off. Neto did a squeeze bunt for a run and Drury tried to get another on the same play. On the way to home plate, Drury met with interference and was awarded home plate accordingly. 3-0 Angels.
Jo Adell struck out. Anthony Rendon grounded out. Luis Rengifo singled on a line drive to center.
So now we are talking about a 5-0 lead. Taylor Ward was batting when Luis Rengifo got picked off into a rundown. Jason Vosler doubled to Jo Adell. Jose Soriano threw a wild pitch and Vosler ended up at third. Dylan Moore ended up walking. Cade Marlowe grounded into a double play Drury to Neto to Schanuel. Josh Rojas grounded out to second to end the inning. They did score a run this inning to make it 5-1.
Inning #6:
Taylor Ward grounded out to third. Logan O’Hoppe struck out on a foul tip. Nolan Schanuel lined out to Cade Marlowe in right field. Then Victor Robles flied out to left. Cal Raleigh flied out to center. Jorge Polanco lined out to center and the Angels are back up again.
Inning #7:
Brandon Drury struck out looking in the top of the seventh inning. Mickey Moniak singled on a liner to right. Gilbert threw a wild pitch to send Moniak to second. Then he hit Zach Neto with a pitch to put two men on with one out. Jo Adell struck out swinging. Anthony Rendon struck out swinging. Luke Raley grounded out to first. Tyler Locklear struck out and Jason Vosler grounded out to second.
Inning #8:
Luis Rengifo lined out to the shortstop. Taylor Ward lined out to left. Logan O’Hoppe struck out looking. Dylan Moore grounded out sharply to short. Cade Marlowe singled on a liner to center. Josh Rojas struck out looking. Jose Soriano threw a wild pitch that advanced Cade Marlowe to second base. Victor Robles walked. At this point Ben Joyce came in to pitch. Cal Raleigh walked to load the bases. Then Jorge Polanco flied out to center.
Inning #9:
Gabe Speier came in to pitch for the Mariners. Nolan Schanuel walked. Brandon Drury grounded into a double play. Mickey Moniak popped out to first to end the Angels’ half of the ninth. Roansy Contreras came in to replace Ben Joyce on the mound. Luke Raley popped out to the mound. Tyler Locklear struck out swinging. Jason Vosler walked on four pitches. Yikes! Dylan Moore popped out to third. Game over! Angels 5-1 victory.
Photo credit: Rex Fregosi
We’re only 8 games out of 1st in the AL West…which feels kinda insane to me. Do I think we’ll overtake…whoever? The Trash-Holes? Naw. It’s just that…we’re soooo bad. We lost that one guy to FA, ya know the Japanese dude. And MNT has been injured all season and tonight had to be taken out for knee soreness. I for one am not hanging my hat on MNT coming back this year. Maybe he comes back, I don’t know. Would he contribute? I’d like to think so, but it’s just not how this team rolls, it seems.
Play the Kids. Play ’em.
Our run differential stands at -94 right now. We’re not the Cleveland Spiders, who finished with a -723 run differential. But they were so 1899. We’re not even this year’s Chisox, who are at -193 right now. I think they can reach -250. I really do.
We’re about to deal the only SP we have that’s worth a damn. I hope we get someone good; someone who can contribute both this season and next.
We’re only 8 back with a week left before the trading deadline and then Aug 1st.
It just seems…weird to me. Doesn’t it feel like we’re 30 games out of 1st?
Hopium Rules the Day!!
Got a massive shipment of Black Tar Hopium in from Happy County the other day. I prefer to snort it straight. You shouldda seen the marks up and down my arm last year when Arte and Perry decided to stay with Ohtani and make a run. I really needed it, as we did nothing but lose from that point on. Nothing but lose. Losses, losing, loose talk and sorrow. Talk about “strung out”!
Took the edge off…and it has skirted the FDA and DEA: The stuff’s still legal, technically.
Yeah, the Angels are a funny team. At times it seems like they can beat anybody. I mean we now have a winning record against the best team in the division with a 5-4 mark against the Mariners after beating them for the 5th straight time and winning a second straight series against them. We also came within one pitch of winning a three game series against the Phillies. At the same time we have a losing record of 4-5 vs the A’s who are the worst team in the division… So….
As for Trout it is becoming increasingly obvious that he will have to be relegated to DH duties from here on out and whatever remains of his career. I know he doesn’t want that, and in fact took the rout he did specifically so he COULD continue to play CF or OF. But this is just a hard reality. All the innings have taken their toll. His body is beginning to break down. We knew this time would come, and it is here.
I feel he can still hit, that is he can still be a highly productive bat when he does play. But going from 1st to 3rd like he used to or sprinting full speed in the gaps are a thing of the past for him. He just will have to accept the power-hitting DH role. A serious talk needs to be had between he and Wash.
I’m on the fence on this season but there’s no reason to punt on 2025.
Hold’em. Don’t fold’em.
The division has been weak. The M’s benefited from a favorable schedule but are now regressing back to a .500 team. I also give credit to Ron Washington for improving the kids. When the Angels are bad, they are really bad but at other times they look pretty good. We are 13 games below .500 so there is that but I have enjoyed this season more than that last few seasons of mediocrity with two generational talents on the team.
Even if it would take 85 games to win the division we’d have to finish 41-20
Thus, make the decision on Anderson this week
Piece of cAke
Can Canning contain em?
Toronto trying hard to out-stink us
Gonna waste the opportunity for trading away and building the farm shuffle.
The Man, They Myth, The Legend
You Rang?
Haha,
obviouslyz
WWWWWWG*
*Trout not expected to be part of what we got
Always a glorious day when they beat The Mariners.
Would love to beat Castillo a#Sweep
Canning vs Castillo ? A sweep is not likely.
8 games out of 1st
“Get off your ass Perry, it’s time to go ALL IN”
— Arte
Adams for Crochet, kochanoshtra for Skubal
Start Suarez and Cueto! Sign Paxton! Let us get this done! ALL IN!
If the Dodgers are paying for Paxton, then he would make sense as a stop gap in the rotation just to have someone decent to start. He is still a serviceable pitcher unlike Cueto.
If only we were his single option. Word is Paxton is receiving interest from the Red Sox, a team he’s familiar with and that is closer to a playoff spot than us. Maybe if he really doesn’t want to leave SoCal
I think then that he would want to compete in the playoffs.