Game 2 here we go! Everything was going fine for two outs and then Hendricks coughed up a homer to Matt Chapman. 2-0 Giants. (Willy Adames had earlier walked.) Rengifo got a base hit but everybody else struck out in the Angels first. The fourth pitch to Jorge Soler was well below the zone but was called a strike. It’s going to be one of those days.
Nolan Schanuel got a hit in the second inning but Zach Neto contributed a double play. Still 2-0 Giants after the second inning.
Mike Yastrzemsky got a hustle double to Soler in right. Willy Adames got a hit that scored Yastrzemsky but Adames ended up in a rundown and was tagged out. 3-0 Giants. The Angels just struck out, except for Ward who lined out.
Mike Trout hit his seventh homer to make it 3-1 in the bottom of the fourth inning. He passed Harold Baines on the all time list with this homer.
Reid Detmers came in to pitch the top of the sixth inning. I guess this is routine. He only threw 63 pitches.
In the bottom of the sixth, Ward struck out again. Just swing. This umpire is a bozo. Mike Trout homered again. 3-2 Giants.
We made it to the bottom of the eighth inning without further scoring. Basically, Tyler Rogers was mowing them down. Luis Rengifo bounced out to the pitcher with Mike Trout on deck. I doubt if that was part of the game plan.
Mike Trout almost homered for the third time but it was caught by Heliot Ramos. Jorge Soler got a base hit and 2was replaced by pinch runner Tim Anderson. Wow! Logan O’Hoppe was barely out, Matt Chapman made an amazing play. Two outs and Soler at second. Unfortunately, Schanuel flied out. The Angels lost 3-2.
