OK. So how did Soriano do today?
Mike Trout led off today. Nolan Schanuel was not in the lineup, of course.
Mike Trout fouled out to the first baseman to lead off the game. Zach Neto also foulded out to first. Taylor Ward mixed things up by fouling out to the catcher. The Twins got men to second and third with no outs and Ty France got a sacrifice fly to make it 1-0 Twins. That was all the scoring in the first inning. I don’t have a lot of highlights today. Here is Jose Soriano striking out Trevor Larnach.
Three Angels struck out in order for the second inning. Soriano settled down and retired the Twins in order.
The Angels mixed up two strikeouts and a flyout for the top of the third inning. They came to the top of the fourth inning still down by one. After a strikeTrout, Zach Neto smashed a double to center for the Angels’ first hit of the game. Taylor Ward hit a fly ball out and Logan O’Hoppe walked. There were two men on and two outs for Travis d’Arnaud. He struck out on three pitches.
Jose Soriano retired the Twins in order to bring up Luis Rengifo who got a base hit. J.D. Davis struck out and then Rengifo was caught stealing second base. Jo Adell struck out to end the Angels half of the fifth inning. Soriano again retired the Twins in order.
Kyren Paris struck out to begin the top of the sixth inning. Mike Trout struck out again. Zach Neto flied out to center. Carlos Correa reached on a fielding error by Kyren Paris. (Later in the game this was ruled a hit.) Luis Rengifo then clanked one to put Trevor Larnach on first and Correa on second with no outs. Ty France doubled to score Correa. 2-0 Twins. Brock Burke was brought in to replace Jose Soriano. Ryan Jeffers doubled to make it 4-0 Twins.
Travis d’Arnaud got a two out hustle double. Luis Rengifo got an infield single to send him to third base. J.D. Davis struck out to end the inning. Ryan Zeferjahn came in to pitch the bottom of the seventh inning. Harrison Bader greeted him with a double. He struck out Eddie Julien. Trevor Larnach singled to score Bader. 5-0 Twins. That was it for the seventh as Ty France hit into a force out.
New pitcher Justin Topa retired three Angels in a row with six pitches. So much for the eighth inning. Jake Eder gave up a lead off hit but retired the next three batters in order.
The Ninth Inning
Zach Neto struck out looking. Taylor Ward walked. Logan O’Hoppe struck out. Travis d’Arnaud grounded out.
Just your basic four hit shutout loss with 13 strikeouts. The Angels lost 5-0.
Here are some more strikeouts by Jose Soriano. That’s all I got for you.
Photo credit: Rex Fregosi
