What a game in Anaheim.
Julio Rodríguez wasted no time giving the Mariners the early edge, launching a solo homer in the top of the 1st off José Soriano to open the scoring.
The Angels responded quickly. In the bottom half, Jo Adell delivered a clutch two-out double to left, scoring both Schanuel and Neto to give Los Angeles a 2–1 lead. Through this performance, he’s sitting at an OPS+ of approximately 112, meaning he’s hitting about 12% better than league average, a nice sign that his swing is staying hot, even on nights he doesn’t pile on the rest of the hits.
From there both starters settled in. Soriano worked around a bases-loaded jam in the 2nd and then cruised through the 3rd and 4th. Bryan Woo kept the Angels off balance, retiring nine of ten batters from the 2nd to the 4th and getting help from his defense to erase any budding threats. Even when Logan O’Hoppe doubled with two outs in the 2nd, the inning fizzled with a routine groundout.
The Angels had a window in the 3rd after a Schanuel single and a two-out walk from Trout brought runners aboard, but Adell struck out to end the inning. They wouldn’t get much closer. Woo worked a clean 4th, and the Halos went hitless in the 5th and 6th, with Trout, Neto, and Rengifo all flying out weakly in order.
Meanwhile, Rodríguez came through again in the 6th, his second solo shot of the night: a 408-foot drive to left tying the game at 2–2. Rodríguez’s offensive production remains well above league average, with a wRC+ of 110.
Neither side broke through in the late innings as the game stayed locked at 2–2 heading into the 9th. The Angels went down quietly in the 8th, with Schanuel lining out, Trout striking out for the third time, and Neto grounding out. Reid Detmers worked a clean top of the 8th, stranding a single and keeping the Mariners in check. The bullpen’s been solid, but the offense hasn’t cashed in since the 1st. Extra innings we go.
Zeferjahn got off to a rough start but ultimately stranded the free runner. Zach Neto pushed a seeing eye du glue through the right side in the 10th first a walk off win!
