Today we got Jack Kochanowicz for our starter. Here is how he did in his last outing against the Asstros.
There was the same basic lineup except Travis d’Arnaud was catching instead of O’Hoppe and Frazier was at second base..
Inning 1
Zach Neto drew a five pitch walk. Mike Trout drew a three pitch strikeTrout. Nolan Schanuel walked. Jorge Soler struck out. Yoan Moncada grounded out to second base. For the Astros, Jeremy Pena grounded out to third. Yordan Alvarez walked. Isaac Paredes flied out to short. Jose Altuve was batting while Silent C threw a wild pitch that advanced the runner. Altuve then struck out.
Inning 2
Jo Adell grounded out to Correa at third. Josh Lowe struck out. Travis d’Arnaud also struck out. Sigh! Carlos Correa lined out to center fielder Jo Adell. Joey Loperfido hit a hustle double to Jorge Soler out in right. Christian Walker walked on four pitches. Cam Smith walked to load the bases. Christian Vasquez hit a ball to right that scored two. 2-0 Astros. Jeremy Pena struck out on three pitches. Yordan Alvarez singled in another run. 3-0 Astros. Isaac Paredes reached on a throwing error by Moncada. 4-0 Astros. Jose Altuve walked. Carlos Correa thankfully grounded out.
Inning 3
Adam Frazier chopped into a 3-1 putout. Zach Neto walked and Mike Trout singled on a liner to center. Nolan Schanuel walked on a bunch of very outside pitches. Jorge Soler doubled to left scoring three. 4-3 Astros.
Yoan Moncada grounded out to second. Jo Adell singled to left and brought in the tying run. 4-4 tie.
Roddery Munoz came in to pitch. Josh Lowe struck out. Joey Loperfido grounded out to center. Christian Walker flied out to right. Jorge Soler basically made your textbook play on a line drive to rob Cam Smith of a hit.
Inning 4
Travis d”Arnaud doubled to left. Adam Frazier struck out. Zach Neto homered to make it 6-4 Angels.
Mike Trout struck out and Nolan Schanuel lined out to short. Christian Vasquez grounded out to second, Jeremy Pena struck out looking. Yordan Alvarez flied out.
Inning 5
Jorge Soler grounded out to second base. Yoan Moncada walked. Jo Adell was batting while Moncada advanced to second on a wild pitch. Then Adell singled to put runners at the corners with one out. Josh Lowe struck out swinging. Christian Roa was brought in to face Travis d”Arnaud. who struck out.
Isaac Paredes doubled on a grounder out to left. Jose Altuve walked. Jack Kochanowicz was removed in favor of Chase Silseth. Carlos Correa lined out to third. Joey Loperfido struck out. Christian Walker doubled to score two. 6-6 tie. Cam Smith flied out to right to end the inning.
Inning 6
Adam Frazier popped out to first. Zach Neto worked a walk to get a man on in front of Trout. Trout then hit into a double play. Sam Bachman came in and walked the number nine hitter Christian Vasquez. Jeremy Pena flied out. Yordan Alvarez walked. Isaac Paredes struck out. Jose Altuve lined out to left.
Inning 7
AJ Blubaugh came in to pitch to Nolan Schanuel. Schanuel grounded out to third. Jorge Soler struck out. Yoan Moncada flied out to right. Carlos Correa grounded out to third. Joey Loperfido struck out. Christian Walker lined out to Zach Neto.
Inning 8
Jo Adell flied out to right in foul territory. Josh Lowe struck out yet again. Jeimer Candelario flied out.
Drew Pomeranz came in to pitch. He hit Cam Smith with a pitch. Christian Vasquez advanced the runner to second with a sacrifice bunt. Jeremy Pena moved Smith to third base with a sacrifice fly to center. Yordan Alvarez was intentionally walked. Isaac Paredes was batting when Yordan Alvarez stole second and then Paredes doubled to score two. 8-6 Astros. Jose Altuve doubled to make it 9-6 Astros. Carlos Correa got an intentional walk and Joey Loperfido popped out to third to end the inning.
Inning 9
Adam Frazier walked. A wild pitch sent Frazier to second. Zach Neto flied out to deep left. Mike Trout walked after a couple of successful challenges. Nolan Schanuel bounced one off the glove of the first baseman to score Frazier. 9-7 Astros.
Bryce Teodosio came in to pinch run for Schanuel. Jorge Soler struck out looking. Yoan Moncada struck out to end the game. The Angels lost 9-7.
Photo credit: Rex Fregosi
