Happy Soriano Day! This wasn’t one of his better days. The Angels hitters, though, couldn’t hit their way out of a wet paper bag. Sorry folks. No highlights today.
Inning 1
Jose Soriano walked the first two batters. Then he struck out the next two. Chase Meidroth singled on a liner to center to drive in a run. 1-0 White Sox. Andrew Benintendi singled on the ground through the middle to make it 2-0 White Sox. Jarred Kelenic hit a long fly ball out to Mike Trout to end the White Sox half of the inning.
Zach Neto struck out. Mike Trout grounded out. Nolan Schanuel struck out.
Inning 2
Tristan Peters lined out to Jo Adell. Drew Romo walked and Sam Antonacci singled. Munetaka Murakami hit into a force out. Miguel Vargas popped out to Zach Neto. Jorge Soler struck out looking. Yoan Moncada grounded out to second. Jo Adell struck out.
Inning 3
Colson Montgomery lined out to Mike Trout. Chase Meidroth struck out. Andrew Benintendi single to center. Jarred Kelenic “singled” on a ball that bonked off the glove of Adam Frazier. Tristan Peters then grounded out to second to end the White Sox half of the third.
Josh Lowe promptly grounded out to the second baseman. Travis d’Arnaud singled through the middle. Adam Frazier hit into a double play.
Inning 4
Drew Romo popped out to d’Arnaud. Sam Antonacci hit one through the left side on the ground. Munetaka Murakami homered to make it 4-0 White Sox. Miguel Vargas then homered to make it 5-0 White Sox. Colson Montgomery struck out. Chase Meidroth struck out.
Zach Neto struck out swinging. Mike Trout struck out looking. Nolan Schanuel doubled to right field. Jorge Soler grounded out to third.
Inning 5
Mitch Farris came in to pitch. Andrew Benintendi flied out to center field. Jarred Kelenic hit a fly ball to Trout that he tried to stretch into a double. Mike Trout gunned him down at second. Tristan Peters struck out. Yoan Moncada struck out looking. Jo Adell flied out to center. Josh Lowe struck out swinging.
Inning 6
Drew Romo groundout. Sam Antonacci struck out swinging. Munetaka Murakami doubled to right field. Miguel Vargas grounded out to short. Travis d’Arnaud immediately lined one to left for a hit. Adam Frazier struck out swinging. Zach Neto popped out to center. Mike Trout grounded out to second.
Inning 7
Andrew Benintendi got a two out single to right field. Jarred Kelenic reached on an error by Zach Neto. Then the scorer called it a single. The ball bounced out of Zach Neto’s glove. OK. Randal Grichuk lined out straight at Moncada to end the top of the seventh.
Nolan Schanuel doubled right away. Jorge Soler struck out swinging. Yoan Moncada flied out to shallow left field. Jo Adell singled on a liner to right field. Josh Lowe flied out to center.
Inning 8
White Sox pop out, ground out, and ground ball hit to right center by Murakami. Miguel Vargas singled to send Murakami to third. Colson Montgomery singled to right and Murakami scored. 6-0 White Sox. Chase Meidroth struck out.
Sean Newcomb came in to pitch. Travis d’Arnaud struck out. Oswald Peraza pinch hit for Frazier. He popped out to the first baseman. Zach Neto popped out to second.
Inning 9
Brent Suter came in to replace Mitch Farris on the mound. Andrew Benintendi single to center field. Jarred Kelenic flied out to left. Derek Hill struck out. Drew Romo lined out. Mike Trout struck out looking. Nolan Schanuel also struck out. Jorge Soler struck out for the trifecta, The Angels lost 6-0.
