Apparently before the game yesterday, Trout and Neto opened Pokemon card packs. They pulled a Charizard, and not only won, but hit home runs. Considering how superstitious MLB players are, this little bit of good luck seems to be a morale boost. And that thinking carried on to today. As the Angels offense, which has been so utterly terrible as of late, went off against White Sox pitching today.
But good hitting needs at least not garbage pitching. And today it was Walbert Urena on the mound for the start. He went 6 innings, giving up 1 run on 2 hits, striking out 5 and walking 3. A quality start. That is very nice.
Highlighted Recap
The White Sox scored first, getting a sac fly in the 2nd.
However, the Angels responded immediately, with a 3 run blast by Travis in the bottom of the 2nd.
Neto then brought in a run himself with an RBI triple!
The Blitz was on, and Mike trout used the POWER OF THE SUN to drive Neto in
The Angels threatened again in the 4th, and got a run thanks to Soler getting hit by pitch with the bases loaded
Jo was hit as well
The 7 runs of support was more than enough for our starter, as he made it through his 6 innings in a quality start.
However, it wasn’t all good news, as Travis hurt himself running out a ground ball and the Angels had to call on Rivero to catch the rest of the game.
Another bad thing was that the bullpen still needed outs, and this bullpen is not good. So of course Suter loads the bases and then Pomeranz gits a guy to bring one in.
Luckily, that was all the damage done, and he got the next batter out. Silseth pitched a scoreless 8th, and Neto hit a sac fly to get that run back.
Silseth pitched a scoreless 9th and the Angels won! First series win in a long, long time!
Upcoming
Angels go to Toronto this weekend after a day off tomorrow. The Canadiens may be distracted by the NHL playoffs, and Toronto is also under .500, so maybe this won’t go horribly.
