Ah the Freeway Series. Nothing more SoCal. Saying THE when referring to the Freeways, red vs blue, both named Los Angeles, and the results making no damn sense year after year. Classic SoCal. Angels next to Disneyland, Dodgers on a hill in a sea of parking lots.
The Angels swept the Dodgers last year, you know, the team that had another 90+ loss season sweeping the defending champs? It means that, by way of the transitive property, the Angels are the REAL 2025 World Series Champions?
Enough smack talk though, as the Dodgers have been the better team since they got sold, something Angels fans long for. Who knows what MLB will look like then, as there may be a lockout next year and stuff may change due to that. Someday….
Anyway… today’s game was Jack of 1K vs a bullpen game for the Dodgers? Blake Snell has gone on the IL with an injury. Do not cry for them, Dodgers are so deep their AAA team could win the AL West. Jack went 6 innings, giving up 5 runs on 7 hits, striking out 4 and walking 2. 3 home runs doomed him.
Well, not to fear, Logan is here! And Logan is hurt again, COME ON! Yes, Logan O’Hoppe came back from the IL and got hurt trying to catch. He left mid way through the game.
Highlighted Recap
Defense was the name of the game today, at least for the Angels.
Nolan nabbed a hard hit ball in the 3rd, foreshadowing that there will be a LOT of hard hit balls by the Dodgers today.
Because while the first 3 innings were scoreless, Jack lost control in the 4th, leading to 2 on with no outs and a 3-0 count to the best player on the Dodgers
Well, that was bad but maybe-
Poor Jack. he finished the inning though, thanks to Oswald bailing him out.
The 5th was also scary, but defense stopped it from getting worse.
Twice
Jack stayed in there to hive up another home run in the 6th.
The bullpen pitched a clean 8th and 9th, but the bats did not do anything, and the Dodgers bullpen shut out the Angels. Angels lose the first game of the Freeway Series, and will not sweep the Dodgers like last year.
Upcoming
2 more vs the Dodgers this weekend. Maybe they will go better?
