There really isn’t much reason to watch Angel games this year. Only real, truly dedicated fans would even bother at this point, and even then those few people are waning. We, as Angels fans have entered into pathetic loser status, like Jets fans in the NFL, where people just feel sorry for you these days.
And yet, for us masochists who continue to watch, despite all logic otherwise, I lied. there are still some reasons to watch the team. You could be the fan that wants to see Mike Trout before he retires or leaves the team. A person who wants to see Jo Adell win that Gold Glove. Or perhaps that guy who just really wants to see the Angels have an ace before the clock strikes midnight.
Jose Soriano has been amazing. That one pitcher that somehow, someway, on this pathetic team has stood out as an actually great player. A true Ace that this team would appreciate more if it was an Ace away. Like even in 2022, this version of Soriano could have made the difference maybe… but enough of that, how did the brightest bright spot in this darkness of a franchise do today?
He went 5 and 1/3 innings, giving up 6 runs on 1 hit, striking out 6 and walking 6. Oh No, what happened? Well, Soriano lost control with 1 out in the 6th and could not find the strike zone. Walk after walk after HBP after walk after walk. And then Silseth came in… and hit the next batter. And then gave up a single.
As for the rest of the team, well, Logan was back. Again. Still did not fix their terrible ABS usage as they kept losing challenges. But, uh, they were not shut out at least? So there is that.
“Highlighted” Recap
Dodgers scored in the first on a sac fly
Soriano then proceeded to shut the team down, keeping it a 0-1 game all the way until the 6th. That is when he lost all control and after an Ohtani ground out it was walk, walk, HBP, walk, walk, walk…
Silseth came in… and hit a batter
And then a 2 run single
But hey, at least the Angels scored in the 6th with an Adell 2 run double!
But seriously, the Angels have only scored at most 2 runs 22 times this season. Will this be 23? It would have to NOT be to make this a game.
Also they would need to stop the Dodgers from scoring, which, yeah, was not gonna happen.
Because in the 8th, Ohtani hit an inside the park home run on confusion on the netting being in play or not (it is).
And then a more conventional home run by Betts
Look, it is only a 8 run game, surely-
Things just get worse and worse and it is the 9th, just use a position player at this point…
STOP IT ALREADY THE ANGELS ARE ALREADY DEAD
Angels lose. Badly.
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One more game in this series tomorrow. Then the A’s come for 4. Now THOSE fans are the only one more miserable than Angels fans. The ones from Oakland/SF Bay area that is. Even if the team is thriving, having the team move and on the way to Las Vegas, yikes. I expect more Angels fans there than A’s when that place opens.
