Game one of our series with Tampa Bay we had Walbert Urena versus Nick Martinez.
The lineups were as follows:
Tampa Bay went up 1-0 on a lead off homer by Yandy Diaz. The Angels struck back in the third inning with a run on a Zach Neto double, a sac fly, and a single by Vaughn Grissom. 1-1 tie.
In the fifth inning, a Jose Siri double plus a wild pitch and a Zach Neto single put the Angels up 2-1.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Zach Neto committed his ninth error of the season. Neto giveth and he taketh away.
Walbert Urena got out of the inning without giving up a run, earned or otherwise. He did hit Ben Williamson bad enough that he had to leave the game and get X-Rays.
Ryan Zeferjahn came in for the bottom of the seventh and walked the nine hole hitter on five pitches. Then Yandy Diaz hit another homer to put the Rays up 3-2. He should have struck out, but the Angels didn’t challenge a ball call that should have been a strike. Then Zeferjahn decided to groove one to break the hearts of Angels fans everywhere.
Jonathan Aranda got a pitch that was right down the middle and he also homered to make it 4-2. Junior Caminero singled. Then a groundout advanced him to second. Then Brent Suter came in to pitch. Vaughn Grissom chipped in his third error of the season to put men on first and third. A bunt single made it 5-2. Richie Palacios tripled to make it 7-2 and then Nick Fortes sacrificed in another run with a bunt. 8-2 Tampa Bay.
In the top of the eighth, Hunter Bigge came in to pitch. Zach Neto walked. Mike Trout walked.
Vaughn Grissom doubled to make it 8-3 in favor of the Rays.
Then Kevin Kelly came in to pitch. Mike Trout scored on a groundout by Jo Adell. 8-4 Rays.
Wade Meckler got an RBI goundout to make it 8-5 Rays.
Brent Suter managed to get through the bottom of the eighth inning without giving up any more runs. Bryan Baker came in to pitch in lieu of Kelly. He struck out Nick Madrigal. He walked Logan O’Hoppe. Jose Siri got a base hit. Zach Neto struck out. 🙁 Mike Trout worked a great walk to load the bases for Vaughn Grissom. Grissom popped up to end the game. The Angels lost 8-5.
Photo credit: Rex Fregosi
