Pitching duels are fun for some, boring for others. Depends on what you like as a fan, and how your team is constructed. For Angels fans, it is a “please go as long as you can” type of stress, with how bad this bullpen is and how inconsistent this offense has been. It being an away game makes it more scary.
Today’s was supposed to be a pitching duel between Sandy ans Urena. The Marlins’ all time innings man vs the Angels rookie who has gotten little run support. Instead, Urena went 2 and 2/3 innings giving up 4 runs on 4 hits striking out 2 and walking 3. That’s the opposite of a pitching duel performance. It’s now an ace vs a bullpen game. Yikes.
So, could the Angels offense do anything? Yeah, no. With the pitching failing, the bats couldn’t do much against an ace pitcher and by the time Sandy was done, the deficit was so enormous that it was not even funny.
But hey, at least the amount of arms used was minimulized. After Urena left, Kerry pitched the rest if the game. That leaves more for tomorrow, and the next off day is August 17th, so, health is something you need to keep in mind.
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Things were going well until the 3rd, when Urena could not find the strike zone anymore and started walking guys. Bloop hits then just drove in run after run.
After run after run…
That’s a horrible outing as Urena was pulled before finishing 3. A bullpen game vs the Marlins’ ace, ouch. But hey 4 runs isn’t THAT bad…
And then when the Angels tried anything, the Marlins shut it down like with this diving catch in the 5th.
It engerized the Marlins and in the bottom of the 5th that deficit grew to 5.
And 6
And 7…
Well good news the Marlins stopped scoring. Bad thing is that the Angels did not score at all. Angels lose 7-0.
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Angels have one more in the morning vs the Marlins. And then go back home for the Rangers and Royals.
