Today we had Ryan Johnson going up against Cody Bradford.
According to the matchups, neither team had seen much of the opposing pitcher. Flying blind here. Analytics? We don’t have no stinking analytics.
We’re Gonna Have Some Fun Tonight!
Inning #1
Joc Pederson homered to lead off the game. 1-0 Rangers. It was the third pitch he saw. Wyatt Langford grounded out to third and Corey Seager flied out to right. Brandon Nimmo singled on a grounder to right. Ezequiel Duran walked after 11 pitches. Evan Carter flied out to center. Ryan Johnson will be lucky to make it through four innings, I predict.
Zach Neto doubled to lead off the Angels half of the frame. Mike Trout grounded out to short. Nolan Schanuel walked and then Vaughn Grissom promptly hit into a double play.
Inning #2 (still 1-0 against)
Jake Burger struck out looking. Austin Wynns flied out to very shallow right. Nicky Lopez struck out. Oswald Peraza popped out to second base. Moises Ballesteros flied out to left center. Jose Siri struck out swinging.
Inning #3 (still 1-0 against)
Joc Pederson walked. Wyatt Langford struck out looking. Corey Seager flied out to Trout. Brandon Nimmo popped out to short. Wade Meckler grounded past Seager for a hit. Tyler Heineman did a sacrifice bunt to advance Meckler. Zach Neto singled to left on a line to score Meckler. 1-1 tie.
Mike Trout was hit by a pitch on the left hand. Nolan Schanuel hit a sacrifice fly to advance Trout to third and score Zach Neto. 2-1 Angels.
Then Vaughn Grissom doubled to score Mike Trout. 3-1 Angels. Oswald Peraza lined out to left.
The Angels excuted a double steal in this inning.
Inning #4 (3-1 Angels)
Ezequiel Duran struck out on a foul tip. Evan Carter grounded out to first (Johnson covering). Jake Burger also struck out. Moises Ballesteros grounded out to second base. Jose Siri flied out to center fielder Evan Carter. Wade Meckler flied out to left.
Inning #5 (3-1 Angels)
Austin Wynns singled on a grounder to right. A wild pitch by Johnson advanced Wynns to second base. Nicky Lopez grounded out to first and Wynns made it to third. Ryan Johnson got the hook at 4.1 innings. Joc Pederson walked off of Tayler Saucedo. Wyatt Langford popped out to second. Corey Seager struck out.
Tyler Heineman hit into a 5-3 groundout. Zach Neto flied out to center. Mike Trout flied to right center field.
Inning #6 (3-1 Angels)
Brandon Nimmo singled on a liner to left field. Then Luke Murphy came in to pitch. (collapsing new pitcher).
Ezequiel Duran singled on a sharp grounder to right. Evan Carter flied out to left. Jake Burger also flied out to left. Pinch hitter Jarred Kelenic knocked one under the glove of Neto to drive in one run. 3-2 Angels. Nicky Lopez grounded out to Peraza.
Nolan Schanuel singled on a line drive to left. Vaughn Grissom hit into a double play. Oswald Peraza lined out to the first baseman.
Inning #7 (3-2 Angels)
Joc Pederson walked. Wyatt Langford hit into a force out at second. Corey Seager lined out to right. Jose Fermin came in to pitch. Brandon Nimmo struck out swinging. Moises Ballesteros flied out to center. Jose Siri lined out to short. Wade Meckler grounded out to first.
Inning #8 (3-2 Angels)
Ezequiel Duran struck out swinging. So did Evan Carter. Jake Burger flied out to right. Chase Silseth came in to pitch. Tyler Heineman bunted to third but was out. Zach Neto struck out. So did Mike Trout.
Inning #9
Sammy Natera Jr. came in to pitch. Elias Diaz struck out swinging. Cam Cauey struck out looking. Justin Foscue lined out to left. Angels win 3-2.
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