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Game #35 – May 6 – Angels @Pirates
STARTING LINEUP Luis Rengifo DH Austin Hays LF Mike Trout CF Nolan Schanuel 1B Jordan Westburg 3B Zach Neto SS Nick Gonzalez 2B Matt Thaiss C Victor Robles RF Brayan Bello P The 2 worst teams in the major leagues squared off at PNC Park. The Pirates entered the game with a half game lead over the Angels in the worst in the MLB standings. The Angels struck first in the top of the 4th inning when, after a Westburg double, Gonzalez hit a HR to CF against his former team. Hays and Trout hit back-to-back HRs in the 5th. The Pirates broke through for a run in the bottom of the inning on a Liover Peguero sac fly. Bello had a solid return. He allowed 1 run on 3 hits while striking out 5, walking 1, and hitting 1 batter over 6 innings. Jimmy Herget relieved him to start the 7th. Herget walked the bases loaded and hit a batter to drive in a run in the inning. Pittsburgh scored another run off Robert Stephenson in the 8th to make it 4-3. Carlos Estevez pitched a 1-2-3 9th to earn the save. With the win, LA moves ahead of Pittsburgh in the standings and no longer has the worst record in all of baseball. Final Score: Los Angeles 4, Pittsburgh 3 WP: B. Bello (1-3) LP: M. Keller (1-5) SV: C. Estevez (6) Record: 12-23 TRADE: The Angels traded minor leaguers Ehire Adriana, Jack Kochanowicz, and Myles Emerson to Oakland in exchange for P Sean Newcomb and P Stevie Emanuels. Newcomb will join the Angels and Emanuels will report to Salt Lake. The Angels Optioned Jimmy Herget to AAA. |
Game #36 – May 7 – Angels @ Pirates
STARTING LINEUP Luis Rengifo 2B Austin Hays LF Mike Trout CF Nolan Schanuel 1B Jordan Westburg 3B Logan O'Hoppe C Nick Gonzalez DH Nelson Velazquez RF Xavier Edwards SS Angel Rondon P The Pirates took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the 1st inning on a Rowdy Tellez single. The Angels tied it in the 2nd on back-to-back doubles by Schanuel and Westburg. Trout smashed a 2 run HR to LF in the 6th to give the Angels a 3-1 lead. Nolan Schanuel followed with a HR to RF (his 9th). Rengifo singled home another run in the 7th. Rondon pitched into the 7th inning. Blake Treinen relieved him after Oneil Cruz singled home a run to make it 5-2. Treinen retired Edward Olivares to end the inning. He pitched a scoreless 8th. Cruz doubled home a run off Carlos Estevez in the 9th to make it 5-3. With runners at 2B and 3B and 1 out, Olivares hit a foul pop to 3B and Estevez struck out Brian Reynolds on a 3-2 changeup to end the game. Final Score: Los Angeles 5, Pittsburgh 3 WP: A. Rondon (1-1) LP: P. Skenes (0-5) SV: C. Estevez (7) Record: 13-23 |
Game #37 – May 8 – Angels @ Pirates
STARTING LINEUP Luis Rengifo DH Austin Hays LF Mike Trout CF Nolan Schanuel 1B Jordan Westburg 3B Zach Neto SS Logan O'Hoppe C Nelson Velazquez RF Nick Gonzalez 2B Reid Detmers P The Angels loaded the bases in the top of the 1st inning but could not score. The game remained scoreless into the bottom of the 5th when the Pirates threatened with runners at the corners and no one out. Detmers struck out Liover Pegiero, got Oneil Cruz to pop up to shallow RF, and struck out Henry Davis to end the threat and preserve the scoreless tie. Detmers came back out for the 6th but was pulled when Bryan Reynolds drew a leadoff walk. Jack Suwinski greeted Sean Newcome with a double into the LF corner, and Edward Olivares drew a walk to load the bases. Newcome walked Rowdy Tellez to force in the 1st run of the game (charged to Detmers) before striking out Michael A. Taylor and Joe Perez. Pegiero grounded to SS to end the inning. Cruz crushed a 447 foot HR to CF off of Nick Mears in the 7th to make it a 2-0 game. The Angels never mounted a threat after the 1st inning and were held to just 4 hits by Pirates pitching, wasting a fine effort by Detmers who struck out 9 over 5 innings of work. Final Score: Pittsburgh 2, Los Angeles 0 WP: M. Gonzalez (1-4) LP: R. Detmers (2-3) SV: D. Bednar (2) Record: 13-24 |
Game #38 – May 9 – Royals @ Angela
STARTING LINEUP Luis Rengifo RF Nick Gonzalez 2B Mike Trout DH Nolan Schanuel 1B Jordan Westburg 3B Zach Neto SS Nelson Velazquez LF Matt Thaiss C Victor Robles CF Christopher Sanchez P The Angels took the red eye to return home to face the Royals. The Halos got on the board first in the bottom of the 2nd inning when Westburg led off with a double and, after Neto was retired, Velazquez doubled high off the LF wall (missing a HR by inches) to make it 1-0. The Angels added to their lead when Trout doubled to lead of the bottom of the 6th and Westburg singled through a drawn in infield. Neto broke out of his slump with a single which sent Westburg to 3B and Velazquez followed with a sacrifice fly to deep RF to make it a 3-0 lead. Christopher Sanchez navigated his way through 6 scoreless innings. Robert Stephenson relieved him. He pitched a scoreless 7th but the Royals got to him for a run in the 8th. Luis Garcia came on to record the final out of the inning and get out of a jam. Robles doubled home 2 big insurance runs in the bottom of the 8th. Gonzalez singled later in the inning to score a run, and Trout followed with a RBI single to make it 7-1. Schanuel’s double to the RCF gap scored 2 more. Garcia stayed on to pitch the bottom of the 9th to record his 1st save. Final Score: Los Angeles 9, Kansas City 1 WP: C. Sanchez (2-1) LP: S. Lugo (2-4) SV: L. Garcia (1) Record: 14-24 TRADE: The Angels completed a trade, sending Luis Rengifo and minor leaguer Matt Coutney to Pittsburgh in exchange for pitchers Luis Ortiz and Carmen Mlodzinski. The two teams had been working on the deal for several days, but could not conclude it before the Angels left Pittsburgh. Mlodzinski emerged as a high-leverage bullpen option for the Pirates in 2023, and the Angels expect him to strengthen their bullpen. Ortiz has an intriguing arm. He will report to AAA Salt Lake. The Angels optioned Jose Soriano to Salt Lake to make room for Mlodzinski on the active roster and recalled Ernie Clement to replace Rengifo. |
Game #39 – May 10 – Royals @ Angels
STARTING LINEUP Xavier Edwards 3B Nick Gonzalez 2B Austin Hays LF Nolan Schanuel 1B Zach Neto SS Nelson Velazquez RF Anthony Rendon DH Logan O’Hoppe C Victor Robles CF Tyler Anderson P The Angels took an early 1-0 when Edwards led off the bottom of the 1st with a single, Gonzalez doubled, and Schanuel hit a sacrifice fly. The Halos added a run in the 3rd when Edwards singled, stole 2B, and scored on a Hays double. Schanuel followed with a single to CF to score Hays, making it 3-0. Anderson retired the first 11 batters he faced before walking Hunter Renfroe with 2 outs in the 4th. Vinnie Pasquantino broke up Anderson's no hit bid in the 5th. The Royals broke through for a run, but Hays prevented any further damage with a sensational catch to rob Bobby Witt of a base hit and to end the inning. Robles homered in the bottom of the inning, and Edwards followed with a single for his 3rd hit of the game (he had 4 hits for the game). He stole 2B and scored when Schanuel blasted his 10th HR of the season (383 feet to RF). Blake Treinan relieved Anderson to start the 8th. Anderson, who turned in his best performance of the season, pitched 7 innings, allowing 1 run on 3 hits, striking out 6 and walking 1. Treinan gave up a 2 run bomb to Kyle Isbel, which closed it to 6-3. Carlos Estevez pitched the 9th for his 8th save. Final Score: Los Angeles 6, Kansas City 3 WP: T. Anderson (4-2) LP: C. Hernandez (0-1) SV: C. Estevez (8) Record: 15-24 |
Game #40 – May 11 – Royals @ Angels
STARTING LINEUP Xavier Edwards 2B Austin Hays RF Mike Trout LF Nolan Schanuel 1B Jordan Westburg 3B Nick Gonzalez DH Logan O’Hoppe C Ernie Clement SS Victor Robles CF Brayan Bello P Ernie Clement made his Angels debut, and Mike Trout made his first start in LF. The Royals jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a Vinnie Pasquantino double, but when Salvador Perez followed with a single to RF, Hays threw a strike to the plate to throw out Pasquantino and end the inning. The Halos took the lead in the bottom of the inning against Brady Singer. Edwards continued his hot hitting by leading off with a single to LF. After Hays walked, Trout doubled down the RF line to score both runners. Trout then scored on a Schanuel sacrifice fly. The Royals got a run back on Freddy Fermin’s 2nd inning home run. The Angels answered with O’Hoppe’s bomb in the bottom of the inning. A single by Clement and a Robles double put runners at 2B and 3B, and Edwards hit a sacrifice fly to make it 5-2. Hays then singled to CF to score Robles. Trout singled, and an error by Hunter Renfroe allowed both runners to advance. Schanuel singled to score another run and Westburg walked to load the bases. Luis Cessna retired the next 2 batters to end the inning. Back to back to back singles by Robles, Edwards, and Hays added another run in the 3rd. The Royals scored twice in the top of the 4th and threatened to score more, but Clement made a sensational diving catch on a Massey line drive to end the inning. Nick Mears pitched 2 scoreless innings, retiring all 6 batters he faced. The Royals scored a run off of Jose Suarez in the 7th. Robles injured his ankle on a defensive play to end the 7th. Matt Thaiss entered the game to play 1B and replace Robles in the batting order. Schanuel moved to LF and Trout took over in CF. Luis Garcia relieved Suarez on the mound. Clement walked to start the bottom of the 8th, stole 2B, and went to 3B in a wild pitch. Thaiss followed with a sacrifice fly to the warning track in CF to give the Angels in a 9-5 lead. Garcia pitched the 9th. The Royals managed to add a run, but Garcia retired Vinnie Pasquantino on a sharp line drive to 2B. The Halos will be going for a 4 game sweep tomorrow. With the win, the Angels move ½ game ahead of Oakland in the AL West. Final Score: Los Angeles 9, Kansas City 6 WP: N. Mears (1-0) LP: B. Singer (2-5) SV: L. Garcia (2) Record: 16-24 TRANSACTION: Placed Victor Robles on the 10 Day IL with a high ankle sprain. He is expected to miss about a month. Recalled Jason Martin from AAA Salt Lake. |
Game #41 – May 12 – Royals @ Angels
STARTING LINEUP Xavier Edwards 2B Austin Hays LF Mike Trout CF Nolan Schanuel 1B Jordan Westburg 3B Nick Gonzalez DH Zach Neto SS Nelson Velazquez RF Logan O’Hoppe C Angel Rondon P Velazquez’s RBI single in the 2nd gave the Angels a 1-0 lead. Edwards drew a bases loaded walk later in the inning to make it 2-0. O’Hoppe's 3 run blast in the 4th made it 5-0. Kansas City scored a run in the 5th. Mike Trout was injured in the throw to the plate and had to leave the game. Ernie Clement replaced him in CF. O’Hoppe belted his 2nd HR of the game in the bottom of the 6th to make it 6-1. Rondon continued the string of strong starts by Angels pitchers. He pitched 6 innings, allowing 1 run on 4 hits. He struck out 10 and walked 2. Sean Newcomb relieved him to start the 7th. Velazquez hit an RBI single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 7th and O’Hoppe followed with a double into the LCF gap to score 2 more. The hit lifted O’Hoppe's batting average above the Mendoza line. Edwards’s RBI groundout made it 10-1. Newcomb gave way to Carmen Mlodzinski in the 8th. Mlodzinski closed it out with 2 scoreless innings in his Angels debut. The Angels completed a series sweep! Logan O'Hoppe went 3-3 with 2 HRs and 6 RBIs. Fortunately, Trout’s injury was not serious, and he will not have to miss any time. Final Score: Los Angeles 10, Kansas City 1 WP: A. Rondon (2-2) LP: Record: 17-24 TRADE: After weeks of negotiations, the Angels traded Anthony Rendon to Atlanta in exchange for OF J. P. Martinez and INF/OF Eli White. The Angels will retain 100% of Rendon’s massive salary. The Angels were considering giving Rendon his outright release, and gaining 2 players for him seemed to be a better option. White is no longer a prospect and has a reputation as an excellent defender with plus speed who can play multiple positions wwll but not hit. Martinez was once a top 100 prospect whose career has stagnated in the high minors (he played a few games for Texas in 2023). He has power and speed. White was assigned to AAA Salt Lake and Martinez to AA Rocket City. Connor Joe was recalled from AAA Evansville to take Rendon's place on the roster. |
The Season at the Quarter Pole
The Angels are clearly in rebuild mode now and are staring youngsters at all 4 infield positions, catcher, and Velazquez in the OF. They also have acquired a core of young starters. There are few veteran trade chips left, mostly in the bullpen. After a brutal start, the team has been playing better in the past couple of weeks. Time to sit back and let the young guys play and see what they can do. Some of them will be long term answers, and some will not develop the way we hope. Nolan Schanuel has been impressive, and we really like what Jordan Westburg has been doing so far. Zach Neto shows promise but has been in a horrible slump. Logan O'Hoppe's slump has been even worse, although he was a force in the last series vs. the Royals. |
Game #42 – May 13 – Cardinals @ Angels
STARTING LINEUP Xavier Edwards 3B Austin Hays LF Jordan Westburg DH Zach Neto SS Ernie Clement 2B Nelson Velazquez RF Connor Joe 1B Jason Martin CF Matt Thaiss C Reid Detmers P Sonny Gray came into the game with a 5-0 record and a 1.41 ERA, and he pitched like it. He didn't surrender a hit until the 5th inning. Nolan Gorman homered to CF in the 2nd to give St. Louis the lead. The Cardinals added a run in the 5th when Tommy Edman reached on a bunt single and scored on an Ivan Herrera double off the CF wall. Victor Scott brought home another run with an RBI single to RF. The Redbirds scored again in the 6th on a Gorman sacrifice fly. Zach Neto’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 6th made it 4-1. The 1st two batters reached base for the Cardinals in the 7th, and Blake Treinan relieved Detmers. Treinan immediately surrendered an RBI single to Herrera, then threw a wild pitch before Scott doubled into the RCF gap to score 2 more. By the time Treinan got out of the inning, the score was 9-1. Final Score: St. Louis 10, Los Angeles 1 WP: S. Gray (6-0) LP: R. Detmers (2-4) Record: 17-25 |
Game #43 – May 14 – Cardinals @ Angels
STARTING LINEUP Connor Joe RF Austin Hays LF Mike Trout DH Nolan Schanuel 1B Jordan Westburg 3B Nick Gonzalez 2B Zach Neto SS Logan O'Hoppe C Jason Martin C Christopher Sanchez P The Cardinals took a 1-0 lead in the 3rd inning on Tommy Edman 's single to LF. Hays misplayed the ball, allowing a run to score. Hays doubled home O’Hoppe in the bottom of the inning to tie the game. St. Louis took a 3-1 lead in the 4th in back to back doubles by Dylan Carlson and Brandon Donovan. Brandon Crawford followed with a 407 foot HR to RF to make it 5-1. Westburg led off the bottom of the inning with a bomb to CF to make it 5-2. The Angels took advantage of a Crawford error in the bottom of the 5th. Instead of a double play to end the inning, the Halos had runners at 1B and 2B and Gonzalez doubled down the RF line to make it 5-3. Reliever Andres Pallante struck out Neto and O’Hoppe with runners at 2B and 3B to end the inning. Sanchez pitched into the 6th and was received by Nick Mears. Joe singled with 1 out in the 6th and Hays doubled to put runners at 2B and 3B. Kenyan Middleton struck out Trout, but Schanuel singled through the middle to score both runners and tie the game. Westburg followed with a double to score Schanuel from 1B, giving the Halos the lead, and Gonzalez doubled to make it 7-5. Robert Stephenson, Luis Garcia, and Carlos Estevez each pitched a scoreless inning to close it out. This was a big game for the Angels. For the first time this season they came back to win after falling significantly behind Final Score: Los Angeles 7, St. Louis 5 WP: N. Mears (2-0) LP: K. Middleton (1-1) SV: C. Estevez (9) Record: 18-25 LEAGUE NEWS: Andrew Benintendi (released by the White Sox in April 24) signed with the Dodgers. The Astros signed Alex Bregman to a 4 year contract extension worth $122,000,000. |
Game #44 – May 15 – Cardinals @ Angels
STARTING LINEUP Xavier Edwards 2B Nick Gonzalez DH Mike Trout LF Nolan Schanuel 1B Jordan Westburg 3B Logan O’Hoppe C Zach Neto SS Connor Joe RF Jason Martin CF Tyler Anderson P Schanuel got the Halos on the board with a clutch 2 out single in the bottom of the 3rd inning. Anderson made it stand up through 4 scoreless innings, but surrendered a 3 run bomb to Paul Goldschmidt in the top of the 5th. Jordan Walker and Norman Gorman followed with back-to-back bombs (making 3 HRs in a row) to give St. Louis a 5-1 lead. Neto hit a sacrifice fly in the 8th to score the Angela's other run. Final Score: St. Louis 5, Los Angeles 2 WP: L. Lynn (3-4) LP: T. Anderson (4-3) SV: R. Heisley (6) Record: 18-26 |
May 16 – OFF DAY
Game #45 – May 17 – Angels @ Rangers STARTING LINEUP Ernie Clement DH Austin Hays LF Mike Trout CF Nolan Schanuel 1B Jordan Westburg 3B Nick Gonzalez 2B Logan O’Hoppe C Nelson Velazquez RF Zach Neto SS Brayan Bello P Gonzalez blasted a 2 out HR to CF off of Derek Holland in the 2nd inning to give LA the lead. Jonah Heim’s 3rd inning HR tied it. The Rangers took the lead in the 4th when Corey Seager reached base on a Gonzalez error, Adolia Garcia singled, sending Seager to 3B, and Bello uncorked a wild pitch. Marcus Seiman then drilled a double off the LCF wall to make it 3-1. Leody Tavaras and Josh Jung then hit back to back singles to score another run. Bello helped himself by getting Hein to hit into a 3-6-3 double play, but surrendered a sharp single to Evan Carter to score Taveras. With the score 5-1, the Angels called in Jose Suarez, who got out the inning by retiring Nathaniel Lowe on a 6-4 fielder's choice. Seager made 6-1 with a HR off Suarez in the 7th and Seiman doubled home another run later in the inning. Texas scored 4 more runs off of Carmen Mlodzinski in the 8th. The Angels loaded the bases with 2 outs and Xavier Edwards (pinch hitting for Velazquez) singled to score a run. FINAL SCORE: Texas 11, Los Angeles 2 WP: D. Holland (1-3) LP: B. Bello (1-4) RECORD: 18-27 TRANSACTION: Claimed OF Cristian Pache off waivers from Philadelphia. Placed Pache on the active roster and optioned Nelson Velazquez to AAA Salt Lake. |
Game #46 –May 18 – Angels @ Rangers
Xavier Edwards SS Austin Hays LF Mike Trout CF Nolan Schanuel DH Jordan Westburg 3B Nick Gonzalez 2B Logan O'Hoppe C Connor Joe RF Matt Thaiss 1B Angel Rondon P Corey Seager’s 2 run bomb in the 1st inning gave Texas the early lead. The Rangers got another run in the 2nd, although Rondon worked out of a runners at the corners, run in, nobody out jam that could have been a lot worse. The Angels got in the board on the top of the 4th with back to back singles by Gonzalez and O’Hoppe, followed by a Jon Gray wild pitch. RF Adolia Garcia robbed Joe of a double with a diving catch that would have scored another run. Hays hit a 2 run bomb to RF in the 5th to tie the game. Trout followed with a single, and Jose Urena relieved Gray. Schanuel greeted Urena with a single and Westburg drew a walk before Gonzalez struck out swinging. With 2 out and the bases loaded, O’Hoppe came through in the clutch, singling through the middle on a 3-2 pitch to score 2 more and give the Halos the lead. The Angels loaded the bases in the 6th and Schanuel connected for his 11th HR of the season – a grand slam – to put LA ahead 9-3. Westburg followed with a HR of his own which went 475 feet to LCF. Seager hit his 2nd HR of the day to lead off the bottom of the 6th, ending a streak of 11 in a row retired by Rondon. Rondon retired the next 2 batters but walked Leody Taveras. O’Hoppe threw out Taveras trying to steal 2B to end the inning. Nick Mears relieved Rondon to start the bottom of the 7th and allowed 3 runs (2 earned) before Blake Treinan relieved him and got out of the inning. Hays singled to start the 8th and Trout followed with a 2 run HR to LF to give the Angels some insurance. Schanuel and Westburg hit back to back singles, and after Gonzalez hit into a fielder's choice, Schanuel scored on Joe’s sacrifice fly. Treinan pitched the final 2 ⅓ innings for the save. FINAL SCORE: Los Angeles 13, Texas 7 WP: A. Rondon (3-1) LP: J. Gray (3-3) SV: B. Treinan (1) Record: 19-27 |
Game #47 –May 19 – Angels @ Rangers
Austin Hays RF Nick Gonzalez DH Mike Trout LF Nolan Schanuel 1B Jordan Westburg 3B Zach Neto SS Ernie Clement 2B Matt Thaiss C Cristian Pache CF Reid Detmers P Hays doubled to start the game, but Andrew Heaney retired the next 3 batters. The Rangers also had a leadoff double in the bottom of the inning and turned that into a 2-0 lead when Nathaniel Lowe blasted a home run to LF. The Angels tied it in the 3rd when Trout singled with 2 out and Schanuel hit a bomb to RF. It was his 12th HR of the season and he has now hit in 14 straight games. The Angels took the lead on Schanuel’s 2nd HR of the game, a 429 foot blast to RF in the 7th. Detmers pitched well after giving up the 1st inning HR, finishing with 6 IP, allowing the 2 runs on 3 hits while striking out 5 and walking 3. Sean Newcomb relieved him in the 7th. He surrendered 2 hits but kept the lead. The Rangers tied it on an Adolia Garcia double to the RF corner off of Luis Garcia and Marcus Seiman was safe on an infield got to score Garcia, giving Texas a 4-3 lead. Jose Leclerc struck out the side (Hays, Gonzalez, Trout) in the 9th to preserve the win. FINAL SCORE: Texas 4, Los Angeles 3 WP: B. Burke (2-1) LP: L. Garcia (2-3) SV: J. Leclerc (8) Record: 19-28 |
Game #48 – May 20 – Angels @ Astros
Austin Hays RF Xavier Edwards 3B Mike Trout DH Nolan Schanuel 1B Nick Gonzalez 2B Logan O’Hoppe C Zach Neto SS Jason Martin LF Cristian Pache CF Christopher Sanchez P Hays hit his 5th HR of the season, an opposite field shot on Cristian Javier’s 2nd pitch of the game, to give the Angels a 1-0 lead. Javier was excellent, allowing just the 1 run, but Sanchez was even better. He pitched 8 shutout innings, allowing just 4 hits while striking out 7 and walking 2. Schanuel doubled to lead off the 9th, extending his hitting streak to 15 games, but the Angels failed to bring him home. Carlos Estevez was summoned to close it out in the bottom of the 9th. He surrendered a 1 out walk to Jon Singleton, then retired pinch hitter Jacob Melton 4-3. Trey Cabbage then unloaded in a Sanchez fastball, depositing it in the LF stands and giving Houston a 2-1 walk off win. FINAL SCORE: Houston 2, Los Angeles 1 WP: B. Abreu (2-1) LP: C. Estevez (1-1) Record: 19-29 |
Game #49 – May 21 – Angels @ Astros
Austin Hays RF Mike Trout LF Jordan Westburg 3B Nolan Schanuel DH Nick Gonzalez 2B Logan O’Hoppe C Zach Neto SS Connor Joe 1B Cristian Pache CF Tyler Anderson P Schanuel hit in his 16th straight game with a 2nd inning triple. After Gonzalez drew a walk, O’Hoppe hit into a 6-4-3 double play, but Schanuel crossed the plate with the 1st run of the game. The Astros took the lead on Kyle Tucker’s 2 run single in the bottom of the 3rd. O’Hoppe doubled home the tying run in the 4th, although he was thrown out at 3B to end the inning. Neto led off the 5th with a single. Joe followed with a grounder to 3B Alex Bregman, who made a bad throw to 2B and everybody was safe. Pache then laced a single to RF (his 1st hit as an Angel) to give the Angels the lead, and Hays singled to RF to score 2 more runs. The big inning continued as Trout walked and Westburg singled to load the bases. Schanuel popped out to Jose Abreu, but reliever Dylan Coleman issued back to back walks to Gonzalez and O’Hoppe to make it 7-2. Ryan Hendrix relieved Coleman and walked Neto. Joe hit into a 4-6-3 DP to end the inning. Tucker hit a 2 run HR in the bottom of the inning to make it 8-4. Bregman doubled off the wall in LCF, and Abreu singled him home. A Jon Singleton single drove Anderson from the game as the Angels turned to Blake Treinan. Pache led off the 6th with his 5th HR of the season (1st as an Angel) as LA took a 9-5 lead. The Angels scored 3 more times in the 7th. Hays and Schanuel led the way with 3 hits, and Hays drove in 4 runs. Final Score: Los Angeles 12, Houston 8 WP: B. Treinan (1-0) LP: L. McCullers (0-1) Record: 20-29 TRADE: The Angels traded Jason Martin and minor league C Robert Brooks to Seattle in exchange for INF Sam Haggerty and OF Cade Marlowe. Haggerty can play just about any position and has elite speed. Marlowe is an excellent defender in the OF and also has elite speed. |
Game #50 – May 22 – Angels @ Astros
Austin Hays RF Mike Trout LF Jordan Westburg 3B Nolan Schanuel 1B Nick Gonzalez DH Logan O’Hoppe C Zach Neto SS Xavier Edwards 2B Cristian Pache CF Brayan Bello P The Angels scored first in the top of the 1st when Gonzalez hit into a fielder's choice. The Angels took advantage of 2 Houston errors to load the bases in the 2nd and took advantage when Westburg and Schanuel drew back to back walks to make it 3-0. Mauricio Dubon homered in the 3rd to.make it 3-1. Yanier Diaz hit a solo shot in the 4th. An Edward fielder's choice in the 5th scored another run to give the Halos a 2 run lead, but the Astros tied it in the bottom of the inning. They took the lead with a run off Nick Mears in the bottom of the 6th. Final Score: Houston 5, Los Angeles 4 WP: J. Urquidy (1-1) LP: N. Mears (2-1) SV: J. Hadee (13) Record: 20-30 TRANSACTIONS:
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May 23 – Off Day
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Game #51 – May 24 – Guardians @ Angels
Austin Hays RF Mike Trout DH Jordan Westburg 3B Nolan Schanuel 1B Nick Gonzalez 2B Logan O’Hoppe C Zach Neto SS Sam Haggerty LF Cristian Pache CF Angel Rondon P Bo Naylor’s 3 run home run in the top of the 1st inning gave Cleveland the early lead. George Valera’s 2nd inning HR made it 4-0. O’Hoppe belted his 5th HR of the season (435 feet to LCF) in the bottom of the inning to get the Halos on the board. The Guardians loaded the bases with nobody out in the 3rd and scored a run when Naylor hit into a double play. Another run scored on Estevan Florial’s single. The Angels turned to reliever Blake Treinan to start the 4th. He allowed 1 run (a Bo Naylor 7th inning HR) in 3 innings of work. They made it 8-1 with a run off of Luis Garcia in the 8th. Westburg’s 2 run double.innthe bottom of the inning gave LA some life. Xavier Edwards (replacing Nick Gonzalez, who left the game with an injury, singled home another run. Bo Naylor capped a career day with his 3rd HR of the game in the 9th. Final Score: Cleveland 9, Los Angeles 4 WP: L. Allen (4-3) LP: A. Rondon (3-2) SV: S. Hentges (1) Record: 20-31 TRANSACTION: Placed Nick Gonzalez on the 10 Day IL with an elbow contusion. Recalled Michael Stefani from AAA Salt Lake. |
Game #52 – May 25 – Guardians @ Angels
Austin Hays DH Mike Trout CF Jordan Westburg 3B Nolan Schanuel 1B Logan O’Hoppe C Zach Neto SS Connor Joe RF Xavier Edwards 2B Cade Marlowe LF Reid Detmers P Dairon Blanco went over the top of the wall to rob Trout of a 1st inning HR. The Halos took the lead in the bottom of the 3rd when Edwards hit an infield single and scored on Marlowe’s double. Marlowe hurt his knee while running the bases and had to leave the game. Westburg and Schanuel hit back to back singles to lead off the 4th, and O’Hoppe followed with a double to make it 2-0. Neto hit a sacrifice fly to score Schanuel. After Joe drew a walk, Edwards singled to load the bases. Haggerty followed with a sacrifice fly to CF to score O’Hoppe, making it a 4-0 game. The Angels broke it open on Haggerty’s RBI single and Hays’s 2 run single in the 6th. O’Hoppe drew a bases loaded walk later in the inning to make it 8-0, and Neto followed with a sacrifice fly to CF to add another. Edwards drove in another run with his 4th hit of the game. Cleveland got on the board in the top of the 7th on a Jose Ramirez bomb to LF. Aside from the mistake to Ramirez, Detmers was outstanding. He pitched 7.2 innings, allowing 5 hits, striking out 5, and walking 3 when Robert Stephenson relieved him in the 8th. Stephenson got out of the inning but left the game with a calf strain. Final Score: Los Angeles 10, Cleveland 2 WP: R. Detmers (3-4) LP: T. McKenzie (3-5) Record: 21-31 |
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