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Game #19 – April 18 – Angels @ Rays

STARTING LINEUP
Victor Robles LF
Connor Joe RF
Mike Trout CF
Logan O'Hoppe C
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Anthony Rendon DH
Jordan Westburg 3B
Zach Neto SS
Xavier Edwards 2B
Tyler Anderson P

The Rays took a 2-0 lead on Jose Siri’s massive home run to LF in the bottom of the 2nd inning. Edwards singled to lead off the 3rd, stole 2B, and scored on an RBI single by Robles.

Randy Arozarena singled home a run in the bottom of the inning to make it a 3-1 game. Siri blasted his 2nd home run of the game in the 4th. The Rays made it 5-1 on an RBI single by Isaac Paredes in the 5th.

Rene Pinto hit his 1st HR of the season off of reliever Garrett Cleavinger in the 6th. Yandy Diaz doubled home a run in the 7th to make it 7-1. Paredes followed with a double to score Diaz.

Final Score: Tampa Bay 8, Los Angeles 1
WP: Z. Littell (2-0)
LP: T. Anderson (1-2)
Record: 5-14

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Game #20 – April 19 – Angels @ Reds

STARTING LINEUP
Luis Rengifo 2B
Jordan Westburg 3B
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Logan O'Hoppe C
Nelson Velazquez LF
Anthony Rendon DH
Connor Joe RF
Zach Neto SS
Victor Robles CF
Jose Suarez P

Elly De La Cruz doubled home the 1st run of the game in the bottom of the 1st inning. Spencer Steer followed with a single scoring 2 more, giving the Reds a 3-0 lead. Jonathan India added an RBI single in the 2nd. The Reds scored their 5th run on an RBI groundout by De La Cruz in the bottom of the 5th. The Angels then called on Adam Cimber, who got out of the inning.

Meanwhile, Frankie Montas held the Angels hitless until Westburg singled to LF with 2 outs in the top of the 6th. That ended a streak of 15 batters in a row retired by Montas. Schanuel followed with a single sending Westburg to 3B, but O’Hoppe struck out to end the inning. Montas pitched 6.1 innings, striking out 8 and walking 2 in addition to surrendering the 2 hits.

The Angels got on the board when Neto blasted his 1st HR of the year, a 399 foot HR to RF to lead off the 8th inning.

Jacob Hurtubise singled home a run in the bottom of the 8th to make it 6-1.

Final Score: Cincinnati 6, Los Angeles 1
WP: F. Montas (3-1)
LP: J. Suarez (0-2)
Record: 5-15

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Game #20 – April 21 – Angels @ Reds

STARTING LINEUP
Luis Rengifo LF
Jordan Westburg 3B
Mike Trout CF
Nelson Velazquez RF
Anthony Rendon DH
Logan O'Hoppe C
Charles Leblanc 1B
Zach Neto SS
Xavier Edwards 2B
Andrew Wantz P

Westburg hit his 1st home run of the season, a 354 foot shot down the RF line, to give the Angels a lead in the top of the 1st inning. The Reds had runners at 2nd & 3rd with nobody out in the bottom of the inning, but Wantz struck out the next 3 batters to preserve the lead. Wantz also escaped from a bases loaded, no out jam in the 3rd by striking out Elly De La Cruz and Jake Farley and getting Jeimer Candelerio to hit a comebacker to the mound.

The Angels added to their lead when O’Hoppe was hit by a pitch to lead off the 4th and Leblanc doubled. Neto followed with a double into the RCF gap to make it 3-0. Edwards then poked a single into CF to score Neto.

Wantz escaped another jam in the bottom of the inning. With runners at 2nd and 3rd and 1 out, he struck out Will Benson on Jonathan India to end the threat.

The Angels made it 5-0 in the 5th. 2 walks and error by Benson in RF loaded the bases. Trout then scored on a Brent Sutter wild pitch. After Leblanc struck out, Neto deposited reliever Tyler Gilbert's changeup into the RF stands to make it 8-0.

The Reds finally broke through in the bottom of the 5th when Wantz walked the bases loaded with only 1 out. He couldn't pitch his way out of trouble this time. Jacob Hurtubise singled through the middle to make it 8-2, and Wantz gave way to Jose Soriano. Tyler Stephenson hit a sacrifice fly to make it 9-3 before Soriano retired the side.

Leblanc doubled home a run in the 7th. Santiago Espinal singled home 2 runs for the Reds in the bottom of the 7th to make the score 9-5. Jonathan India’s double later in the inning scored 2 more.

De La Cruz’s double off Luis Garcia to lead off the triple of the 8th brought the tying run to the plate. Farley followed with a ground ball to SS. Neto opted to throw home, but De La Cruz was safe to make the score 9-8. Westburg made a heads up play when Candelario bunted. He threw to 2B to force the lead runner for the 1st out of the inning. Hurtubise drew a walk, but Garcia struck out Stephenson. The Angels then went to the bullpen, calling on Carlos Estevez. He retired Espinal on a foul pop to Westburg to end the inning.

O’Hoppe gave the Angels some insurance when he blasted a 397 foot HR down the LF line to lead off the 9th. It was his 1st home run of the season. Estevez struck out the side in the 9th to close the game.

Neto was the star. He went 2-4 with a 2 run double and 3 run home run. Trout so had 2 hits, so hopefully he will break out of his season long slump.

Final Score: Los Angeles 10, Cincinnati 8
WP: J. Soriano (1-0)
LP: B. Suter (0-2)
SV: C. Estevez (3)
Record: 6-15

TRANSACTION: Claimed P Angel Rondon off of waivers from the Dodgers. Rondon will join the Angels bullpen once another roster move is made.

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Game #22 – April 21 – Angels @ Reds

STARTING LINEUP
Luis Rengifo 2B
Jordan Westburg 3B
Mike Trout CF
Charles Leblanc DH
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Zach Neto SS
Matt Thaiss C
Connor Joe RF
Victor Robles LF
Reid Detmers P

Christian Encarnacion-Strand blasted a solo home run in the 1st to give the Reds a 1-0 lead. Elly De La Cruz followed with a triple and Spencer Steer followed with a 380 foot home run to LF to make it 3-0. Detmers settled down after that, but made a big mistake pitch when Stuart Fairchild belted a 2 run bomb in the 4th.

Meanwhile Hunter Greene was nearly unhittable. But he ran into trouble in the top of the 6th. A walk to Robles, and infield single by Rengifo, and a hit batsman loaded the bases for Trout. Trout his a sacrifice fly to CF to get in the board, but then Leblanc hit into a 6-4-3 double play to end the inning.

Encarnacion-Strand hit his 2nd HR of the game.of Nick Mears in the bottom of the 8th.

Schanuel blasted a 419 foot home run to RF with 2 outs in the 9th to make it 6-3, but it was too little, too late.

Final Score: Cincinnati 6, Los Angeles 3
WP: H. Greene (2-1)
LP: R. Detmers (2-2)
Record: 6-16

TRANSACTIONS: Signed RP Tyler Burch to a minor league contract. Assigned Burch to AA Rocket City.

Activated Austin Hays from the IL. Optioned Connor Joe to AAA Salt Lake.

Placed Angel Rondon on the active roster. Designated Adam Cimber for assignment.

Activated Robert Stephenson from rehab assignment. Option Zach Plesac to AAA Salt Lake (Christopher Sanchez will take Plesac’s place in the rotation).

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Game #23 – April 22 – Orioles @ Angels

STARTING LINEUP
Xavier Edwards 2B
Austin Hays LF
Mike Trout DH
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Nelson Velazquez RF
Logan O'Hoppe C
Anthony Rendon 3B
Zach Neto SS
Victor Robles CF
Christopher Sanchez P

After Sanchez navigated the 1st inning, Edwards left off the bottom of the inning with a 411 foot HR to CF off of Grayson Rodriguez. Neto slammed his 3rd home run of the season in the 5th to make it 2-0. Trout's 468 foot bomb in the 6th made it 3-0.

Sanchez was outstanding, pitching the best game by an Angels starter all season. He went 7 shutout innings, allowing 1 hit and walking 1 while striking out 9. Another batter reached base on an error.

Robert Stephenson made his season debut in the 8th. He retired the side in order. Carlos Estevez pitched a 1-2-3 9th and 17,353 fans went home happy.

Final Score: Los Angeles 3, Baltimore 0
WP: C. Sanchez (1-0)
LP: G. Rodriguez (2-1)
SV: C. Estevez (4)
Record: 7-16

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Game #24 – April 23 – Orioles @ Angels

STARTING LINEUP
Luis Rengifo 2B
Jordan Westburg 3B
Austin Hays LF
Mike Trout CF
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Anthony Rendon DH
Nelson Velazquez RF
Logan O'Hoppe C
Zach Neto SS
Tyler Anderson P

Jackson Holliday tripled to start the game and Adley Rutchman followed with a 424 blast to RCF to give Baltimore an immediate 2-0 lead. Trout tied the game in the bottom of the inning with a 2 run shot to RF. The Angels took the lead in the 2nd. Velasquez walked with 1 out and O’Hoppe singled. After Neto grounded out to 1B (the runners advancing), Rengifo singled to CF scoring both runners. Schanuel blasted his 5th home run, a 2 run shot, with 2 out in the 5th to make it 6-2. Rengifo’s RBI single in the 6th made it 7-2. Westburg followed with a single to score another run, and Schanuel capped it off with a bases-clearing double later in the inning to make it 11-2.

Anderson pitched effectively, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits over 6 innings. He struck out 5 and walked 3. Angel Rondon relieved him and made his Angels debut. He retired all 3 men he faced.

The Angels continued to pour it on in the bottom of the 7th. Neto blasted a 2 run home run to make it 13-2. Trout hit his 2nd home run of the game, a 3 run shot to LF, later in the inning. Neto hit a solo home run in the 8th.

The Angels offense erupted for 18 hits. Trout went 3-6 with 2 home runs. He drove in 5. Rengifo, O’Hoppe, and Neto also had 3 hits. Like Trout, Neto also had 2 home runs.

Final Score: Los Angeles 17, Baltimore 2
WP: T. Anderson (2-3)
LP: D. Kremer (1-3)
Record: 8-16

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Game #25 – April 24 – Orioles @ Angels

STARTING LINEUP
Luis Rengifo 2B
Jordan Westburg 3B
Austin Hays LF
Mike Trout DH
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Zach Neto SS
Logan O'Hoppe C
Nelson Velazquez RF
Victor Robles CF
Jose Suarez P

Back-to-back walks to Schanuel and Neto set up the 1st run of the game in the bottom of the 2nd. Velasquez collected his 1st RBI of the season with a single over the 2B’s head. Ramon Urias doubled home 2 runs in the 3rd to give Baltimore a 2-1 lead. Ryan Mountcastle launched a bomb to LCF in the 5th to make it 3-1.

After Robles walked with 1 out in the bottom of the inning and stole 2nd, Rengifo unloaded on a Griffin Canning changeup. The 384 blast tied the game at 3.

Jose Soriano relieved Suarez to start the 6th. Jorge Mateo greeted with a home run to LCF to put the Orioles back on top. Cedric Mullins hit a 3 run home run later in the inning to make it 6-3.

Trout reached on an error by Mateo to lead off the bottom of the inning. Schanuel followed with his 6th home run of the season, a 444 foot blast to RF. Schanuel has now hit in 13 straight games.

Robles hit a 1 out single off Craig Kimbrel in the 9th and stole 2B. Kimbrel then walked Rengifo, but Westburg hit into a 6-4-3 double play to end the game.

Final Score: Baltimore 6, Los Angeles 5
WP: C. Irvin (5-0)
LP: J. Soriano (1-1)
SV: C. Kimbrel (7)
Record: 8-17

TRANSACTIONS: Assigned Adam Cimber to AAA Salt Lake.

Optioned Charles Leblanc to AAA Salt Lake. Recalled Nick Gonzalez.

NEWS: Anthony Rizzo of the Yankees hit his 300th career home run.

April 25 – Off Day

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Game #26 – April 26 – Twins @ Angels

STARTING LINEUP
Luis Rengifo RF
Jordan Westburg 3B
Austin Hays LF
Mike Trout CF
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Logan O'Hoppe C
Zach Neto SS
Anthony Rendon DH
Nick Gonzalez 2B
Andrew Wantz P

Royce Lewis's 1st inning bomb gave Minnesota an early 1-0 lead. The Twins scored 2 more times in the 2nd. Ryder Jones blasted his 1st home run of the season, a 2 run shot, in the 4th. That was all for Wantz. Angel Rondon relieved.

Rengifo doubled home a run in the bottom of the 5th. Schanuel’s 3 run home run, a majestic shot that went 426 feet to RF, mad eit 5-4 in the 6th.

Rondon pitched 2.2 scoreless innings before allowing a run in the 7th. Blake Treinen relieved him and got out of the inning.

Austin Hays delivered for the Halos in the bottom of the inning. His 2 run home run to RF tied the game at 6.

Luis Garcia could not hold the tie on the top of the 8th. Carlos Correa smacked a double into the LF corner to give Minnesota the lead again, although Manuel Margot was thrown out at the plate. Trout robbed Lewis of a home run to end the inning. Carlos Estevez came in in the 9th in order to hold it to a 1 run game. Instead, the Twins scored twice off him to expand their lead.

Rengifo had a good day, going 5-5 with a single in the 1st, single in the 3rd, double in the 5th, single in the 7th and single in the 9th.

Final Score: Minnesota 9, Los Angeles 6
WP: S. Okert (2-0)
LP: L. Garcia (2-1)
SV: J. Duran (6)
Record: 8-18

TRANSACTION: Optioned Andrew Wantz to AAA Salt Lake. Recalled RP Luke Murphy. Angel Rondon will take Wantz 's next turn in the rotation.

NEWS: Mark Moore has suffered a setback in his recovery from shoulder inflammation. He is now expected to miss the rest of the season.

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Game #27 – April 27 – Twins @ Angels

STARTING LINEUP
Luis Rengifo DH
Jordan Westburg 3B
Austin Hays LF
Mike Trout CF
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Zach Neto SS
Logan O'Hoppe C
Nelson Velazquez RF
Nick Gonzalez 2B
Reid Detmers P

The Twins took a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning, although Royce Lewis was thrown out at the plate trying to make it 2-0. Max Kepler and Eduardo Escobar hit back-to-back home runs in the 2nd inning.

Schanuel singled to extend his hitting streak to 15 games in the bottom of the 2nd, and Neto followed with a home run down the RF line to make it 3-2.

Gonzalez tripled in the 3rd, his 1st hit as a Angel. The Halos loaded the bases in the inning but could not score.

Detmers pitched well after the 2nd inning and ended up with a quality start. He allowed 3 runs over 6 innings, striking out 7 and walking 2.

Trout went deep in the 6th to tie the game. Schanuel and Neto drew walks and O’Hoppe followed with a single to give the Angels the lead.

Nick Mears entered the game to pitch the 7th. He allowed 2 base runners but got out of the inning. The Twins scored 5 times off of Luis Garcia in the 8th to take the lead. All the runs were unearned thanks to errors by Schanuel and Westburg. Minnesota added a run of Jose Soriano in the 9th.

Final Score: Minnesota 9, Los Angeles 4
WP: J. Topa (1-0)
LP: L. Garcia (2-2)
Record: 8-19

NEWS: Taylor Ward of the Baltimore Orioles will miss the next 5 months with a ruptured Achilles tendon.

Seattle SP Bryan Woo will miss the rest of the season with a shoulder injury.

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Game #28 – April 28 – Twins @ Angels

STARTING LINEUP
Luis Rengifo DH
Xavier Edwards 2B
Austin Hays LF
Mike Trout CF
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Zach Neto SS
Anthony Rendon 3B
Matt Thaiss C
Victor Robles RF
Christopher Sanchez P

Byron Buxton doubled home the 1st run of the game in the top of the 1st inning. The Twins took a 2-0 lead in the 5th on an RBI single by Buxton. The run was possible thanks to an error by Neto on what appeared to be a double play ball. Ryan Jeffers smashed a 2 run home run off of Garrett Cleavinger in the 8th to give the Twins a 4-0 lead.

Meanwhile, the Angels managed just 2 hits off of Baily Over through 7 innings. The Halos mounted a threat of sorts in the bottom of the 9th when Hays singled with 2 outs, followed by a Trout double. Schanuel grounded out to 3B to end the game. Schanuel went 0-4 to end his hitting streak.

Final Score: Minnesota 4, Los Angeles 0
WP: B. Over (2-2)
LP: C. Sanchez (1-2)
SV: J. Duran (1)
Record: 8-20

DOWN ON THE FARM: Tri-City OF Jadiel Sanchez won NWL (A+) Player of the Week honors after going 7-19 with 3 home runs and 5 RBIs. Inland Empire C Victor Torres was named California League (A) Player of the Week after batting .478 with 2 home runs and 4 RBIs.

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Game #29 – April 29 – Phillies @ Angels

STARTING LINEUP
Luis Rengifo SS
Jordan Westburg 3B
Austin Hays LF
Mike Trout DH
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Logan O'Hoppe C
Nelson Velazquez RF
Nick Gonzalez 2B
Victor Robles CF
Tyler Anderson P

The Angels struck first in the bottom of the 1st when Rengifo reached base on an error, Hays walked, and Trout diveree a 424 foot bomb to CF. Schanuel followed with an even longer home run to RCF, his 8th of the season.

Robles tripled to lead off the bottom of the 2nd and scored on a Westburg single. Hays doubled home 2 more runs in the 4th.

Anderson pitched 4 scoreless innings before surrendering a run in the 5th. Robles answered that with a 2 run double in the bottom of the inning.

The Phillies.scored once in the 6th off of Nick Mears and twice in the 7th off of Jose Soriano. The Halos got one of those runs back on a Velazquez single in the bottom of the inning.

Nick Castellanos’s 3 run home run in the 9th off of Luke Murphy closed it to 10-7. After J. T. Realmuto doubled, the Angels were forced to turn to Carlos Estevez. He retired Christian Pache on a fly ball to CF to end the game.

Final Score: Los Angeles 10, Philadelphia 7
WP: T. Anderson (3-2)
LP: K. Allard (1-1)
SV: C. Estevez (5)
Record: 9-20

TRADES: The Angels made 2 minor trades.

The Angels traded Charles Leblanc and minor league C Travis Tanaka to Atlanta, receiving P Jorge Bautista and OF Forrest Wall in return. Wall is a speedy outfielder who plays above average defense at all 3 OF positions. He has good contact but almost no power.

The Angels traded Garrett Cleavinger (who they were planning to designate for assignment) and minor league C Alex Alvarez to Toronto in exchange for P Michael Dominguez and INF/OF Ernie Clement.

To replace Cleavinger on the major league roster, the Angels recalled P Adam Kolarek from AAA Salt Lake.

Clement and Wall will report to AAA Salt Lake. Bautista will report to A+ Tri-City. Dominguez will report to A Inland Empire


Game #30 – April 30 – Phillies @ Angels

STARTING LINEUP
Victor Robles RF
Austin Hays LF
Mike Trout CF
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Zach Neto SS
Logan O'Hoppe C
Jordan Westburg 3B
Anthony Rendon DH
Nick Gonzalez 2B
Jose Suarez P

The Phillies took a 1-0 lead in the 1st, but Victor Robles tied with a leadoff homer in the bottom of the inning. Edmundo Sosa’s RBI single in the 3rd. out Philadelphia back on top. Nick Castellanos made it 4-1 with a 2 run home run later in the inning. A Suarez wild pitch allowed another run to score and a Brandon Marsh sacrifice fly made it 6-1.

Base hits by Gonzalez and Robles, followed by a Trout blast to RF for the Angels back into the game. Robles’ 2 run single in the bottom of the 6th tied the game at 6.

Trout led off the bottom of the 7th with his 2nd home run of the game and 10th of the season. Marsh tied it with a home run off of Robert Stephenson in the top of the 8th. Trea Turner singled home the go ahead run later in the inning.

Westburg doubled to lead off the bottom of the inning but was stranded at 2B. The Angels were retired in order in the 9th.

Final Score: Philadelphia 8, Los Angeles 7
WP: G. Soto (2-2)
LP: R. Stephenson (0-2)
SV: J. Alvarado (6)
Record: 9-21

NEWS: Dodgers 2B Gavin Lux will miss 5 months with a severely strained hip muscle.

TRANSACTION: Optioned Luke Murphy to AAA Salt Lake. Recalled P Jimmy Herget.

Game #31 – May 1 – Phillies @ Angels

STARTING LINEUP
Victor Robles CF
Jordan Westburg 3B
Austin Hays RF
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Zach Neto SS
Anthony Rendon DH
Nick Gonzalez 2B
Matt Thaiss C
Xavier Edwards 2B
Angel Rondon P

The Phillies took a 1-0 lead on Jordan Luplow’s RBI single in the top of the 2nd. Whit Merrifield followed with a HR down the LF line to make it 3-0. Westburg drilled a BOMB to LF in the bottom of the inning. Unfortunately Robles had been. Thrown out trying to steal 2B just before the hit.

Brandon Belt’s RBI single in the 5th made it 4-1. Thaiss doubled in the bottom of the inning and scored on a Robles single.

Rondon pitched 6 fairly effective innings and the bullpen pitched 3 scoreless innings but the offense could never get going against Phillies pitching.

Final Score: Philadelphia 4, Los Angeles 2
WP: A. Nolan (5-2)
LP: A. Rondon (0-1)
SV: J. Alvarado (7)
Record: 9-22

Game #32 – May 3 – Angels @ Guardians

STARTING LINEUP
Luis Rengifo 2B
Austin Hays LF
Mike Trout CF
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Zach Neto SS
Logan O'Hoppe C
Anthony Rendon DH
Jordan Westburg 3B
Victor Robles RF
Reid Detmers P

Neto singled home the 1st run of the game in the top of the 3rd inning. O’Hoppe followed with a 2 run single to make it 3-0.

Cleveland loaded the bases with 1 out in the 4th, but Westburg made a great play at 3B for the 2nd out and Detmers escaped from the jam only allowing 1 run to score. The Guards loaded the bases again in the 5th but Detmers retired Ramon Laureano to end the threat. Robert Stephenson relieved Detmers with runners at 1st and 3rd and 2 outs in the 6th. Steven Kwan lined out to SS to end the inning. Detmers pitched 5.2 innings, allowing 1 run on 5 hits. He struck out 4 and walked 2.

Cleveland tied the game on a Bo Naylor RBI double and a Kwan RBI single off of Luis Garcia in the 8th.

Robles singled home the ghost runner (Neto) in the top of the 11th to give the Halos a 4-3 lead. After singles by Rengifo and Hays, Schanuel drew a bases loaded walk to give the Angels an insurance run.

The Guardians loaded the bases with 1 out in the bottom of the inning and a Carlos Estevez wild pitch allowed a run to score. Estevez struck out Kyle Manzardo and got Brayan Rocchio to ground out to SS to end the game.

Final Score: Los Angeles 5, Cleveland 4 (11 innings)
WP: C. Estevez (1-0)
LP: P. Strzelecki (0-2)
Record: 10-22


Game #33 – May 4 – Angels @ Guardians

STARTING LINEUP
Luis Rengifo DH
Austin Hays LF
Mike Trout CF
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Zach Neto SS
Logan O'Hoppe C
Anthony Rendon DH
Jordan Westburg 3B
Nick Gonzalez 2B
Christopher Sanchez P

Darion Blanco slammed a home run to lead off the bottom of the 1st at Progressive Field. Andres Gimenez followed with a triple and Jose Ramirez walked before Ramon Laureano hit into a 6-4-3 double play. Gimenez scored on the play to make it 2-0.

The Angels tied it in the 2nd, scoring a run on a Xzavion Curry wild pitch and another on an RBI double from Gonzalez. The Halos took the lead in the 3rd when Hays led off with a double off the top of the CF wall and Trout blasted a massive 456 foot HR to CF.

Cleveland got a run back in the 6th on an RBI groundout by Gimenez.

Westburg led off the 7th with his 3rd HR. Ramirez’s run scoring single in the bottom of the inning made it a 5-4 game. Kyle Manzardo singled home the tying run later in the inning, and Brayan Rocchio followed with a single to give Cleveland the lead.

Westburg delivered again in the 8th. After Rendon singled, Westburg doubled off the CF wall to tie the game. Gonzalez followed with a single through the middle and Rengifo walked to load the bases. But Tyler Needed struck out Hays and got Trout to ground out, 4-3.

Schanuel and Neto hit back-to-back singles to start the 9th. O’Hoppe then singled through the mide to score Schanuel, giving Los Angeles the lead. After Rendon struck out, Westburg singled to center, driving home 2 more big runs. Gonzalez struck out, but Rengifo delivered a home run to LF to make it 11-6.

Ramirez homered in the 9th, but the Angels came away with their 2nd consecutive win. Westburg led the way, going 4-5 and driving in 4 runs.

Final Score: Los Angeles 11, Cleveland 7
WP: J. Herget (1-0)
LP: T. Beede (0-1)
Record: 11-22

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Game #29 – April 29 – Phillies @ Angels

STARTING LINEUP
Luis Rengifo SS
Jordan Westburg 3B
Austin Hays LF
Mike Trout DH
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Logan O'Hoppe C
Nelson Velazquez RF
Nick Gonzalez 2B
Victor Robles CF
Tyler Anderson P

The Angels struck first in the bottom of the 1st when Rengifo reached base on an error, Hays walked, and Trout diveree a 424 foot bomb to CF. Schanuel followed with an even longer home run to RCF, his 8th of the season.

Robles tripled to lead off the bottom of the 2nd and scored on a Westburg single. Hays doubled home 2 more runs in the 4th.

Anderson pitched 4 scoreless innings before surrendering a run in the 5th. Robles answered that with a 2 run double in the bottom of the inning.

The Phillies.scored once in the 6th off of Nick Mears and twice in the 7th off of Jose Soriano. The Halos got one of those runs back on a Velazquez single in the bottom of the inning.

Nick Castellanos’s 3 run home run in the 9th off of Luke Murphy closed it to 10-7. After J. T. Realmuto doubled, the Angels were forced to turn to Carlos Estevez. He retired Christian Pache on a fly ball to CF to end the game.

Final Score: Los Angeles 10, Philadelphia 7
WP: T. Anderson (3-2)
LP: K. Allard (1-1)
SV: C. Estevez (5)
Record: 9-20

TRADES: The Angels made 2 minor trades.

The Angels traded Charles Leblanc and minor league C Travis Tanaka to Atlanta, receiving P Jorge Bautista and OF Forrest Wall in return. Wall is a speedy outfielder who plays above average defense at all 3 OF positions. He has good contact but almost no power.

The Angels traded Garrett Cleavinger (who they were planning to designate for assignment) and minor league C Alex Alvarez to Toronto in exchange for P Michael Dominguez and INF/OF Ernie Clement.

To replace Cleavinger on the major league roster, the Angels recalled P Adam Kolarek from AAA Salt Lake.

Clement and Wall will report to AAA Salt Lake. Bautista will report to A+ Tri-City. Dominguez will report to A Inland Empire

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Game #29 – April 29 – Phillies @ Angels

STARTING LINEUP
Luis Rengifo SS
Jordan Westburg 3B
Austin Hays LF
Mike Trout DH
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Logan O'Hoppe C
Nelson Velazquez RF
Nick Gonzalez 2B
Victor Robles CF
Tyler Anderson P

The Angels struck first in the bottom of the 1st when Rengifo reached base on an error, Hays walked, and Trout diveree a 424 foot bomb to CF. Schanuel followed with an even longer home run to RCF, his 8th of the season.

Robles tripled to lead off the bottom of the 2nd and scored on a Westburg single. Hays doubled home 2 more runs in the 4th.

Anderson pitched 4 scoreless innings before surrendering a run in the 5th. Robles answered that with a 2 run double in the bottom of the inning.

The Phillies scored once in the 6th off of Nick Mears and twice in the 7th off of Jose Soriano. The Halos got one of those runs back on a Velazquez single in the bottom of the inning.

Nick Castellanos’s 3 run home run in the 9th off of Luke Murphy closed it to 10-7. After J. T. Realmuto doubled, the Angels were forced to turn to Carlos Estevez. He retired Christian Pache on a fly ball to CF to end the game.

Final Score: Los Angeles 10, Philadelphia 7
WP: T. Anderson (3-2)
LP: K. Allard (1-1)
SV: C. Estevez (5)
Record: 9-20

TRADES: The Angels made 2 minor trades.

The Angels traded Charles Leblanc and minor league C Travis Tanaka to Atlanta, receiving P Jorge Bautista and OF Forrest Wall in return. Wall is a speedy outfielder who plays above average defense at all 3 OF positions. He has good contact but almost no power.

The Angels traded Garrett Cleavinger (who they were planning to designate for assignment) and minor league C Alex Alvarez to Toronto in exchange for P Michael Dominguez and INF/OF Ernie Clement.

To replace Cleavinger on the major league roster, the Angels recalled P Adam Kolarek from AAA Salt Lake.

Clement and Wall will report to AAA Salt Lake. Bautista will report to A+ Tri-City. Dominguez will report to A Inland Empire

[TribeTown]

Game #30 – April 30 – Phillies @ Angels

STARTING LINEUP
Victor Robles RF
Austin Hays LF
Mike Trout CF
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Zach Neto SS
Logan O'Hoppe C
Jordan Westburg 3B
Anthony Rendon DH
Nick Gonzalez 2B
Jose Suarez P

The Phillies took a 1-0 lead in the 1st, but Victor Robles tied with a leadoff homer in the bottom of the inning. Edmundo Sosa’s RBI single in the 3rd put Philadelphia back on top. Nick Castellanos made it 4-1 with a 2 run home run later in the inning. A Suarez wild pitch allowed another run to score and a Brandon Marsh sacrifice fly made it 6-1.

Base hits by Gonzalez and Robles, followed by a Trout blast to RF out the Angels back into the game. Robles’ 2 run single in the bottom of the 6th tied the game at 6.

Trout led off the bottom of the 7th with his 2nd home run of the game and 10th of the season. Marsh tied it with a home run off of Robert Stephenson in the top of the 8th. Trea Turner singled home the go ahead run later in the inning.

Westburg doubled to lead off the bottom of the inning but was stranded at 2B. The Angels were retired in order in the 9th.

Final Score: Philadelphia 8, Los Angeles 7
WP: G. Soto (2-2)
LP: R. Stephenson (0-2)
SV: J. Alvarado (6)
Record: 9-21

NEWS: Dodgers 2B Gavin Lux will miss 5 months with a severely strained hip muscle.

TRANSACTION: Optioned Luke Murphy to AAA Salt Lake. Recalled P Jimmy Herget.

[TribeTown]

Game #31 – May 1 – Phillies @ Angels

STARTING LINEUP
Victor Robles CF
Jordan Westburg 3B
Austin Hays RF
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Zach Neto SS
Anthony Rendon DH
Nick Gonzalez 2B
Matt Thaiss C
Xavier Edwards 2B
Angel Rondon P

The Phillies took a 1-0 lead on Jordan Luplow’s RBI single in the top of the 2nd. Whit Merrifield followed with a HR down the LF line to make it 3-0. Westburg drilled a BOMB to LF in the bottom of the inning. Unfortunately Robles had been. Thrown out trying to steal 2B just before the hit.

Brandon Belt’s RBI single in the 5th made it 4-1. Thaiss doubled in the bottom of the inning and scored on a Robles single.

Rondon pitched 6 fairly effective innings and the bullpen pitched 3 scoreless innings but the offense could never get going against Phillies pitching.

Final Score: Philadelphia 4, Los Angeles 2
WP: A. Nolan (5-2)
LP: A. Rondon (0-1)
SV: J. Alvarado (7)
Record: 9-22

[TribeTown]

Game #32 – May 3 – Angels @ Guardians

STARTING LINEUP
Luis Rengifo 2B
Austin Hays LF
Mike Trout CF
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Zach Neto SS
Logan O'Hoppe C
Anthony Rendon DH
Jordan Westburg 3B
Victor Robles RF
Reid Detmers P

Neto singled home the 1st run of the game in the top of the 3rd inning. O’Hoppe followed with a 2 run single to make it 3-0.

Cleveland loaded the bases with 1 out in the 4th, but Westburg made a great play at 3B for the 2nd out and Detmers escaped from the jam only allowing 1 run to score. The Guards loaded the bases again in the 5th but Detmers retired Ramon Laureano to end the threat. Robert Stephenson relieved Detmers with runners at 1st and 3rd and 2 outs in the 6th. Steven Kwan lined out to SS to end the inning. Detmers pitched 5.2 innings, allowing 1 run on 5 hits. He struck out 4 and walked 2.

Cleveland tied the game on a Bo Naylor RBI double and a Kwan RBI single off of Luis Garcia in the 8th.

Robles singled home the ghost runner (Neto) in the top of the 11th to give the Halos a 4-3 lead. After singles by Rengifo and Hays, Schanuel drew a bases loaded walk to give the Angels an insurance run.

The Guardians loaded the bases with 1 out in the bottom of the inning and a Carlos Estevez wild pitch allowed a run to score. Estevez struck out Kyle Manzardo and got Brayan Rocchio to ground out to SS to end the game.

Final Score: Los Angeles 5, Cleveland 4 (11 innings)
WP: C. Estevez (1-0)
LP: P. Strzelecki (0-2)
Record: 10-22

[TribeTown]

It's been awhile. Picking this up again.

STARTING LINEUP
Luis Rengifo RF
Austin Hays LF
Mike Trout CF
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Zach Neto SS
Logan O'Hoppe C
Anthony Rendon DH
Jordan Westburg 3B
Nick Gonzalez 2B
Christopher Sanchez P

Darion Blanco slammed a home run to lead off the bottom of the 1st at Progressive Field. Andres Gimenez followed with a triple and Jose Ramirez walked before Ramon Laureano hit into a 6-4-3 double play. Gimenez scored on the play to make it 2-0.

The Angels tied it in the 2nd, scoring a run on a Xzavion Curry wild pitch and another on an RBI double from Gonzalez. The Halos took the lead in the 3rd when Hays led off with a double off the top of the CF wall and Trout blasted a massive 456 foot HR to CF.

Cleveland got a run back in the 6th on an RBI groundout by Gimenez.

Westburg led off the 7th with his 3rd HR. Ramirez’s run scoring single in the bottom of the inning made it a 5-4 game. Kyle Manzardo singled home the tying run later in the inning, and Brayan Rocchio followed with a single to give Cleveland the lead.

Westburg delivered again in the 8th. After Rendon singled, Westburg doubled off the CF wall to tie the game. Gonzalez followed with a single through the middle and Rengifo walked to load the bases. But Hays struck out and Trout grounded out, 4-3, to end the inning.

Schanuel and Neto hit back-to-back singles to start the 9th. O’Hoppe then singled through the middle to score Schanuel, giving Los Angeles the lead. After Rendon struck out, Westburg singled to center, driving home 2 more big runs. Gonzalez struck out, but Rengifo delivered a home run to LF to make it 11-6.

Ramirez homered in the 9th, but the Angels came away with their 2nd consecutive win. Westburg led the way, going 4-5 and driving in 4 runs.

Final Score: Los Angeles 11, Cleveland 7
WP: J. Herget (1-0)
LP: T. Beede (0-1)
Record: 11-22

[TribeTown]

Game #34 – May 5 – Angels @ Guardians

STARTING LINEUP
Victor Robles CF
Austin Hays LF
Mike Trout DH
Nolan Schanuel 1B
Zach Neto SS
Jordan Westburg 3B
Logan O'Hoppe C
Nelson Velazquez RF
Nick Gonzalez 2B
Tyler Anderson P

Ramon Laureano hit a 2 run home run in the bottom of the 1st inning to give the Guardians the early lead. Hays singled home a run in the 3rd to make it 2-1.

Cleveland scored twice off of Anderson in the bottom of the 3rd, driving him from the game. Nick Mears relieved.

Velazquez broke out of a slump with a 1 out single in the 5th and Gonzalez followed with his 1st HR of the season. The 413 foot blast to CF made it 4-3.

Jose Soriano came in to pitch, relieving Mears to start the bottom of the 5th. It was another terrible outing for the right hander – he allowed 2 runs to score before retiring a batter (a Soriano throwing error didn't help).

The Angels tied it in the 6th. Trout reached base on an error and Schanuel followed with a double down the LF line. Trout was thrown out at the plate with Schanuel going to 3B on the play. Neto followed with a sac fly to make it 6-4. Later in the inning, Gonzalez delivered with a bases loaded single through the middle to tie the game.

The Guardians retook the lead on Brayan Rocchio’s RBI off of Adam Kolarek in the bottom of the inning. Cleveland added 3 big insurance runs in the 8th. The Angles loaded the bases in the 9th but could not score.

Final Score: Cleveland 10, Los Angeles 6
WP: S. Barlow (2-0)
LP: A. Kolarek (0-1)
SV: J. Karinchak (8)
Record: 11-23

TRANSACTIONS: Send P Sam Bachman to AAA Salt Lake on injury rehab assignment. Option Adam Kolarek to AAA. Recall P Brayan Bello. Bello (1-2, 4.50 in 4 starts at Salt Lake) will rejoin the starting rotation and Jose Suarez will go to the bullpen.

[jksander]

Wheeling and dealing! Are you playing out your games or simming and then writing from the game log?

[TribeTown]

I play every game, although I sometimes sim the final innings of a blowout. I enjoy playing through the games and I am not always in agreement when the AI manager chooses to steal (for example) or its bullpen usage. If I was just GM I think I'd feel something like Billy Beane arguing with Art Howe about playing Pena lol.

I write the game log during the game and hopefully clean up most of the typos and other mistakes before I post.

Good luck with the Chisox! That might be the most intimidating rebuild there is.