Game 118, Mariners at Angels
Ariel Miranda vs. Jhoulys Chacin, 7:05
The Angels have now dropped 11 in a row, a perfect encapsulation of a season – and window – that’s gotten away from them. Their pitching’s collapsed to the point where Ricky Nolasco and Jhoulys Chacin make sense as stopgaps, their erstwhile SP depth in the minors has been shipped to Atlanta and Minnesota, and their payroll crunch gets more difficult each year.
The team has money and the best player in the game signed to a team-friendly deal, so I’m not writing an obituary for their 2018 season, but I can’t think of the last time it was more fun to be an M’s fan than an Angels fan.
Ariel Miranda’s making his second start for the M’s, and while it’s still way too early to say much about his results, but it’s early enough to say that I like the look of his splitter. He’s thrown all of 16 with the M’s, but the movement looks decent compared to his four seam fastball, and it’s essentially the only pitch that seems to mess with hitters’ timing.
Jhoulys Chacin had lost his spot in the Angels rotation, but with trades and injuries, he’s been pressed back into duty. He had a couple of nice starts when he first joined the Angels, including a quality start in Seattle that was his first in an Angels uniform. A disastrous June/early July cost him his spot, and his return to the rotation wasn’t auspicious: he yielded 7 runs in just 1 1/3 IP.
1: Aoki, LF
2: Smith, DH
3: Cano, 2B
4: Cruz, RF
5: Seager, 3B
6: Lind, 1B
7: Zunino, C
8: Martin, CF
9: Marte, SS
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They need to keep thumping these lesser teams. Right now, Boston is ahead, but over Baltimore, Toronto is down 5-0 to the Yankees, and Detroit is behind 3-1 late to KC. So there is opportunity.
Stupid Yankees.
That was a thing of beauty. Love a good bunt.
I’m having trouble adjusting. Recently, when I come into games somewhat late, I often turn the game on and see the Mariners with the lead. I don’t know if I can adapt!
The little mermaid is hanging in there.
Lol little mermaid.
Feels like Rangers have come from behind to win so many times in the late innings lately.
I thought Vincent was tomorrow’s starter?
nvm, Cody Martin. I can’t keep up with the pitcher carousel.
Ouch.
Albert Pujols can still hit a bad pitch a long way.
Nice to have you back Vincent! Back to your old form I see….
Angels imploding this inning.
It’s funny when a pitcher has trouble throwing to first…
Damn you, Andrelton Simmons.
Two runs, no hits, one walk. Thats a textbook method of backing into two free runs wow.
I feel sorry for the Angel fans, almost.
Almost indeed.
Tied again…
“Marte goes yard.” is not a sentence fragment uttered often in this game thread… damn.
And not tied.
That’s no good.. Now a runner on 3rd down a run..
Man. Seager. Stellar defense this season.
Well, it’s the 3 we’d want to send up there! Lets do this?
Good start, Robbie!
If I’m Scossia I’m not upset if Cruz walks.. Hell you could make a case that loading the bases for Lind and Zunino might be the play, crazy as that sounds.
Sigh, yeah i’ll take the blame on the jinx there.
We’ve been spoiled by good bullpen #s the last couple weeks, for sure.
Ugh losing suck in general but we had this game!!!! The Tigers lost, would of been great in the standings….. But the Angels can’t lose forever just hope this is a one time thing.