For the first time in over 20 years, a Los Angeles Angels’ home game, against the Boston Red Sox, was postponed on Sunday Night Baseball. The team has gotten good value from youngsters Mookie Betts and Xander Bogaerts, but it isn’t enough to make up for their poor pitching.
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Richards allowed just one Boston runner to reach third base, retiring 22 of 23 overall to end a tidy evening for the rangy right-hander rediscovering his best form.
“Doubleheaders are not our favorite, especially split doubleheaders”, Scioscia said.
On Monday, to get the wet field set for the team’s double-header against the Boston Red Sox, the organization deployed a helicopter to fan-dry the grass. Angels 7, Red Sox 1.
Kyle Schwarber, a left-handed hitting rookie, had two singles and a double for the Cubs in his first start at catcher after being recalled earlier in the day. Game 1 is slated for 2:05 p.m. PDT with Hector Santiago on the mound for the Halos and Eduardo Rodriguez taking the hill for the Bosox. “It’s one of those weeks I’m definitely going to remember”.
Richards saves the bullpen: Angels closer Huston Street was warming up in the bullpen before the ninth inning – sitting on 299 career saves – but he had also missed the team’s last five games with a groin strain.
Heaney has posted four consecutive quality starts, winning his past three, and has given up just three runs in 21.1 innings.
Boston manager John Farrell dismissed speculation Rodriguez was tipping his pitches again, saying that flaw “has been rectified”.
Byrd, who has been mentioned in trade rumors, went 4-for-4 with his 15th homer of the season, a triple, double and two singles. “It was pretty much that way with all my pitches – the slider, fastball and changeup. So I’m not surprised about this”. Trout showed why is is one of the most dominant players in the AL when he hit a solo homerun off of Koji to have the Angels walking off in the 9th. Uehara got two outs and then Mike Trout came to the plate.
Calhoun also walked and scored in the fourth and is batting. “At this rate”, he said, “in 40 years when you order pizza from Domino’s, they’ll just deliver it straight to the nearest dumpster – as they should, but that’s not the point here”.
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With the bases loaded and one out, Pennington – who entered in the 11th – fielded Angel Pagan’s bouncer and threw home to try and get the forceout. He had been sidelined since June 25 because of a strained right hamstring.
