The Angels have lost seven of eight following a seven-game winning streak and trail the AL West-leading Astros by two games. They then faced their neighbors from the north in the Los Angeles Dodgers only to be swept by them has well. He’s batting. 327 (55 for 168) against the Angels in 51 games. They have beaten Atlanta three straight days and are a major league-best 12-2 since the All-Star break but remain baseball’s worst team at 41-64. Kendrick leads the Dodgers with 113 hits and 33 multi-hit games.
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Asked whether there were any lingering effects of Kershaw’s sore hip that caused him to make today’s start on eight days of rest, Mattingly said: “He’s gonna tell us whats going on”.
Latos only struck out one in his six innings of work, but that one was Mike Trout in the first inning.
According to ESPN, the only other pair of teammates to have scoreless innings streaks of 35 innings or more in the same season were the 1908 Chicago Cubs, with the infamous Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown and Ed Reulbach.
“Clayton’s tough”, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.
Kershaw outdueled the youngster and extended his scoreless streak to 37 consecutive innings. So it didn’t even matter whether the game plan was good or not. It was the sixth time this season the Blue Jays have hit consecutive home runs. Dropping the Saturday matinee 3-1. Angels LHP C.J. Wilson said the results of an MRI on his pitching elbow showed bone spurs on “all four sides of my elbow”.
Jung Ho Kang homered for Pittsburgh, which dropped to 3-9 against the Reds this season. He cited its addition of depth at the trade deadline. The Angels have yet to announce how they will be setting up their rotation moving forward, so another start is not a given for the 27-year-old.
Scott Van Slyke knocked in the game’s first run in the sixth inning with a sac fly to the warning track in left field that scored Kendrick. Making it a full staff day for the club.
Trout was 0 for 3 against Kershaw, who extended his scoreless streak to 37 innings with eight innings of two-hit ball and led the Dodgers to a 3-1 victory over the Angels.
Ethier regained the lead in the bottom half with a towering drive to center field on a 3-1 pitch from Joe Smith – the first home run allowed by the right-hander in 43 innings this season. Catcher Chris Iannetta drove him in with a two-out double to tie the game. Ethier’s home runs were Nos. Should Greinke and Kershaw keep up their dominance the duo could easily finished 1-2 in the Cy Young voting and terrorize opponents this fall in the playoffs. Driving the offering to right field on a rope and over the wall for a walk-off homerun and sending the Dodgers’ and their fans home happy and completing the 3-game sweep of the Angels’.
Saturday marked the first-ever regular season showdown between both leagues’ reigning MVP’s, and you could feel it in the air at Dodger Stadium as the sellout crowd hung on with every pitch. Overall Latos has gone 4-7 with a 4.48 ERA in 16 outings with a 1.25 WHIP as he has battled some injuries this season. Jansen earned his 19th save, allowing one run, but struck out Trout in a rematch of last night, when the Halos slugger homered to center off the closer.
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The Angels had won 17 of 20 before their current skid. I believe so. If the team is going to slump, it is better to slump now and turn it around with 2 months left to play. 500 (60-45) and 2 1/2 games ahead of the San Francisco Giants in the National League West.
