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Anaheim, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels have been struggling to win baseball games of late. But, with a helpful nudge from the Tigers, they were able to salvage the series finale at Angels Stadium, 3-2.
After the Tigers seemed to be humming on all cylinders Saturday night, things just seemed a little off in the hot, California sun Sunday.
Tigers starter Casey Mize, who left the game in the fourth inning after taking a ground ball off his left wrist, and then reliever Drew Anderson both had a hard time throwing strikes.
In a 1-1 game in the bottom of the fifth, Anderson walked the first two hitters and gave up a single to Nolan Schanuel to load the bases.
Amazingly, the Angeles squeezed only one run out of that opportunity, on a ground out by Jorge Soler. Right-hander Brenan Hanifee, after Anderson walked the bases loaded with two outs, got Jo Adell to tap out to third base.
Colt Keith made a strong play coming in hard on the ball and throwing quickly to first.
BOX SCORE: Angels 3, Tigers 2
The Angels scored a third run in the sixth off Hanifee on an RBI single by Zach Neto.
It wasn’t much, but it was all they needed.
After scoring seven runs Saturday night, the Tigers managed two productive swings. One was the first swing of the game.
Rookie Kevin McGonigle led off the game with his ninth home run, a 402-foot, opposite-field blast off Angels starter Ryan Johnson.
Johnson didn’t allow another hit until James Outman squibbed an infield hit with two out in the fifth. Jake Rogers and McGonigle walked. But Johnson, at 91 pitches and facing his last hitter, struck out Dillon Dingler to end the inning.
The second productive swing came in the ninth. Riley Greene launched his 14th home run, a towering 390-foot drive into the seats in right-center.
Mize’s day started laboriously and ended painfully.
He struggled to hone his command and the Angels were able to drive up his pitch count. Mize needed 49 pitches to get through two innings.
He’d allowed a run in the second on a leadoff double by Vaughn Grissom and a two-out infield single by Oswald Peraza. The inning ended after he struck out Neto, but it took him 10 pitches to do it.
After another long inning in the third, where he stranded two runners striking out Grissom and Josh Lowe, Mize was at 72 pitches.
On his second pitch in the fourth, Adell shot a ball up the middle. The ball left his bat at 108.8 mph and Mize corralled it in his midsection. After he made the play at first, he started to shake out his left hand.
Assistant trainer Kelly Rhoades came out but the examination didn’t take long. Mize almost immediately started walking back to the dugout. Outing over.
There was no immediate word on the exact nature or severity of the injury.
This story will be updated.
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This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Casey Mize struggles, exits early as Tigers drop finale against Angels
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After the Tigers seemed to be humming on all cylinders Saturday night, things just seemed a little off in the hot, California sun Sunday.
Tigers starter Casey Mize, who left the game in the fourth inning after taking a ground ball off his left wrist, and then reliever Drew Anderson both had a hard time throwing strikes.
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In a 1-1 game in the bottom of the fifth, Anderson walked the first two hitters and gave up a single to Nolan Schanuel to load the bases.
Amazingly, the Angeles squeezed only one run out of that opportunity, on a ground out by Jorge Soler. Right-hander Brenan Hanifee, after Anderson walked the bases loaded with two outs, got Jo Adell to tap out to third base.
Colt Keith made a strong play coming in hard on the ball and throwing quickly to first.
BOX SCORE: Angels 3, Tigers 2
The Angels scored a third run in the sixth off Hanifee on an RBI single by Zach Neto.
It wasn’t much, but it was all they needed.
After scoring seven runs Saturday night, the Tigers managed two productive swings. One was the first swing of the game.
Rookie Kevin McGonigle led off the game with his ninth home run, a 402-foot, opposite-field blast off Angels starter Ryan Johnson.
Johnson didn’t allow another hit until James Outman squibbed an infield hit with two out in the fifth. Jake Rogers and McGonigle walked. But Johnson, at 91 pitches and facing his last hitter, struck out Dillon Dingler to end the inning.
The second productive swing came in the ninth. Riley Greene launched his 14th home run, a towering 390-foot drive into the seats in right-center.
Mize’s day started laboriously and ended painfully.
He struggled to hone his command and the Angels were able to drive up his pitch count. Mize needed 49 pitches to get through two innings.
He’d allowed a run in the second on a leadoff double by Vaughn Grissom and a two-out infield single by Oswald Peraza. The inning ended after he struck out Neto, but it took him 10 pitches to do it.
After another long inning in the third, where he stranded two runners striking out Grissom and Josh Lowe, Mize was at 72 pitches.
On his second pitch in the fourth, Adell shot a ball up the middle. The ball left his bat at 108.8 mph and Mize corralled it in his midsection. After he made the play at first, he started to shake out his left hand.
Assistant trainer Kelly Rhoades came out but the examination didn’t take long. Mize almost immediately started walking back to the dugout. Outing over.
There was no immediate word on the exact nature or severity of the injury.
This story will be updated.
[email protected]
@cmccosky
This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Casey Mize struggles, exits early as Tigers drop finale against Angels
Continue reading...
