Early Thunder, Late Silence, and a Palms Victory

ANAHEIM — The Miami Palms did all their talking early Wednesday night at Angel Stadium, then let the bullpen handle the punctuation. Powered by three home runs and a relentless attack in the first three innings, the Palms tallied a in in their series with the Angels with a 10–5 victory.

Brett Gardner continued to swing the hottest bat in the Miami lineup, going 4-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored, and an RBI. Matt Wieters and Nick Markakis also went deep, part of a 17-hit performance that saw every Palms starter reach base at least once.

“After a couple tough ones here, it felt good to hit them early and force the game on our terms,” said Gardner, whose fourth home run of the season came to lead off the game.

The Palms jumped out to a 7–0 lead after two frames, chasing Angels starter Shohei Ohtani from the game after just two innings. Ohtani surrendered seven runs on six hits and three walks — a far cry from the dominant version Miami feared entering the series.

“He’s got electric stuff,” said Chris Korb, who contributed to RBI, “But he didn’t have his command tonight, and we made him pay.”

Markakis added a solo shot in the third to extend the Palms’ lead to 8–5 after the Angels briefly clawed back with four runs in the second and a solo homer from Jason Castro in the third. 

That’s when the Miami bullpen took over. After Blake Johnston was lifted in the second inning following a rough stretch (7 hits, 4 earned runs), Jeremy Jeffress, Wandy Peralta, Mike Morin, and Braden Shipley combined to throw 7.1 innings of one-run ball, walking just one.

“Wandy gave us a huge three innings,” said manager Scott Hatteberg. “That let us breathe a little and allowed the bats to stay aggressive.”

Peralta’s performance — three perfect innings on just 24 pitches — may go down as the quiet MVP of the night.

Los Angeles threatened again in the ninth, loading up two base runners against Shipley, but the right-hander induced a lazy fly from Mike Trout to seal the game.

The Palms improve to 12–13 and will look to split the four-game set with a win in Thursday’s finale. Blake Johnston’s ERA rose to 2.60 in a shaky outing, while Jeffress earned his first win of the season.

Up Next:
Miami sends Brian Kragh to the mound Thursday night against Andrew Heaney as they look to head back to .500.



  Miami Palms 10, Los Angeles Angels 5

 Wednesday, April 22, 2020

 

 

 Miami Palms (12-13)                                      Los Angeles Angels (2-1)                                

 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      

 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      

 Gardner cf      5  2  4  1  0  0  2  0  0  1   .330      Simmons ss      5  1  1  3  0  1  0  0  0  0   .308

 Grant 1b        5  2  1  0  1  0  6  1  0  0   .256      Rendon 3b       5  0  3  0  0  1  0  3  0  0   .429

 Gonzalez 2b     6  1  2  0  0  2  2  2  0  5   .305      Trout cf        5  0  2  0  0  0  3  0  0  0   .385

 Korb 3b         5  1  2  2  0  1  1  1  0  0   .309      Upton dh        5  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  4   .357

 Encarnacion dh  5  1  1  2  0  1  0  0  0  0   .255      Goodwin rf      4  1  1  0  0  1  3  0  0  3   .300

 Sohn rf         4  0  1  2  1  1  4  0  0  0   .277      Castro c        4  2  2  1  0  0  8  0  0  0   .300

 Wieters c       5  1  3  2  0  0  5  0  0  3   .316      Fletcher 2b     4  0  0  0  0  1  2  1  0  1   .167

 Munoz ss        5  0  1  0  0  2  1  0  0  2   .311      Pujols 1b       3  1  0  0  1  0  7  0  0  0   .000

 Markakis lf     4  2  2  1  1  0  5  0  0  0   .275      Hermosillo lf   3  0  0  1  1  0  4  0  0  0   .222

 

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---            

 Totals          44 10 17 10 3  7  27 5  0  11            Totals          38 5  11 5  2  4  27 7  0  8  

 

 

                            1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10     R  H  E

                            -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -

 Miami Palms                3  4  1  0  0  1  0  0  1         10 17 0  

 Los Angeles Angels         0  4  1  0  0  0  0  0  0         5  11 0  

 

 

 

 LOB- Miami Palms 11, Los Angeles Angels 8; 2B- Markakis(5), Grant(4); 3B- Encarnacion(2),

 Gonzalez(1); HR- Wieters(8), Gardner(4), Markakis(3), Simmons(1), Castro(1); RBI- Encarnacion 2(15),

 Wieters 2(14), Gardner(10), Sohn 2(8), Korb 2(17), Markakis(8), Simmons 3(3), Castro(1),

 Hermosillo(3); RLSP- Gonzalez 5, Wieters, Gardner, Munoz, Upton 3, Goodwin 2;  

 

  

  

 

 

 Miami Palms                   IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Johnston                      1.2  7  4  4  1  0    2.60  

 Jeffress(W 1-1)               1.1  1  1  1  0  1    3.21  

 Peralta(H,1)                  3.0  0  0  0  0  0    4.20  

 Morin                         2.0  1  0  0  0  3    6.00  

 Shipley                       1.0  2  0  0  1  0   10.64 

 

 Los Angeles Angels            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Ohtani(L 0-1)                 2.0  6  7  7  3  1   31.50 

 Milner                        1.0  2  1  1  0  1    4.50  

 Robles                        2.0  1  0  0  0  1    0.00  

 Buttrey                       1.0  3  1  1  0  1    9.00  

 Bedrosian                     2.0  2  0  0  0  2    0.00  

 Ramirez                       1.0  3  1  1  0  1    9.00  

 

 Inherited runners-scored- Jeffress 3-0; Pitches-strikes- Johnston 40-25, Jeffress 13-7,

 Peralta 24-16, Morin 27-17, Shipley 15-10, Ohtani 50-28, Milner 12-8, Robles 19-14,

 Buttrey 15-11, Bedrosian 24-15, Ramirez 20-12; Batters faced- Johnston 13, Jeffress 5,

 Peralta 9, Morin 7, Shipley 6, Ohtani 16, Milner 5, Robles 7, Buttrey 6, Bedrosian 8,

 Ramirez 6; 


 HBP- Gardner(by Ohtani);  

 

  

 Temp - 77, Sky - Clear , Wind - SSW 7MPH 

 

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