Late Homers Sink Palms in Series Opener Against Angels

 By Vin Castillo – Angel Stadium, Anaheim

It was a hard-fought opener in Anaheim, but a three-run blast from Mike Trout in the seventh was the gut punch that sent the Miami Palms to a 5–3 loss Monday night against the Los Angeles Angels.

The Palms jumped ahead early when Jaspero Gonzalez belted a solo homer in the first inning, his sixth of the year, continuing a scorching April for the second baseman. Matt Wieters added a solo shot in the seventh, and Chris Korb drove in a run with a single in the eighth, briefly cutting the deficit to one. But the damage had already been done.

“That’s why he’s the best in the game,” Palms manager Scott Hatteberg said of Trout’s decisive home run. “We made one bad pitch to him, and he made us pay.”

Dylan Bundy was tagged with the loss after allowing four earned runs over 6⅓ innings. He struggled with command, walking four, but still managed to strike out five. Braden Shipley was called on in relief and surrendered an insurance run in the eighth.

On the other side, Jacob Barnes cruised through eight innings for the Angels, scattering nine hits but never allowing Miami to string enough together. Hansel Robles retired the side in order in the ninth for the save.

“Honestly, it’s a game we could’ve had,” Wieters said. “We hit two balls out and had nine hits, but credit to Barnes. He didn’t let us build any momentum.”

The Palms fall back below .500 at 11–12 and will look to even the series Tuesday night in Anaheim. Erick Fedde is scheduled to get the ball.

 Los Angeles Angels 5, Miami Palms 3

 Monday, April 20, 2020

 

 

 Miami Palms (11-12)                                      Los Angeles Angels (1-0)                                

 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      4  1  2  0  0  0  1  0  0  1   .296      Simmons ss      4  1  2  0  1  0  2  3  0  2   .500

 Grant 1b        4  0  1  0  0  0  7  0  0  0   .259      Trout cf        4  1  2  3  0  0  6  0  0  0   .500

 Gonzalez 2b     4  1  2  1  0  1  1  2  0  2   .313      Rendon 3b       4  0  1  1  0  1  1  1  0  0   .250

 Korb 3b         4  0  1  1  0  0  3  2  0  0   .321      Ohtani rf       4  0  0  0  0  1  4  0  0  2   .000

 Encarnacion dh  4  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  2   .241      Upton lf        3  1  1  0  1  1  2  0  0  2   .333

 Sohn rf         4  0  0  0  0  0  4  0  0  0   .278      Walsh 1b        4  0  2  1  0  1  5  2  0  0   .500

 Wieters c       4  1  1  1  0  0  5  1  0  0   .309      Fletcher 2b     4  0  1  0  0  0  2  0  0  1   .250

 Munoz ss        4  0  1  0  0  1  1  1  0  0   .297      Pujols dh       4  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0   .000

 Markakis lf     3  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  0   .268      Stassi c        2  2  0  0  2  0  2  0  0  1   .000

 

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

 Totals          35 3  9  3  0  2  24 6  0  5             Totals          33 5  9  5  4  5  27 7  0  8  

 

 

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

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

 Miami Palms                1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  0      3  9  0  

 Los Angeles Angels         0  0  0  0  1  0  3  1         5  9  0  

 

 

 

 LOB- Miami Palms 5, Los Angeles Angels 8; 2B- Munoz(5), Upton(1); HR- Gonzalez(6),

 Wieters(7), Trout(1); RBI- Gonzalez(13), Wieters(12), Korb(15), Trout 3(3), Rendon(1),

 Walsh(1); GIDP- Sohn(1); RLSP- Encarnacion, Gonzalez, Gardner, Simmons, Ohtani,

 Upton;  

 

 DP- Los Angeles Angels 1; 

  

 

 

 Miami Palms                   IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Bundy(L 1-3)                  6.1  6  4  4  4  5    7.33  

 Shipley                       1.2  3  1  1  0  0   11.57 

 

 Los Angeles Angels            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Barnes(W 1-0)                 8.0  9  3  3  0  1    3.38  

 Robles(S,1)                   1.0  0  0  0  0  1    0.00  

 

 Pitches-strikes- Bundy 114-64, Shipley 23-19, Barnes 88-56, Robles 10-6; Batters faced- Bundy 29,

 Shipley 8, Barnes 32, Robles 3; 

  

 Temp - 65, Sky - Mostly Cloudy, Wind - SSW 7MPH 

 

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