Palms Waste Early Lead, Fall in Extras to Angels

 By Vin Castillo, Coca-Cola Palms Park Beat

ANAHEIM — The Miami Palms' west coast woes continued Tuesday night as they dropped their second straight in Anaheim, a 12-inning, 5–4 heartbreaker to the Los Angeles Angels. A bullpen that had been taxed the previous night held on as long as it could, but Jeremy Jeffress gave up the game-winning single to Michael Hermosillo, capping a long and grinding loss.

“We’re running on fumes, man,” manager Scott Hatteberg admitted after the game. “But that’s no excuse. We had our chances.”

The Palms (11–13) got rolling early when Nick Markakis launched a solo homer in the second. Brett Gardner went 3-for-6 with an RBI double in the fifth, and Yairo Muñoz added a two-out RBI single to cap a two-run frame. Miami led 4–1 after five and looked poised to even the series.

But starter Erick Fedde walked four batters and couldn’t escape the fifth, eventually charged with three earned runs. Reliever Braden Shipley gave up a 2 run homer to Mike Trout, tying the game at four.

From there, both bullpens locked in. Wandy Peralta, Cody Allen, and Adam Conley combined for six scoreless innings, stranding runners and escaping jams — including stranding a potential game winning run at 2nd in the 9th.

“I thought the guys in the pen were nails,” said catcher Matt Wieters. “They gave us every chance to win that ballgame.”

Unfortunately, Miami's offense went flat. After the sixth inning, they managed just four baserunners. The Palms left 11 men on base, including runners in scoring position in the eleventh and twelfth.

In the bottom of the 12th, Jeffress got into trouble quickly, allowing a single and a walk before Hermosillo laced a line drive into left to end the night.

NOTES:

  • Encarnación continued his quiet hot streak with three hits, including a double.

  • Markakis’s homer was his second of the season.

  • The Palms are now 0–2 in extra innings and have dropped 3 of their last 4.

  • Hatteberg indicated the bullpen may get a fresh arm before Wednesday’s game.

The Palms will try to bounce back in Game 3 of this four-game set, with Blake Johnston scheduled to start.

 Los Angeles Angels 5, Miami Palms 4

 Tuesday, April 21, 2020

 

 

 Miami Palms (11-13)                                      Los Angeles Angels (2-0)                                

 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      6  1  3  1  0  0  7  0  0  1   .308      Simmons ss      4  1  1  0  2  0  0  2  0  1   .375

 Holt rf         6  0  0  0  0  1  4  0  0  5   .250      Rendon 3b       5  1  2  0  1  0  2  0  0  1   .333

 Gonzalez 2b     6  0  1  1  0  1  3  2  0  0   .303      Trout cf        4  1  1  2  2  2  7  0  0  0   .375

 Korb 3b         5  0  0  0  1  0  3  1  0  1   .303      Upton dh        6  0  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  2   .333

 Encarnacion dh  6  1  3  0  0  2  0  0  0  2   .258      Goodwin rf      6  0  2  1  0  2  4  0  0  2   .333

 Wieters c       6  0  1  0  0  2  9  0  0  2   .297      Castro c        6  1  1  0  0  1  9  0  0  3   .167

 Markakis lf     5  1  1  1  0  1  1  0  0  0   .264      Fletcher 2b     4  0  1  0  2  1  1  2  0  0   .250

 Munoz ss        5  1  3  1  0  0  0  3  0  0   .319      Pujols 1b       6  0  0  0  0  0  6  1  0  3   .000

 Garcia 1b       5  0  2  0  0  0  5  1  0  0   .368      Hermosillo lf   6  1  2  2  0  1  6  0  0  0   .333

 

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

 Totals          50 4  14 4  1  7  35 7  0  11            Totals          47 5  12 5  7  7  36 5  0  12 

 

 

                            1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10 11 12     R  H  E

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

 Miami Palms                0  1  0  0  2  1  0  0  0  0  0  0      4  14 0  

 Los Angeles Angels         1  0  0  0  3  0  0  0  0  0  0  1      5  12 0  

 

 

 

 LOB- Miami Palms 11, Los Angeles Angels 12; 2B- Encarnacion(4), Garcia(2), Gardner(8),

 Upton(2), Goodwin(1); HR- Markakis(2), Trout(2), Hermosillo(1); RBI- Gonzalez(14),

 Gardner(9), Munoz(6), Markakis(7), Trout 2(5), Goodwin(1), Hermosillo 2(2); RLSP- Encarnacion,

 Wieters, Holt 3, Upton, Pujols 2, Goodwin, Castro 3;  

 

  

  

 

 

 Miami Palms                   IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Fedde                         4.1  3  3  3  4  1    8.24  

 Shipley                       0.2  3  1  1  1  0   11.70 

 Conley                        2.0  2  0  0  0  4    3.52  

 Peralta                       2.0  1  0  0  1  1    5.25  

 Allen                         2.0  1  0  0  0  1    5.23  

 Jeffress(L 0-1)               0.2  2  1  1  1  0    2.84  

 

 Los Angeles Angels            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA

 Sandoval                      6.0  10 4  4  1  4    6.00  

 Vizcaino                      3.0  0  0  0  0  1    0.00  

 Shackelford                   2.0  3  0  0  0  1    0.00  

 Milner(W 1-0)                 1.0  1  0  0  0  1    0.00  

 

 Inherited runners-scored- Shipley; Pitches-strikes- Fedde 68-39, Shipley 20-10,

 Conley 29-20, Peralta 32-16, Allen 22-17, Jeffress 14-7, Sandoval 80-51, Vizcaino 20-15,

 Shackelford 25-15, Milner 11-8; Batters faced- Fedde 20, Shipley 6, Conley 8, Peralta 8,

 Allen 7, Jeffress 5, Sandoval 29, Vizcaino 9, Shackelford 9, Milner 4; 


 Temp - 68, Sky - Clear, Wind - Calm 

 

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