If Sunday's Mother's Day matinee in Angel Stadium had been a movie, Siskel and Ebert would have given the Angels two thumbs down, one for their sputtering offense in a 3-1 loss to Tampa Bay and the other for a left-thumb injury that will probably send shortstop Andrelton Simmons to the disabled list.
Yes, the hits keep coming for the Angels — who have lost seven of nine to fall to 13-18 — but not in the batter's box.
They already have four starting pitchers — Garrett Richards, Andrew Heaney, C.J. Wilson and Tyler Skaggs — and a closer, Huston Street, on the DL, and Simmons could join them after injuring his thumb while making a backhand diving stop of Evan Longoria's third-inning grounder.