The story of the game appeared to materialize in the very first inning as the Angels faced off against opener Hector Rondon early on Tuesday evening. In the bottom side of the beginning frame, batter after batter continued to reach base as the Angels eventually batted around and dropped a 6-spot on the fearsome Astros. We will come back to this because more pressing matters took place later on in the game.
Going into the 6th inning, Marisnick had already received quite a bit of hate from the Angels faithful. I don’t normally think much of booing, but it was actually quite nice to see the stands so invested in the game considering the run disparity.