It looked like a perfect confluence of events. Felix Hernandez, who hadn’t won since before the All Star Break in 2018. Mike Trout, who owns him. Chris Stratton, the pitcher who has a lot of the “spin rate” about which we’ve heard so much. The faint hopes we had quickly unraveled.
Hernandez hit Trout on the hand in the first, and Trout was visibly in pain. He stayed in the game, but expect some tests tonight to see if he will miss time or not. Classically, the Angels couldn’t cash in.