As the losing streak dips to six games (longest of 2021), truthfully there is nowhere to go but up from here. The Angels bats showed a glimmer of hope tonight, but it was the bullpen who could not hold the fort and missed opportunities plagued the Halos offense. With tonight’s 9-5 loss in 12 innings, the Angels drop to 72-80 overall in 2021 and 24-42 in games within the AL West division.
After yielding a first inning two-run home run to Yordan Alvarez, starting pitcher Janson Junk found his groove retiring 10 consecutive batters. By utilizing his four main pitches (4-Seam Fastball, Curveball, Slider and Changeup), the outs recorded were a mix of five fly outs, four ground outs and one strikeout.