In a battle of the worsts of the Wests, the Los Angeles Angels will host the Colorado Rockies in the first showdown of a three-game series tonight.
The Angels (23-37) are currently in last place in the AL West, eight games back of the AL West-leading Mariners. The Rockies (22-38) are in the NL West basement, 10 games back of the division-leading Dodgers.
Both teams have struggled on the mound this season with the Rockies ranked last in MLB with a 5.39 ERA and the Angels at No. 28 with a 4.72 ERA entering
Monday’s action. Colorado has struggled the most with starting pitching as they remain at No. 30 in MLB with a 5.83 ERA, while the Angels are worse out of the bullpen with a 5.08 ERA, which ranks No. 28.
The Rockies have gone 3-7 in their last 10 games as part of a brutal May where they went 8-20. The Rockies lost their first eight series in the month before edging the Giants 2-1 to close out May at Coors Field. The Angels have won six of their last 10, winning three series in a row over the Rangers, Tigers and Rays.
Kyle Freeland (1-6, 8.08 ERA) will be making his 10th start of the season on Monday night at Angel Stadium. May was no kinder to Freeland than it was the rest of the Rockies as he went 0-4 with a 12.46 ERA in five starts. The worst of those was the most recent when the lefty got shelled for eight runs on nine hits with four strikeouts and no walks in four innings in a 15-6 loss to the Dodgers in L.A. on May 26.
There’s reason to believe this trip to L.A. will go better. Freeland is 3-0 with a 2.40 ERA in five career starts against the Angels.
José Soriano (6-4, 2.65 ERA) will get the start for L.A. and has been the team’s best starter this season. In 71 innings, the 27-year-old RHP has registered 78 strikeouts, walking 31 in 12 starts. Soriano has only faced the Rockies once in his four-year MLB career, holding the Rockies scoreless in two innings in a 4-3 Rockies win in 2023 at Coors Field.
The series marks a short road trip for the Rockies, who will return to Coors Field on June 5 for a six-game home stand against the Brewers and Cubs.
Earlier on Monday, the Rockies made a handful of roster moves, calling up RHP reliever TJ Shook from Triple-A Albuquerque while sending struggling reliever Zach Agnos down to the Isotopes. Read more about the roster updates here.
First Pitch: 7:38 p.m. MDT
TV: Rockies.TV
Radio: 850 AM/94.1 FM KOA Rockies Radio Network; KNRV 1150 AM (Spanish)
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