Zebby Matthews had a rough start tonight, and the bullpen wasn’t much better, in fact, they were even worse. Combine that with 0 hitting and it’s a recipe for a blowout.
In the 1st, a two-run single by Luis Rengifo and a steal of home made it a 3-0 game. A pair of 2-out singles in the 5th pushed the Angels lead to 5-0. Meanwhile, the Twins couldn’t get anything off of Kyle Hendricks, aside from a couple singles by Byron Buxton.
In the 6th, Chris Taylor hit his 2nd homer of the year, a 3-run shot that
put the Angels up 9-0. In the 7th, another 3-run blast, this time by Yoan Moncada, made it 12-0. All of these runs were scored with 2 outs, by the way. Kyle Hendricks ends up going 7 innings, allowing just 4 hits and a walk, while striking out 6.
Ryan Fitzgerald came in to pitch in the 8th, gave up two hits, but got a scoreless inning. Then, he hit a 2-run homer in the top of the 9th. Sadly, no 10-run rally ensued, giving us our final score of 12-2. At least something fun happened.
Studs:
Ryan Fitzgerald: 1 IP, 2 H, 0 R. 1-1, HR, 2 RBI
Byron Buxton: 2-3, SB
Austin Martin: 2-3, R
Duds:
Zebby Matthews: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Trevor Larnach: 0-3, 2K
Royce Lewis: 0-4, error
