OC Register: Angels bullpen lets game get away after Shohei Ohtani’s outing shortened by rain

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• DETROIT, MI – MAY 30: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Angels throws a first inning pitch while playing the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on May 30, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

• DETROIT, MI – MAY 30: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Angels throws a second inning pitch while playing the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on May 30, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

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• Detroit Tigers third baseman Jeimer Candelario steps over Los Angeles Angels’ Andrelton Simmons as Simmons is out on a fielder’s choice hit into by Martin Maldonado during the second inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 30, 2018, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

• Los Angeles Angels center fielder Mike Trout catches a fly ball for the out on Detroit Tigers’ Niko Goodrum during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 30, 2018, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

• Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Mike Fiers throws during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Wednesday, May 30, 2018, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

• Detroit Tigers shortstop Dixon Machado (49) and center fielder Leonys Martin can’t come up with a fly ball by Los Angeles Angels’ Martin Maldonado during the second inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 30, 2018, in Detroit. Andrelton Simmons was forced out at third on the play, and Maldonado was safe at first. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

• DETROIT, MI – MAY 30: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Angels waits to throw a first inning pitch while playing the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on May 30, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

• DETROIT, MI – MAY 30: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Angels throws a first inning pitch while playing the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on May 30, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

• DETROIT, MI – MAY 30: Zack Cozart #7 of the Los Angeles Angels smiles at third base while playing the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on May 30, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

• DETROIT, MI – MAY 30: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Angels throws a third inning pitch while playing the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on May 30, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

• DETROIT, MI – MAY 30: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Angels throws a second inning pitch while playing the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on May 30, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

• Los Angeles Angels catcher Martin Maldonado looks towards the dugout during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Wednesday, May 30, 2018, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

• DETROIT, MI – MAY 30: Mike Trout #27 of the Los Angeles Angels celebrates scoring a third inning run with teammates while playing the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on May 30, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

• DETROIT, MI – MAY 30: Shohei Ohtani #17 of the Los Angeles Angels throws a third inning pitch while playing the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on May 30, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

• Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani tags Detroit Tigers’ Jeimer Candelario after Candelario grounded out to the pitcher during the fifth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 30, 2018, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

• Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani puts on his jacket during the second inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Wednesday, May 30, 2018, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

• A Canada goose lands near the pitching mound during the sixth inning of a baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Los Angeles Angels, Wednesday, May 30, 2018, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

• DETROIT, MI – MAY 30: JaCoby Jones #21 of the Detroit Tigers slides under the tag of Martin Maldonado #12 of the Los Angeles Angels to score in the fifth inning at Comerica Park on May 30, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

• DETROIT, MI – MAY 30: JaCoby Jones #21 of the Detroit Tigers slides past the tag of Martin Maldonado #12 of the Los Angeles Angels to score in the fifth inning at Comerica Park on May 30, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

• The Tigers’ JaCoby Jones slides past the tag of Angels catcher Martin Maldonado to score during the fifth inning of Wednesday’s game at Comerica Park in Detroit. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

• DETROIT, MI – MAY 30: Dixon Machado #49 of the Detroit Tigers scores a sixth inning run past Martin Maldonado #12 of the Los Angeles Angels at Comerica Park on May 30, 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

• Rain clouds darken the Detroit skyline during the fourth inning of a baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Los Angeles Angels, Wednesday, May 30, 2018, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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DETROIT — Shohei Ohtani’s strong start was undone by two rain delays and two rough outings by Angels relievers.

After a second rain delay ended Ohtani’s night, relievers Cam Bedrosian and Jim Johnson gave up five runs in the sixth inning of what would become a 6-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday night.

Bedrosian gave up a hit to the first batter he faced, followed by a walk and a hit batter to load the bases. After a strikeout, he gave up a two-run single to José Iglesias, ending his night and putting the Angels behind 3-1.

Johnson entered and gave up two more hits, the deficit growing to 6-1.

It all prompted calls of “Rally Goose,” from the rain-soaked Tigers fans, who had just witnessed an odd spectacle.

A goose had parked itself in right field during the night’s second rain delay. After the grounds crew came to chase it away, the goose took off and flew directly into a scoreboard on the first-base side, plummeting to the lower deck about 10 rows behind the Angels dugout. Some fans and ballpark staff attended to the goose, and the Tigers soon announced that the bird was OK, safely set free outside the ballpark.

As the ballpark was still buzzing from that odd sight, Bedrosian was imploding. Although Bedrosian has struggled to find his consistency ever since coming back from the disabled list last summer, he had allowed just two runs in his previous 8-1/3 innings.

Bedrosian’s disappointing game wasted the five innings from Ohtani.

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Pitching his first game since May 20, after the Angels gave him a few extra days for “workload management,” Ohtani gave up one run on three hits, with five strikeouts. His night ended after a 41-minute rain delay, the second of the night.

Ohtani came out of the gate throwing 92-94 mph in the first inning. He gave up two walks and a hit and a run. After that, he showed that he could increase his velocity to get out of a jam.

He threw a 98 mph fastball to get Victor Martinez on a pop-up, ending the third. In the fifth, after a 23-minute rain delay, Ohtani got into a two-out jam on a walk and a double. He then turned it up again, throwing pitches at 99 mph and 101 mph – his hardest pitch of the season – to get Jeimer Candelario on a bouncer back to the mound.

Unfortunately for the Angels, that was Ohtani’s last pitch of the night.

More to come on this story.

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