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OC Register: Angels allow four homers as pitching issues sink them in sweep against Dodgers


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ANAHEIM — The Angels endured the worst day of a disappointing start to the season on a sweltering Sunday afternoon.

The Angels gave up four homers and lost 8-3 to the Dodgers, getting swept in the first half of the annual Freeway Series and sinking even deeper from playoff contention in this shortened season.

After losing four in a row and seven of nine, the Angels are 7-15 with more than one-third of the 60-game season complete.

Even with a new playoff format that will include eight teams per league, the Angels are digging a challenging hole.

The top two teams from each division will comprise six of the playoff spots, and the Angels are 4-1/2 games behind the second-place Houston Astros in the American League West.

Two other teams with the best records will also qualify. The Angels are four games behind the Texas Rangers and Chicago White Sox, who are currently at .500 and tied for the No. 8 spot.

With 38 games to play, there is certainly time, but they will need to play better than this.

Although there was a stretch early in the season when the hitting was the primary reason for their issues, for the most part it’s been inconsistent pitching.

Julio Teheran took the ball for his third start since the Angels signed him over the winter looking for, at worst, dependable innings.

Teheran came down with the coronavirus in late June, and as a result he missed two of the three weeks of summer camp. The Angels decided to insert him into the rotation after just three innings in an intrasquad game, and it hasn’t worked.

Teheran has allowed 11 earned runs in eight innings, including four more runs on three homers. Teheran got through the first two runs without giving up a run, but in the third he gave up a homer to Keibert Ruiz in his first big league at-bat and then a two-run homer to slumping Max Muncy.

After a walk in the fourth, Teheran was pulled.

Matt Andriese entered and allowed Teheran’s runner to score along with three of his own on a Corey Seager three-run homer.

The only positives on the day for the Angels were Anthony Rendon’s continued hot streak and Jo Adell’s improvement.

Rendon belted a solo homer, his fifth in six games on the homestand.

Adell had two singles that left the bat at 115 mph and 111 mph. He also made an out on a 106 mph groundout and a 101 mph flyout.

Adell was 4 for 13 with four strikeouts in his second week in the big leagues, after going 2 for 15 with nine strikeouts in the first week.

He also memorably made a four-base error a week earlier, but this week he had a nice catch against the fence and on Sunday he picked up his first assist. He threw out Matt Beaty trying to stretch a single into a double, saving a run.

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