Gameday Thread (4/3/24 10am Pacific): Angels @ Marlins: Sandoval on the mound, Rengifo leading off, Adell in CF

[HeavenlyHalos]

1 minute ago, ScottM said:

It's good to see Trout have a great start to the year. 

Sure is. Surprisingly, that was only his second walk of the season. I thought most teams would pitch around him this season without Ohtani around.

[Blarg]

1 minute ago, bruin5 said:

I thought Drury made a base running mistake on Sano’s hit off the center field wall. In the replays, he’s halfway to second when the ball hits. With that deep of a centerfield, he should have been pretty much on second base and scored. 

The center fielder almost caught the ball at the wall. He played that perfectly to get to third without getting caught in a double play or thrown out at the plate. You can't assume the center fielder is going to smash his brains in against the wall to take the extra 90 feet.

[bruin5]

2 minutes ago, Blarg said:

The center fielder almost caught the ball at the wall. He played that perfectly to get to third without getting caught in a double play or thrown out at the plate. You can't assume the center fielder is going to smash his brains in against the wall to take the extra 90 feet.

The CF was tracking back quickly. I thought it was actually going to be a HR the way he played it. Assuming he makes the catch, even if it’s just short of the wall, I don’t see how he Drury doesn’t make it easily back to first.

Only going halfway is very conservative given the ballpark dimensions.  

[Duren, Duren]

Too bad he didn't finish the inning, but nice to see Sandoval leave on a positive note. 93 pitches strong, but maybe getting tired. 

[PattyD22]

Cisneros.  Holy shit.  I love this guy.

Filthy fastball and doesn’t f*ck around.

Edited April 3 by PattyD22

[eligrba4ever]

That's a relief!!!! 3 strikes and yer out!!!

[HeavenlyHalos]

Cisnero gets out of it on three pitches! Sandoval final line 5 2/3, 2 ER, 4H, 2BB, 7Ks. Pretty solid bounce back game for him. Cisnero got rocked in the opener but has pitched well since then.

[Blarg]

10 minutes ago, bruin5 said:

The CF was tracking back quickly. I thought it was actually going to be a HR the way he played it. Assuming he makes the catch, even if it’s just short of the wall, I don’t see how he Drury doesn’t make it easily back to first.

Only going halfway is very conservative given the ballpark dimensions.  

I don't see how you play that more aggressive. If Chisholm plays it off the wall Drury is only getting to third, he doesn't have Trout speed. If Chisholm catches it and Drury is half way to 3rd he will be out on a double play. Only counting on Chisholm to misplaying the ball and injure himself gets Drury home from 1st.

[HeavenlyHalos]

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

I don't see how you play that more aggressive. If Chisholm plays it off the wall Drury is only getting to third, he doesn't have Trout speed. If Chisholm catches it and Drury is half way to 3rd he will be out on a double play. Only counting on Chisholm to misplaying the ball and injure himself gets Drury home from 3rd.

Agreed, Jazz frankly should have caught it too.

[eligrba4ever]

A double-double day for Sano. He turned an inside pitch and dropped it out on the track.

[T.G.]

Let's go Jo!

[HeavenlyHalos]

Surprised that they are going to turn to Soriano in a 4 run game

[T.G.]

Nice AB by Adell.

[HeavenlyHalos]

Adell has another very good at bat. He needs to start 5 times a week.

[Blarg]

Jo Adell doesn't look anything like his previous years when he was up. 

[Duren, Duren]

Neto power! 

[CaliAngel]

There we go Neto!

[Blarg]

Neto kills it. 

[HeavenlyHalos]

Neto crushes one and the Angels have their best offensive game of the season.

[T.G.]

Neto's swagger is definitely back...

Two run scoring double!

[HeavenlyHalos]

1 minute ago, Blarg said:

Jo Adell doesn't look anything like his previous years when he was up. 

His approach is so much better. It's like an entirely different player from what we've seen.

[CaliAngel]

Not to nitpick but how the HELL did Adell not score on that?

[eligrba4ever]

Neto loves that park. He may eventually go there when free-agency hits a few seasons from now.

[Blarg]

On base streak is dead. 

[T.G.]

Schanuel with a Sac. Fly...

9-2 Angels.