Gameday Thread (5/7/24 3:40pm Pacific): Angels @ Pirates: Sandoval on the mound, no Ward or Rengifo

[Angels 1961]

Any word on Pillar bobblehead night?

[No Roles]

let's keep the HALO lit !

[JAHV76]

LTBU! Nice pitching by Sandoval, Pillar surprisingly great offensive game with six rbis and the defense looked better than previous games. 

[eligrba4ever]

LIGHT IT UP!!!!

G'NIGHT, PIRATES!!

DO AGAIN LIKE YOU DID TONIGHT, PATRICK!!!!

Chance for a series win Wednesday!!!! 

Game is for the early birds: 9:35 A.M.

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, Angels 1961 said:

Any word on Pillar bobblehead night?

[SoCalDucksFan]

Is there a secret to signing up for Mountain Mike's Rewards through the App?  I enter my e-mail address, and it takes me back to the main screen, where I'm unable to do anything.

[Stradling]

6 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Baseball Savant has live box scores that can show this.  Here's the Angels/Pirates one:

https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/gamefeed?date=5/7/2024&gamePk=745508&chartType=pitch&legendType=pitchName&playerType=pitcher&inning=&count=&pitchHand=&batSide=&descFilter=&ptFilter=&resultFilter=&hf=playerBreakdown&sportId=1#745508

EDIT: To give some more detail:

- The live box scores are at the top of the BS home page: https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/

- Click on the game you want and if you want to see the pitch breakdown, click on the blue "Player Breakdown" tab in the middle of the page, on the line that starts with a blue "Scoreboard" tab.

According to that he only threw 3 fastballs tonight. I can remember all 3, he threw 2 to McCutchen in one at bat and his last pitch was 97.2. I find it hard to believe he only threw 3 fastballs. 

[Blarg]

[jsnpritchett]

Just now, Stradling said:

According to that he only threw 3 fastballs tonight. I can remember all 3, he threw 2 to McCutchen in one at bat and his last pitch was 97.2. I find it hard to believe he only threw 3 fastballs. 

Gubie commented on his low fastball usage fairly late in the game and said he only had thrown two at that point.  I don't know if he's looking at the StatCast/Baseball Savant stuff or just tracking it on his own, but just thought I'd note that.

[DMVol]

10 minutes ago, Angels 1961 said:

Any word on Pillar bobblehead night?

If he keeps it up, he’ll be a trade chip in July….

[Stradling]

3 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Gubie commented on his low fastball usage fairly late in the game and said he only had thrown two at that point.  I don't know if he's looking at the StatCast/Baseball Savant stuff or just tracking it on his own, but just thought I'd note that.

Yea I looked back at the at bat against Cutch and they didn’t seem to call them fastballs, they called two pitches that were 95.6 and 95.8 mph sinkers. 

[ArkyAngelsFan]

1 hour ago, tdawg87 said:

Not sure what Magic Johnson has to do with Rengifo. What am I missing here??

 

~ArkyAngelsFan~

[SoCalDucksFan]

So much for getting a free pizza.  I contacted Mountain Mike's and they're "migrating" the app, so it's not possible to sign up for an account, or use the app.  Figures.

[Chuck]

[Slegnaac]

Pillar sits tomorrow. 

 

 

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Edited May 8 by Slegnaac

[Billy_Ball]

Calhoun should bat leadoff

[Chuck]

3 minutes ago, Billy_Ball said:

Calhoun should bat leadoff

Nah man, don't' break what's not broken.

[AngelsLakersFan]

1 hour ago, ArkyAngelsFan said:

Not sure what Magic Johnson has to do with Rengifo. What am I missing here??

 

~ArkyAngelsFan~

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[Taylor]

[The Ghost of Bob Starr]

Nice to see Sandoval win and the halos score some runs. 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

8 hours ago, Angels 1961 said:

Bet this game under

good call

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

5 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

Sandoval is gonna need a shutout tonight to have a shot.

good call

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

5 hours ago, jsnpritchett said:

So one official error for Tucker, and two other plays that he probably should have made. 

Did he even make 1 play at 3B?

[drpiranha]

What the hell do I know. I decided not to watch today's game because Sandoval was pitching and Pillar was in  the lineup over Ward.

[Duren, Duren]

After two exciting overtime NHL playoff games it was a nice casual nightcap seeing an Angel blowout win. 

Funny with the Pirate announcers interjecting constantly on balls in play. Yelling "go foul" on Pillar's first homer and muttering with resignation as the game progressed. 

The hot corner sure was that for both teams. Embarrassingly so. And hardly up to major league standards.

But bad defense is to be expected in a battle of bottom dwellers. 

Sandoval pitched one of his best games. Hope it propels him to more success. 

I guess Pillar will be a regular starter now. He certainly earned it with a career game. And Calhoun continues to scald the ball and have good at bats. 

A very good chance to finally win a series and give Soriano more confidence.