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Given some of his comments about how he picks his lineups, I think this is almost actually true.

Martin Perez on the mound for the Pirates.

My first in-person game was July 6, 1986, Expos @ Braves. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL198607060.shtml I was 11. I went with some people from my church after services ended that day. We got there a little late. Two things made that game memorable: 1) Andres Galarraga got hit in the head by Jeff Dedmon. The sound of the ball hitting his batting helmet was so loud we could hear it in the upper deck. I thought he was dead. Lol. 2) Bob Horner hit 4 HR in the game, but we left before his last AB. I wanted to stick around, but the people who took me to the game wanted to get home.

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.

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.

Good to see O'Hoppe with four hits tonight! He'd been having a tough time recently, so hopefully this can get him back on track.

Angels have 7 runs and 13 hits, but Drury is gonna Drury: 1 for 5 with 2 K.

No.

Lol, Pillar again.

Denzer Guzman hit a HR in his first AB at Rocket City. Meanwhile, Kochanowicz is struggling yet again. Still early in the game, so maybe he'll settle down.

Really nice outing for Sandoval so far. No walks, five Ks. 47 of 69 pitches for strikes. More of that, please.

Call me a Debbie Downer if you want to, but it's hard for me to get very excited about Kevin Pillar hitting a three-run HR.

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

Inland Empire already lost today. Not sure why they played an afternoon game on a Tuesday. They're now 8-19. Ugly. DiChiara hit a HR and now has a .944 OPS since he got sent down. Still has 15 K in 33 AB at IE, though.

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

At this point, the "young guys" who are on the major league roster are getting a ton of playing time. That wasn't necessarily the case early in the season, but with Hicks getting the boot and all the injuries, Adell, Moniak, etc are getting plenty of playing time. In fact, if the Angels actually had any minor league depth, there would be plenty of playing time for MORE young guys--but the simple fact of the matter is that they don't, which is why you see randos like Calhoun, Tucker, Pillar, etc.

Sandoval is starting at 2B tomorrow if Rengifo still has skin issues.

Tucker booted McCutchen's grounder. This is his 3rd game starting at third base this year. He'd never played there in the majors before this--and had only played there in three games in the minors.

A rain delay of 20 minutes, even though it's not raining and the tarp isn't on. Makes perfect sense.

Rain delay. First pitch estimated at 4pm Pacific.

"Luis Rengifo was out of the lineup for the fourth straight game, and he isn’t expected to play on Wednesday either. Washington said a skin irritation that resulted from his illness is making it difficult for Rengifo to be on his feet for too long. He could pinch-hit though." Wtf. Very strange.