ANAHEIM — In hopes of being in a golden state after a long stay in California, the promising stretch has opened more bust than boom for the Angels.
If a sunny disposition was what the Angels were looking for while on familiar turf, the just-completed weekend was instead dreary with clouds, light rain and soggy developments on the field.
With the relaxed travel situation, manager Ron Washington hoped his club would start “grinding.” He was looking forward to “playing the game we know we can play.” The wait continues.
A run of 26 consecutive games in California opened Thursday and following Sunday’s 13-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers, the Angels have won just once in four tries. Overall, they have dropped eight of their last nine and 10 of 12.
Traction will have to come in upcoming matchups against the Toronto Blue Jays and Baltimore Orioles to complete a 10-game homestand
The Angels failed to build off a 5-2 victory Saturday when they trailed 5-0 after three innings and 8-0 through six of the series finale.
If an 11-0 deficit in the seventh inning wasn’t bad enough, the mood was further darkened three pitches after a Trey Sweeney home run when Detroit’s Tomas Nido bounced a chopper off the area in front of home plate. Angels pitcher Jose Fermin couldn’t reach the ball over his head, was late to cover the bag at first then failed to catch the toss from Nolan Schanuel near the bag. The play was ruled a single.
Angels pitchers gave up 16 hits and three home runs, while their own offense banged out just five hits in a continuation of an early-season theme.
Zach Neto did manage to extend his hitting streak to a career-best 10 games and brought home the Angels’ first run of the day in the seventh with a ground-rule double. Neto and Tim Anderson combined for four of the five hits. Otherwise, progress was hard to detect, unless Taylor Ward ending an 0-for-27 drought with a fourth-inning double counts.
Angels right-hander Jack Kochanowicz (1-5) managed to last five innings, which was a feat to itself after giving up five runs in the first three innings. He allowed seven hits with two walks to go along with his five runs and gave up a three-run home run in the third inning to Colt Keith.
In his first outing since he was recalled Saturday, right-hander Michael Darrell-Hicks gave up a three-run home run to Kerry Carpenter in the sixth. Fermin gave up the third three-run homer of the day when Sweeney took him deep.
Neto finally got the Angels on the scoreboard on a drive into the right-field corner that initially appeared as if it had a chance to clear the low wall near the foul pole. But like everything else on the day, the drive fell short and bounced into the stands instead.
In his Angels debut, right-hander Touki Toussaint pitched a perfect eighth inning before giving up two runs in the ninth. It meant all four Angels pitchers gave up multiple runs.
After the homestand ends in a week, the Angels head out for road games against the Padres and Dodgers, while traveling the scenic coastline. Then they get on their only plane ride in nearly a month when they travel an hour north to face the Athletics in Sacramento.
A homestand on their return has the Miami Marlins and New York Yankees in town.
There remains time in the stretch for the Angels to find some “California Love.” As of now, it will remain “California Dreamin’.”
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