ANAHEIM — A pretty nice offensive week for the Angels came to a quiet end, thanks to George Kirby.
The Angels went down easily, except for a Taylor Ward two-run homer, in a 3-2 loss to Kirby and the Seattle Mariners on Sunday afternoon.
The Angels (30-34) had scored 33 runs in the first five games of the week, winning four of them. They were going for a sweep of the Mariners on Sunday.
Kirby, one of the best young pitchers in the game, brought a misleading 8.56 ERA into the game. He had been out for most of the first two months with a shoulder injury. Kirby returned to form slowly through his first three starts, getting a little better each time.
He was dominant against the Angels.
Kirby struck out eight of the first 11 hitters. He didn’t allow a baserunner until Mike Trout poked a single into right in the fourth. A few pitches later, Ward hit a homer, his 18th of the season.
After that, Kirby retired the next 10 hitters he faced, striking out six more through his seven innings. His 14 strikeouts equaled the most in the majors this season.
The Angels went down in order in the eighth and against Matt Brash, and they wasted a leadoff walk against closer Andrés Muñoz in the ninth. Trout struck out to end the game.
The game was close because Angels starter Tyler Anderson avoided serious damage on a day that he had to work through plenty of traffic.
Anderson needed 95 pitches to grind his way through 4⅔ innings, allowing three runs.
He cost himself a run and a handful of extra pitches with a defensive mistake in the first inning.
After he issued a leadoff walk to J.P. Crawford, Anderson got Julio Rodriguez to hit a comebacker. Anderson’s throw to second was wide. Scott Kingery was able to stretch for the out at second, but he couldn’t convert what should have been a double play. That ended up leading to a run in an inning that took Anderson 29 pitches to complete.
Anderson did well to give up just three runs on a day that he allowed eight hits and walked a batter. The Mariners had 14 at-bats with a runner in scoring position against Anderson.
More to come on this story.
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