Halos Heaven Jun 14, 2019
WeekEnd HaloLinks: Shohei Ohtani Cycles Past Rays
Halos take opener as Shohei Ohtani flashes offensive prowess. Shohei Ohtani became the first Japanese-born player to ever hit for The Cycle in an MLB game. His offense, combined with a 2-run blast by Albert Pujols (giving Pujols more than 200 HR’s with 2 different teams, the 6th MLB player to ever do that), powered the Angels to a 5-3 victory in The Opening game between two teams heavily committed to using The Opener, neither of which actually did. Tyler Skaggs out-dueled Ryan Yarbrough (recently converted to a Starter), and the LAA bullpen of Noe Ramirez, Justin Anderson, and Cam...
Halos Heaven May 25, 2019
Griffin Canning pitched well, Angels defense didn’t cooperate
Buttercup the song is gone, Buttercup the reality is not Angels 3 Rangers 4 Griffin Canning showed once again that is ready for the Big Leagues. It may have taken him 95 pitches to get through 5 innings, but Canning allowed only 3 hits and 1 run (a 1st inning leadoff homer) and he struck out 5. The Angels offense backed him - sort of. Putting up 3 runs in the 2nd thanks to Jonathan Lucroy and Brian Goodwin homers but it was sadly all they could muster. It would have been enough too, if not for (see below)... Justin Anderson relieved Canning and looked pretty shaky. He threw 27 pitches to...
