Angels' Walbert Urena made himself the unluckiest pitcher of the MLB season already
This is actually a crazy way to lose.
Angels' Walbert Urena made himself the unluckiest pitcher of the MLB season already originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Walbert Urena should've been out of the inning.
One look at the box score tells that story for the Los Angeles Angels ' right-handed relief pitcher. He didn't give up any earned runs on Saturday night against the Houston Astros . The problem?
He gave up six unearned runs. There have been very few outings like this in baseball history. The last was in 2021, with the last by a reliever in 2019, and the last by the Angels in 2018: Walbert Ureña is the first pitcher since Charlie Morton in 2021 to have an outing featuring 6+ runs but 0 *earned* runs in no more than 1 IP.
He's the first relief pitcher to do so since Matt Magill in 2019, and the first Angels pitcher since Jim Johnson in 2018. — nugget chef (@jayhaykid) March 29, 2026 MORE: Giancarlo Stanton approaching Hall of Fame milestone Ironically, there was a bad sign when Urena entered in the middle of the fifth inning and the second batter Urena faced reached on an error. That didn't lead to any runs charged to Urena, but the sixth inning was different.