Angels End Homestand With A Disappointing 8-2 Loss To Braves In Rough Detmers Start
Starter Reid Detmers had a rough go as the Los Angeles Angels ended their homestand with an 8-2 loss to Atlanta.
The Los Angeles Angels ended their homestead with a dull thud as they dropped the rubber game of their three-game set with a disappointing 7-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves. This started out as a tight game, with the Braves scoring single runs in the first two innings and the Angels coming back to tie the game with a pair. The Braves runs were driven in on a sacrifice fly by Ozzie Albies, with the second coming on a ground-rule double from catcher Jonah Heim.
The Angels countered with yet another home run from DH Jorge Soler, this one a bomb to center, and Logan O’Hoppe got an RBI when Atlanta starter Grant Holmes walked in the tying run after loading the bases. Things went downhill fast from there for the Halos, though, and those two runs represented their production for the evening. Starter Reid Detmers couldn’t duplicate anything from his last stellar outing, as he got hit hard and ended up lasting just 4-1/3 innings.
Matt Olson broke the 2-2 tie with a two-run home run in the third that also plated Drake Baldwin, and a key throwing error by shortstop Zach Neto resulted in another run. Mauricio Dubon drove in two more with an RBI double to extend the Braves lead to 7-2, and Baldwin drove in the final run with an RBI single. Detmers was charged with six runs, five of them earned, and he struck out four and walked two while giving up five hits.
Ryan Zeferjahn also struggled out of the ‘pen behind Detmers, giving up the last two runs in 1-2/3 of relief work. The Angels offense went dormant against Atlanta starter Grant Holmes after the Soler home run, with the only bright spot being a three-hit day from DH Jo Adell as he took a day off from robbing opponents of home runs in the outfield. The loss was a disappointing finish to a roller-coaster homestand that featured plenty of highs and lows.