Angels bats unable to solve Blue Jays pitching
The Angels struck out 18 times in their 5-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night.
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Runs were easy to come by for the Angels over their recent road trip. Now, not so much.
Since returning from a successful seven-game road trip that saw the Angels average over seven runs a game and putting up eight runs in the first home game back, the Angels have now scored just four runs in their last three games. That includes their 5-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night when the Angels struck out 18 times. Over the last three games, the Angels (11-13) have struck out 39 times while collecting only 14 hits.
“You could just say that’s baseball,” manager Kurt Suzuki said. “You could say we got cold. I really think the pitching that we faced, (Dylan) Cease tonight and then those three guys that came before (Jeff) Hoffman, (Louis) Varland and (Tyler) Rogers and (Braydon) Fisher, you looked up and those guys had ERAs under one.
So, they've been pretty good all year. So, definitely a tough, tough assignment tonight. ” Heading into the road trip on April 9, the Angels’ 29.