Kochanowicz unravels, Angels trounced by Blue Jays
Los Angeles continued its struggles on the road in a lopsided defeat north of the border.
While the bats continued to struggle for the Angels , Jack Kochanowicz had his own troubles on the mound in a lopsided 14-1 defeat at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday afternoon. Los Angeles fell to 15-25 (7-15 away), and has plated just a single run through the first two games of the series. Coming off 6.
1 promising innings against the New York Mets in his last start, Kochanowicz continued to impress early in Toronto. After four innings, he had surrendered only one run despite allowing five hits and a walk. In the fifth inning, however, the Blue Jays finally managed to capitalize against the right-hander.
After issuing a leadoff walk to Addison Barger, Kochanowicz allowed three consecutive singles to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. , Kazuma Okamoto and Jesús Sánchez that made it a 3-0 game. Kochanowicz's misfortunes only grew after he fielded a routine comebacker from Daulton Varsho and sailed the throw wide of Nolan Schanuel at first into foul territory, scoring another run.
He would finally be pulled after allowing his fourth run of the frame on a single to left from Ernie Clement, taking his second loss of the year. A rough inning just got rougher after a throwing error from Jack Kochanowicz on a routine comebacker. He also never looked to throw to second base.