Angels drop another game in Texas on a quiet night at the plate

Jeff Fletcher, The Orange County Register on Apr 16, 2025

Published in Baseball

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ARLINGTON, Texas — The Angels’ rollicking blowout victory in Tampa now seems so long ago.

Since the day the Angels blasted six homers and scored 11 runs, their offense has been largely dormant.

The Angels lost, 3-1, to the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night, losing for the fourth time in five games since that victory in Tampa.

The Angels have scored 11 runs in the last five games, including just one in the first two games against the Rangers.

The Angels did nothing with Rangers left-hander Patrick Corbin for the first five innings, even though Corbin had not posted an ERA better than 5.20 for his last four seasons. The Angels are also generally better against lefties, so Corbin should have been an enticing matchup to get their bats going.

The Angels scored just one run against Corbin in 5 1/3 innings, doing almost nothing for the first five.

One of the few baserunners the Angels had in the first five innings was Travis d’Arnaud, and he was caught when he ventured too far from first base on a ball that skipped away from catcher Jonah Heim.

The Angels didn’t get a runner into scoring position until the sixth inning.

Even when they finally did score, they failed to fully capitalize. In the sixth, they had runners at first and second with one out for Mike Trout and Jorge Soler, but Trout hit a flyout and Soler struck out.

In the seventh, they had two on with one out. Jo Adell struck out looking and then pinch-hitter Logan O’Hoppe hit a fly ball to the warning track.

Right-hander José Soriano gave up three runs on 10 hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked two and struck out two.

It was a combination of Soriano not being at his best – leaving sinkers up in the zone – and some bad luck. Two of the hits were infield hits and two others were grounders that got through the infield.

Still, it could have been worse. Soriano induced three double plays to help him minimize the damage.

All three Rangers runs scored in the second inning, when Soriano gave up three hits and two walks.