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The First series of 2020

Los Angeles Angels @ Las Vegas Outlaws

Game 1:
Angels 4 8 0
Outlaws 3 8 1
Shohei Otani went 5.1 innings, gave up 6 hits, 2 earned runs and struck out 11 to lead Angels to the opening day win. Andrelton Simmons, Mike Trout and Anthony Rendon all had 2 hits a piece. Kyle Tucker had 3 XBH including two triples, 1 run and an RBI for the Outlaws.
WP- Ohtani (1-0, 11 SO, 3.38 ERA)
LP- Ervin Santana (0-1, 7 SO, 4.50 ERA)
S - Trey Buttrey (1)

Game 2:
Angels 17 21 1
Outlaws 0 7 0
The Angels chased Jose Urquidy after 1.1 innings after giving up 5 ER on 6 hits. Reliever Bryan Abreu didn't fare much better. He also only last 1.1 innings, giving up 5 ER on 4 hits and 3 walks. Andrelton Simmons, Mike Trout and Brian Goodwin each had 4 hits. Trout drove in 5 runs, Rendon drove in 3 and they each had a HR. Matt Andriese got the 3 inning save for the Angels.
WP-Andrew Heaney (1-0, 8 SO, 0.00 ERA)
LP -Jose Urquidy (0-1, 1 SO, 33.75 ERA)
S- Matt Andriese (1)

Game 3:
Angels 4 12 0
Outlaws 5 10 1
Yasiel Puig went 2 for 4 with 2 HR's and 2 RBIs. He hit one in the 4th inning to give the Outlaws a 2-1 lead and one in the 6th inning to put them up by 3. The Angels would come back in the 8th though. Rendon hit a 2 RBI double and Tommy LaStella hit an RBI single to tie the game at 4. In the 9th inning, Jack Mayfield walked to lead off the inning, Avelino was entered to pinch run. Eliezer Alvarez bunted him over, Myles Straw advanced him on an infield single and Kyle Tucker drove in the walk-off single to give the Outlaws the first win of the year! Tim Beckham hit his first HR of the season. Michael Kopech went 5.2 strong innings. Gave up 1 run on 6 hits and had 7 K's.
WP - Tim Mayza (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
LP - Jarred Hughes (0-1, 6.75 ERA)

Game 4:
Angels 5 10 1
Outlaws 10 16 0
Garrett Stubbs and Kyle Tucker both had 4 RBIs as Kyle Tucker hit 2 HR's. Rogelio Armenteros was the starting pitcher for Las Vegas. He went 6 innings allowing 4 runs on 5 hits, 2 walks and had 9 strikeouts. Andrelton Simmons bumped his average up to .666 with a 3 for 5 performance. Jared Hughes got his second consecutive loss when he gave up 3 runs on 3 hits in the 6th inning.
WP - Austin Pruitt (1-0, 5.06 ERA)
LP - Jarren Hughes (0-2, 21.60 ERA)

We will be traveling to Oakland for a 3 game series next!

Puig hitting his 2 home runs in game 3 of the series