The Angels got swept by the Indians over the weekend, so it’s no surprise that they looked like a Little League team in Sunday’s 9-2 loss at Progressive Field.
Two outfielders missed routine fly balls during the game, allowing the Indians to score a couple of runs early. The first came when Mike Trout missed a ball in center with one out and a runner on second. His miscue gave Carlos Santana an RBI double and the Indians a 2-0 lead. Four innings later Santana benefited again when Kole Calhoun missed a fly ball in right field. That play allowed the Indians to have runners on second and third with one out. Three batters later, Abraham Almonte hit a grand slam.
Five of the Indians’ nine runs came thanks to the Angels’ miscues.
“I saw it the whole way, I was trying to turn a little bit, and it just kept shifting and went right into the sun,” Trout said of the missed ball, via The Los Angeles Times. “I tried to do whatever I could to catch it, but I had no idea where it was.”
Trout was wearing sunglasses but said it didn’t even matter. Manager Mike Scioscia described it as a “heat lamp.”
Trout went 4-for-4 in the loss with a pair of singles, double and triple, yet the team managed just two runs. The Angels have lost eight of their last 10 games and were swept by the Jays and Indians in that span. Yuck.
