Angels drubbing of Rockies: Halos ride 13-runinning to historic night at Coors

It started out innocently enough with the Angels creating some fun trivia, becoming the first team in almost three years to hit back-to-back-to-back homers on three pitches.

But it got crazier and crazier from there for the Angels, who simply couldn’t stop scoring runs against the Rockies. The three straight homers sparked a 13-run third and the Angels added an eight-run fourth inning in a wild 25-1 win at Coors Field on Saturday that saw them set the club record for both runs and hits (28) in a game. The 24-run margin of victory was also the largest in franchise history and the third largest by any club since 1900.

“We were aggressive, we attacked pitches in the zone and hitting gets contagious sometimes,” said manager Phil Nevin. “To be honest, we found some holes, but then the big blows helped us add on.”

With Los Angeles leading 2-0, Mike Trout led off the top of the third with a solo home run off of Rockies starter Chase Anderson. One pitch later, Brandon Drury launched an Anderson cutter into the left-centerfield stands for another solo home run. And then, one pitch after that, Matt Thaiss deposited an Anderson curve ball into the right field stands.

Los Angeles would go on to plate 13 runs in the inning in a 25-1 drubbing that set a franchise record for runs scored. They scored eight in the fourth then added a pair of, ahem, insurance runs in the sixth and the eighth to extend their lead to 25-0. The only solace for the Rockies was a solo home run by Brenton Doyle in the ninth to cut their deficit to 24 runs and fend off a shutout.

"We were aggressive, we attacked pitches in the zone, and hitting gets contagious sometimes," Angels manager Phil Nevin said. "To be honest, we found some holes, and then the big blows added on some runs."

Colorado used four pitchers in the loss, and all of them allowed at least one run. Chase Anderson (0-2) started the game and allowed nine earned runs and 10 hits in just 2.2 innings of work. Matt Carasiti followed Anderson and allowed six runs on four hits in one-third of an inning

Amid the offensive show, the Angels got an outstanding performance from Griffin Canning (6-2), who pitched six scoreless innings, checking the Rockies on four hits. He struck out seven and walked none.

“Obviously, the offense kind of allowed me just to go out there and attack the zone,” Canning said.

Rockies starter Chase Anderson (0-2) didn’t get out of the third inning and was tagged for nine runs on 10 hits.

 Read more

Sarah H

Also on site :

• Five killed in helicopter crash on Africa’s highest mountain (VIDEO)
• transcosmos and V, Inc. launch metaverse creator services for VRChat via Geek Jack, transcosmos's cross-border e-commerce site for entertainment items
• The Christmas Day Storm