Angels (7-4) @ Rays (5-6)

First Pitch: 4:05 PM at George M. Steinbrenner Field

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Angels Yusei Kikuchi (0-2, 5.00 ERA)
Rays Ryan Pepiot (1-1, 3.38 ERA)

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Line Score – Game Over

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB
LAA 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 7 0 8
TB 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 7 0 3

Box Score

TB AB R H RBI BB SO BA
1B Díaz, Y 4 1 2 1 0 1 .174
DH Caminero 4 1 0 0 0 1 .229
2B Mead 4 1 2 0 0 0 .167
LF Morel, C 3 0 1 0 1 2 .280
C Jansen, D 2 1 0 0 2 0 .038
3B Caballero 3 1 1 4 0 2 .278
3B Montes, C 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333
CF Misner 0 0 0 0 0 0 .385
RF Mangum 3 0 0 0 0 0 .367
SS Walls 3 0 0 0 0 1 .143
TB IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Pepiot 5.0 6 3 3 3 5 91-55 3.38
Kelly 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 18-10 3.60
Rodríguez, M 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 8-7 1.69
Montgomery, M 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 13-9 6.75
Fairbanks 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 15-7 1.80
LAA AB R H RBI BB SO BA
LF Ward 4 1 1 1 1 0 .196
1B Schanuel 4 0 2 0 1 1 .293
RF Trout 4 0 1 0 1 0 .179
DH Soler 3 1 1 1 1 1 .231
C O'Hoppe 4 0 0 0 0 3 .324
3B Moncada 1 0 0 0 0 1 .190
3B Lopez, N 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000
3B Rengifo 1 0 0 0 0 0 .243
CF Paris 4 2 2 2 0 0 .440
2B Anderson, Ti 3 0 0 0 1 0 .154
SS Newman 3 0 0 0 0 1 .063
PH d'Arnaud 1 0 0 0 0 1 .143
LAA IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA
Kikuchi 6.0 6 4 4 3 5 104-63 5.00
Detmers 2.0 1 1 1 0 2 22-16 2.08

Scoring Plays

Inning Event Score
B1 José Caballero hits a grand slam (1) to right field. Junior Caminero scores. Curtis Mead scores. Danny Jansen scores. 4-0
T2 Kyren Paris homers (4) on a fly ball to right center field. 4-1
T4 Taylor Ward homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. 4-2
T5 Jorge Soler homers (3) on a line drive to right field. 4-3
B7 Yandy Díaz homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. 5-3
T8 Kyren Paris homers (5) on a fly ball to right center field. 5-4

Highlights

Description Length
Probable pitchers for Angels at Rays – April 9, 2025 0:06
Probable pitchers for Angels at Rays – April 9, 2025 0:06
Ryan Pepiot against the Angels 0:08
Yusei Kikuchi against the Rays 0:11
Bullpen availability for Los Angeles, April 9 vs Rays 0:08
Bullpen availability for Tampa Bay, April 9 vs Angels 0:08
Bench availability for Los Angeles, April 9 vs Rays 0:08
Fielding alignment for Los Angeles, April 9 vs Rays 0:11
Bench availability for Tampa Bay, April 9 vs Angels 0:08
Fielding alignment for Tampa Bay, April 9 vs Angels 0:11
Starting lineups for Angels at Rays – April 9, 2025 0:10
Breaking down José Caballero's home run 0:13
Analyzing José Caballero's home run through bat tracking 0:11
An animated look at Kyren Paris' home run 0:11
Breaking down Kyren Paris' home run 0:12
Taylor Ward: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:13
An animated look at Jorge Soler's home run 0:11
Measuring the stats on Jorge Soler's home run 0:13
Ryan Pepiot's outing against the Angels 0:22
Breaking down Ryan Pepiot's pitches 0:04
Breaking down Yandy Díaz's home run 0:13
Breaking down Yusei Kikuchi's pitches 0:04
Yusei Kikuchi's outing against the Rays 0:24
An animated look at Yandy Díaz's home run 0:11
Kyren Paris: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:13
Analyzing Kyren Paris' home run through bat tracking 0:11
Ryan Pepiot avoids early trouble in the 1st 0:13
José Caballero's grand slam (1) 0:29
Kyren Paris' solo home run (4) 0:30
Taylor Ward's first home run of 2025 0:28
Jorge Soler's solo home run (3) 0:29
Christopher Morel's walk overturned after review 0:30
Tim Anderson's spectacular diving play 0:30
Yandy Díaz's solo home run (1) 0:32
Yusei Kikuchi strikes out José Caballero 0:06
Ryan Pepiot's five strikeouts 1:20
Kyren Paris' second home run of the game (5) 0:35
Mike Trout pops out to first baseman Yandy Díaz in foul territory. 0:17

Decisions

Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save
Pepiot (1-1, 3.38 ERA) Kikuchi (0-2, 5.00 ERA) Fairbanks (2 SV, 1.80 ERA)

Game ended at 6:26 PM.

27 comments

  2. Anyway, how about that Kyren Paris guy? Has people questioning their sexuality in here.

  3. Meh. One bad inning for Kikuchi, but we lost because this game was played in a Mickey Mouse stadium.

    Would like to see Trout come through in a big situation though. He always seems to be in his head in the do or die scenarios.

  5. Tough loss, but they definitely didn’t make it easy for the Rays. Take game three tomorrow!

  6. Right down the middle smh. Any other superstar crushes that ball to the moon

  9. Can’t win them all. I love that the team still fought after going down 4-0 early

  12. I’m not even upset with the pitching. Both home runs were fly outs that only left because of the park. 1/30 home runs on both.

  13. Joke ballpark coupled with Washington’s terrible lineup decisions lost us this game. If Paris is batting any lower than 5th tomorrow Minasian needs to step in.

  14. Not gonna lie – it’s pretty infuriating to lose when all five of your opponent’s runs score on what should have been easy fly ball outs in any real MLB stadium. 

  15. Don’t wanna focus too much on the stadium. We both batted in the same one. We move!

  16. 4 series, 4 game 3 rubbermatches. Angels baseball in 2025

    Edit: forgot we won the first 2 of the st Louis series, but point still stands

  17. twice the bases were loaded and couldn’t get them in and one bad pitch for the grand slam. good game but honestly the angels got beat by the little league dimensions

  18. Better get some good luck tomorrow cuz today was a whole lotta BS. In other news, Kyren Paris legitimately looks like the second coming of Mike Trout.

  22. Shame we lost, but you still gotta love how they’re playing right now. They didn’t make it easy for the Rays.

  23. Wild game in a wild stadium. Love to see kooch settle down, though still not sure how I feel about him moving forward. Unreal stuff from Kyren and TA has looked great in the field.

  26. Right field at yankee stadium was always one of the most garbage dimensions in the league and now there’s two of them

  27. I’m hesitant to move a successful hitter from his regular spot in the lineup, but… Paris should probably start hitting leadoff now, right?

    1. Paris
    2. Rengifo
    3. Trout
    4. Soler
    5. Ward
    6. O’Hoppe
    7. Schanuel
    8. Adell
    9. Anderson

    Maybe move Trout up to 2 against LHP?

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