{"id":714024,"date":"2026-05-31T23:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T23:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/714024\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T23:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T23:30:30","slug":"angels-struggle-against-shane-mcclanahan-in-series-loss-to-rays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/714024\/","title":{"rendered":"Angels struggle against Shane McClanahan in series loss to Rays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/player\/shane-mcclanahan-663556\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shane McClanahan<\/a> pitched one-run ball for five innings, <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/player\/jonathan-aranda-666018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jonathan Aranda<\/a> homered and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Angels <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/angels-vs-rays\/2026\/05\/31\/822976\/final\/box\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">5-2<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>McClanahan (6-2) allowed four hits, struck out three and didn\u2019t issue a walk. Bryan Baker pitched a scoreless ninth for his career-high 16th save this season in 19 chances.<\/p>\n<p>Aranda hit a solo homer in the first inning before <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/player\/jose-siri-642350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jose Siri<\/a> singled with two out in the second, advanced to third when <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/player\/logan-o-hoppe-681351\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Logan O\u2019Hoppe<\/a> doubled and scored on a wild pitch by McClanahan to make it 1-1.<\/p>\n<p>Aranda and Richie Palacios drew consecutive walks leading off the third inning and Junior Camerino followed with a single to load the bases. Victor Mesa Jr. hit an RBI single and Cedric Mullins walked to drive in a run, giving the Rays a 3-1 lead.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Hoppe hit a solo homer in the seventh that pulled the <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/sports\/angels\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Angels<\/a> (23-37) within a run.<\/p>\n<p>Pinch-hitter Ben Williamson singled to drive in a run in the bottom of the inning and stole second base. Taylor Walls walked to load the bases and Yandy D\u00edaz drew an eight-pitch walk that scored Chandler Simpson and made it 5-2.<\/p>\n<p>           <img id=\"yt-img-pfpuVz_qIYk\" class=\"absolute\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1780270230_719_hqdefault.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>                 <\/p>\n<p>Camerino and Walls had two hits apiece for the Rays (36-20).<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/player\/jack-kochanowicz-686799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jack Kochanowicz<\/a> (2-4) allowed three runs and five hits and walked four in 2\u2153 innings.<\/p>\n<p>Up next for the Angels: RHP Jos\u00e9 Soriano (6-4, 2.65 ERA) is scheduled to pitch at home Monday against Rockies LHP Kyle Freeland (1-6, 8.08) in the opener of a three-game series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Shane McClanahan pitched one-run ball for five innings, Jonathan Aranda homered and the Tampa Bay Rays&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":714025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2377],"tags":[291,5,15350,3930,1987,307,89433,3507,4,297,3215,18746,5720,10718,6096,2550,68,2551,2549,5521,3256],"class_list":["post-714024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa-bay-rays","tag-angels","tag-baseball","tag-basis","tag-hit","tag-inning","tag-jonathan-aranda","tag-junior-camerino","tag-logan-ohoppe","tag-mlb","tag-rays","tag-run","tag-series-loss","tag-shane-mcclanahan","tag-single","tag-solo-homer","tag-tampa-bay","tag-tampa-bay-rays","tag-tampabay","tag-tampabayrays","tag-taylor-walls","tag-walk"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116671795969184958","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=714024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/714024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/714025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=714024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=714024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=714024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}