The M’s dropped another sloppy one to the Los Angeles Angels last night at T-Mobile Park, a gut-punch 6-4 loss that just feels like more of the same. It was so frustrating, our own Bryan Woo was practically begging to stay in the game, telling the media, “When there’s nothing else to fight for, let me fight for this.” Man, does that ever sum up this entire dreadful season? We’re a team that just cannot get out of its own way, even when the heart is clearly still there.
The Sloppy Truth: We Handed Them Runs
The Angels got on the board in the second inning with that infuriating, classic M’s-conceding-runs fashion. Josh Lowe lofted a two-out single to center, then Christian Moore hit this dinky parachute fly ball. Our superstar, Julio Rodríguez, dashed and reached for it, but somehow missed. Next thing you know, a Seattle outfielder momentarily bluescreened trying to grab the loose ball, allowing Lowe to cruise home all the way from first. Blech, what an absolute tone-setter for the rest of the night. And it didn’t stop there. Cal Raleigh, our trusty catcher, even dropped a third strike, kicking off this whole Rube Goldberg-esque chain of events that just kept compounding the misery. Manager Dan Wilson, bless his heart, let Woo stay in a little too long, too. It just piled on, inning after inning.
A Glimmer, Then the Usual Heartbreak
We *did* answer back in the bottom of the second, though, and for a moment, the Emerald City was roaring! Cal Raleigh worked a walk, setting the stage. Then, Julio Rodríguez, our absolute stud, just obliterated a terrible middle-middle fastball from Orioles starter Grayson Rodriguez. Seriously, you remember those legendary top-prospect showdowns between these two back in the day, right? Well, Julio absolutely *won* this round with a vengeance! That 451-foot blast, his 22nd of the season, was the longest ball hit in baseball *today*. The M’s had a real chance to break the game wide open after that, getting two more runners on with no outs. We did manage to score another run to take a 3-1 lead, but then, in classic fashion, grounded into a double play and popped out to end the threat, leaving even more traffic on base. Going 1-for-8 with RISP tonight, against *the Angels* of all teams, it’s just unacceptable. We kept blowing opportunities, and that’s why we ended up with the frustrating 6-4 loss.
Honestly, it feels like there’s nothing left to fight for, or against, with this team as we slowly march toward the bitter end of this dreadful season. It’s absolutely brutal to watch the M’s struggle like this, especially when you see flashes of brilliance like that Julio bomb. We need to find some kind of fire, some reason to believe we can play clean, consistent baseball. Let’s just hope for fewer dropped balls and more clutch hits in these last few games. We deserve better, M’s.
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Originally reported by Lookout Landing.
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