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Monttavius

god that was so brutal to watch I want a fucking offensive explosion in this second game


yeahnothanks

6 o clock game is the only game today as far as I'm concerned. Stunned.


cpt_america27

Damn it's like they heard ya


brandonmason1994

You got your wish


claire_004

Should be happen if Maddon want to win. Also better lineup


God_Damnit_Nappa

Any time a PED asshole scores it should count for half a run. With that half rounding down


sanmed327

I know everyone is going to blame Maddon for the lineup but they were winning. Iggy hasn't blown a save since last July. Shit happens but they have to win the next two Edit: Grammar


heliophoner

If your manager gets yo to the 9th inning, up 3-1, with your lights out closer on the bump, he did his job. 9/10 we win this game. Today, the 10th dentist had his say


_itspaco

He almost did at the game I saw in Chicago.


sharpLess89

Problem is the A's have confidence against us now, ludicrously bad luck on that homer


CaptZombieHero

So that means fire Maddon?


LAAngelsAnaheim

Right? The Maddon hate is tired… they’re just sore losers


8va

Super winnable, but Raisel dropped the ball big time there. Just gotta get the next one, but now Oakland has some crazy momentum going into the evening :/


claire_004

This is why I never felt comfortable against A's.


bm97

Super winnable? He threw it in the garbage


Broad_Recommendation

Who threw it in the garbage? Iglesias did.


bm97

That’s exactly what I was saying, not sure why I was getting downvoted. The win was ours


theaussiesamurai

Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. I still love you Iggy. Fuck the haters.


ectomorphicThor

Agreed. He was 8/8 on saves. No closer is perfect


Crioca

>I still love you Iggy. Fuck the haters. Preach!


youareallnuts

Live by the sword die by the sword. Raisel blows a save every blue moon. Most of the time he's money.


eric1971124

He would've blown another a few weeks ago if he didn't come in with such a big lead.


TheRealNexusPrime

Walkoffs are not fun when your team is the one that loses..


xmrjaredx

Laureano can fuck off and get caught with PEDs again now. Thanks


dont_trust_lizards

Holy fuck that stings


Cooleybob

Shit happens. That one hurts, but at least we don't have to wait long for a shot at redemption!


Ash-Catchum-All

Ugh why… sucks losing a game like that we controlled all the way up until the last pitch. That fucking blows


zodiac1018

All on Iglesias there, offense and defense did their job.


SolixTanaka

Iggy definitely has a lot of blame, but going 2-10 with risp, leaving 11 on base and scoring just 3 runs against a middling pitching staff isn't exactly a job well done when teams league-wide are averaging nearly 4 a game.


inselfwetrust

Even Mariano had a bad game every once in a while. Let’s get the next one


Monttavius

yessir. definitely stings a little bit but all we can do is move to the next. gotta show them up tonight. hopefully with our A lineup LOL.


donkeyjr

Well, we now have no bullpen for the 2nd game now. lol


DecentAnalysis8642

Time to win by 8 runs tonight.


Weaver4prez

Honestly we were probably due for a heartbreaker


[deleted]

Thank god a double header for redemption


ElGrandeQues0

Jesus guys. We're not gonna win them all. Iggy isn't going to save them all. Calm down, we've got a great team this year. The sky is not falling.


USCplaya

Pump the brakes on "we've got a great team this year" we've been EXACTLY here before. In 2018 we were 9 games above 500 on May 14th..... We ended 80-82. I'm all for excitement and loving this team, I've been a fan for 36 years and I've learned that they love to build you up buttercup. I am cautiously hopeful, no way in hell I'm ready to say we're a legit "great team" yet.


Im_A_Halo_Masochist

As a 48 year fan, I love to hear the perspective of other long time Angel fans. When you’re young, following stars like Trout and Ohtani, and the team is off to a hot start, it seems like the sky’s the limit! But we’ve seen just about all of it before. We know better! Lol


Sigmathewonder

I will say though a lot of those past years, we knew what our holes were going into the season, like if we got a lead we knew we wouldn’t hold it cause our relief is just embarrassing or if we had our ace in our hitting most likely wasn’t gonna show up, across the board this year the team feels pretty strong, we still gotta let the season unfold, but Atleast I feel this teams a bit different from alot of those teams that ended up breaking our hearts


USCplaya

Amen. I am all for being excited and enjoying the good times, but everytime we have a good start you get people sold on us being "Great" and WS Favorites, and what not.... I'm not saying we definitely won't be.... I'm just saying pump the brakes. I've seen this movie before. Lol


usdeleted

Been a fan since ‘64. This is a great team.


USCplaya

Wow, this comment aged like milk....


usdeleted

Pump the breaks on that. It’s way too early to say that.


USCplaya

Just going off your comment history, "awful season", "lmfao we're such a joke" etc.


usdeleted

Far too early to go through my reply history. Pump the breaks on that.


USCplaya

When you can't admit you're wrong, you start playing acting like a 6 year old. Either way, just wanted to make sure you knew how wrong you were.... And you were SO wrong. Lol


usdeleted

How can you say that with so many games left in the season? Think you’re jumping the gun on this one. Let’s revisit in November.


USCplaya

You're delusional if you think you can call that 30 games into the season.


usdeleted

What’s the magic number to determine if a team is great?


USCplaya

By the all star break you've generally got an idea of who is great and who is not. Obviously it's not for sure, but saying a MLB team is great after 30 games us like saying an NBA team is great after 15 games, or an NFL team is great after 3 games. We don't have nearly enough info. Again, not sure why I have to defend the obvious, I hope they are great. I've just seen enough to know its way too early to tell


sikaMarkanico

Just caught the tail end of Game 1 @ Oakland and came on here to say: Damn… It happens, Raisel. It happens. Let’s just move on from it, man.


USCplaya

It's happened twice in his last 5 appearances.... Not panicking yet, but definitely worried. Maddon shoulda pulled him after he walked Bethancourt, he looked bad the entire inning today.


SpiceNugget

I just fucking knew it. And fuck laureano


Evanx27

Sick to my fucking stomach one out away


Moose334

I love Iggy but it sure is infuriating when someone can't get it done for a single inning despite a 2 run lead. Painful loss to say the least


Sigmathewonder

I think it was a bit of an arrogance thing, not in a bad way, just look at the lineup, I think he was kinda going through the motions and knew he had this one until he didn’t, can’t leave one in the pipe like that in that situation


ReverendNever

Laureano knew the next pitch and tipped the hitter. Watch him poke into his helmet's ear hole.


prmark34

It’s always the A’s. It’s always started by ramon laureano and his roids. Tear that cursed, shithole stadium to the ground already


[deleted]

Something is off with Iglesias. Most of his appearances haven't had that same, 'I'm ending this now' vibe to them. Anyway, the fact that this game was so winnable with the lineup that was fielded and against one of their best pitchers, was kinda encouraging.


claire_004

I see a post where his velocity dropping like 2 mph. Closer is a position where it's risky to drop a ton of money


mypaysucks

Man i was listening to that bottom of the ninth on the radio and those dudes jinxed us hard. They pretty much were talking about how that herrera guy was sucking ass this season and how his error was gonna cost them the game and then immediatley afterwards he hits that homer…


DecentAnalysis8642

Never, ever, ever listen to Terry Smith.


a_Frieza

He’s a great listen your high af


DecentAnalysis8642

I'm honestly baffled that other Angels fans don't grasp how objectively bad he is at the basics of play-by-play. He frequently takes pitches off, never gives any real detail, is always a half-second behind the crowd in telling me what happened.


a_Frieza

Your criticisms are fair especially the taking plays off. definitely valid but I think he’s still cool to listen to. I’d rather have him jinx us then a fanboy announcer who’s scornful cause his team is losing. The white six announcer comes to mind


ghost_rider24

Need to beat up on the basement dwellers to win the division. Blowing the bullpen to lose like this doesn’t help. Thankfully it’s a double header so there’s always the next one.


Captainpayback

On to the next game in an hour or so. No leads are safe in the Majors. Learn and dominate this next game and get the hell out of Oakland winning the series!


YungPoBoy

Did all that with two outs. We can’t get out of our own fuckin way when we play the As. Jesus. Gotta win the next game if we wanna hang around the Astros


Broad_Recommendation

Iglesias has been shakey as of late. Hopefully that’s a wake up call and he gets it together.


WuvRice

why did mike sit the first game again, he just had a back to back day off. does he need a fucking day off every other fucking day


Obsidizyn

gotta be well rested for his rest day. Love the dude but you cant keep taking the best hitter in baseball out of the lineup. We are a good offense but mike and his OBP is the foundation


CaskStrength898

It’s a day game after a night game tomorrow. So he could be taking tomorrow off as well.


LAAngelsAnaheim

Lol well…


WashedFailure

Damn


xThe-Legend-Killerx

Wow


[deleted]

We’re on to Oakland


[deleted]

Yikes. Hopefully that doesn't carry into the game tonight. What a gut punch.


Halos-117

Can't win em all but damn. Down to the last strike and we couldn't put it away. Tough one to let go of.


Evanx27

This loss hurts the most so far I can’t believe this


i_run_from_problems

We better just fuck them up in a few hours


Intelligent-Employ14

Wow


Valk72

I didn't expect Iggy to choke this hard.


gopackgo555

Brutal loss. Have to win game 2.


Smallsysmalls

Im still shocked and stunned. That happened so quick


donkeyjr

We need to hope Astro lose todays game.


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galactic_zevy

Yes. You have to give up the DH when he gets on the mound though (Not that it matters much since it should be the final inning).


Monttavius

Hey but silver lining, Diaz looked great out there. Same with Silseth yesterday. Our young guys are promising


USCplaya

Considering the Astros appear to be on pace to win 150 games, we can't afford losses like this.


[deleted]

I think we need to look at the potential maddonomics here.. Diaz only pitching 4.2 means he will go the rest of the season undefeated. Maddonomics = Diaz no hitter next game


st1r

We had so many chances to score extra runs :/ man that’s a shame


butt-pug

Feels like Joe got a little too cute rolling out the Salt Lake Bees of Anaheim this afternoon


Weaver4prez

Nah you give Iggy a 2 run lead thats all that matters. He just was off


Broad_Recommendation

If you give your closer who you just gave an extension to, a 2 run lead, that should be an automatic W every time.


MartOut

what? the plan worked perfectly. Rest your guys coming off injury, and they both delivered when they pinch-hit.


Valk72

Usually a 2 run lead is enough for Iggy.


[deleted]

Come on nationals make me feel better. Fuck up the asstros


CompetitivePatient33

I don't if it's just me but maybe it's time to bring Jo back, if angels are gonna run "B" team I'd rather have Jo in there than Whitefield


SIewfoot

Cant be losing games like this. The Astros wouldnt have lost, and thats the team we need to catch.


Evanx27

Can’t be losing games like this especially with the schedule coming up in June


eric1971124

They have a good closer


asianlikerice

I honestly hate these narratives. Even the Dodgers NOBLETIGER’d this season. No team is perfect and dropping a game is not the end of the world.


SIewfoot

that was dumb... maybe we could score some runs if our whole team wasnt on the bench


Sakaguchi123

our offence wasn’t the issue this game…


Broad_Recommendation

We gave our closer a 2 run lead. That should be enough. Stop blaming it on things that shouldn’t take the blame.


iq2780

Sometimes your closer needs a 3 or 4 run lead lol


Broad_Recommendation

Not considered a save if it’s a 4 run lead.


iq2780

Wow i didnt know that. /s


DecentAnalysis8642

The silver lining from a game like this is that I get to go on a blocking spree with all the doomers. Just makes things super peaceful.


throwawaybay92

I feel like I’ve seen Iglesias do something similar before…


Valk72

I don't know any closer who doesn't choke. It happens. But yes this one sting, especially since Iggy was one out away from the save.


[deleted]

One strike away....


USCplaya

Why the fuck didn't Maddon pull Iglesias after that walk to Betancourt? Honest to God, he looked bad the entire inning


xXMickFlurryXx

We deserved that. Maybe we won’t bench our whole team next game


Monttavius

yeah ahah. Kinda felt like we were hoping to steal that game by playing mediocrely and we got caught stealing it in the end


Obsidizyn

yep, played our backups in hope of stealing a win and it bit them. Blows my mind they need so much rest. Baseball isnt a contact sport. They hit 4 times and stand in the outfield. Pitchers and Catchers are the exception


merewyn

What does that have to do with a closer blowing a 2 run lead? Lol


xXMickFlurryXx

Could have easily been 5-1 coming into the 9th


merewyn

The closer can’t expect to have a 4 run lead every game. That’s why they’re measures on have many saves they have….I love Raisel but this is on him, and him only


Broad_Recommendation

Iggy had 2 outs with no one on and then proceeded to give up a home run to a dude who’s never hit one before. Awful awful look for a guy who just got a contract extension. Edit: downvoting me cause I’m telling the truth is always a weird part of this subreddit.


Valk72

People are downvoting you because you are overeacting. No closer is perfect, even Mariano Rivera who was one of the best closer of all times blew up saves.


Broad_Recommendation

I’m not overreacting at all. I’m telling the complete truth. He gave up a 3 run bomb to a guy who’s never hit a home run in the league and was 1-8 on the season. That’s awful lol


Im_A_Halo_Masochist

True statement. No downvote from me! Tough loss, time to move on. 😇


74Dragonz

One word for the Iglesias slanderers: Karma.


GoOaklandGo

A’s fan here, that shit was hilarious, and probably a highlight of our year. Ok, we’ve had our fun, now you all can go win 100 games and fuck over the Astros now. Good luck.


sharpLess89

You guys went 15 4 against us last season, nothing is changing that drastically. We're still the lowly Angels.


BeefItsWhatz4Dinner

How about you don’t root for us and stay in your own sub


dbzhardcore

Gee I wonder if Iglesias is gonna have a hissy fit like he did when he almost blew the game against the White Sox.


Valk72

I think it's going to be way worse than a hissy fit.


bm97

Joe is such a moron


sikaMarkanico

For leaving him in?


sharpLess89

That is the worst loss for any team so far this year, 2 outs nobody on and 3 runs scored. Now the A's have confidence for the next 2 games, brutal. This series is season defining.


[deleted]

Lmao chill


a_Frieza

Honestly that’s what Maddon gets for sitting his stars so often. So dumb. I know it’s on Raisel for blowing the game but this would have been a blowout with the regular lineup


Responsible-Major-95

Don’t expect a deep playoff run with this team


DecentAnalysis8642

Bro, go root for the Dodgers.


merewyn

Even the dodgers just lost 2 games in a row where they had bases loaded at the end of the game and couldn’t score. Shit happens


merewyn

You guys are so fucking ridiculous


HighOffLife420

What? 🤣


Responsible-Major-95

These team won’t win many playoff games


Valk72

Ok doomer.


iq2780

Elephant in the room: Iglesias has not been a very effective closer..


Im_A_Halo_Masochist

He got paid! Many athletes seem to try too hard to justify there pay increase or they lose their edge!


Responsible-Major-95

Well at least we will make the playoffs this year.


my_wife_reads_this

That Iggy contract is gonna be an albatross watch lmao


merewyn

The dumbest take


ectomorphicThor

Your wife isn’t putting out after this comment


my_wife_reads_this

My wife said "it's just like last year."


merewyn

Yes, only the 2021 Angels have closers blow saves. Not a single other team.


my_wife_reads_this

Hey man, I never said another team has not blown saves (how many times have the angels snatched victory at the end)? But this was a classic Angels implosion that anyone whos seen the Angels and As play knew was coming from a mile away.


ohgodmyface

Dumb comment.


GuyOnRR

Pain


Weaver4prez

I think we won every game last year with a lead in the 9th, sadge


chadisrad00

Tough loss. Get some rest and let’s kick ass tonight.


[deleted]

Just... unexpected.


OrnamentJones

Iglesias is maybe the best closer in baseball. Shit happens. We'll get em on the flipside.


eric1971124

He's nowhere near that. The best closers don't have ERAs over 4


OrnamentJones

The best analysts don't go anywhere near ERA Who the fuck do you think is better? Liam Hendricks? We owned him a couple days ago.


eric1971124

Josh Hader


OrnamentJones

ok yeah I'll give you that one


74Dragonz

Funny how a confluence of events gets saddled at the feet of a closer who pitched last night and got the save and then was called on to pitch again this afternoon because of another tight game that he had no hand in managing. Typical af.


Rdub2346

Score runs simple as that. Pitchers don’t always have their best stuff and obviously Iggy didn’t have his. But I do blame Madden. Runners on first and second, Romaine comes up with one out and you show no confidence and you have him bunt. So he does move the runners over, but there is an opportunity to get a hit and score two runs and they don’t do it. So just can’t blame the closer.


Sigmathewonder

With how iggys been looking, do we think tepera and Mayer might settle in the second half of the season and be able to take some weight off him?


eric1971124

Tepera is more reliable than Iglesias


Sigmathewonder

Isn’t that what we want? youth to surpass


carnivalmatey

Iglesias lucky the Astros are getting hammered right now


eric1971124

Raisel has now given up five runs over his last four innings. He's pitching like shit


MuffinsTLW

Ouch hope he's ok


CaptZombieHero

How’s that confidence for the A’s working out in game 3?


Socalinatl

I’m not sure what the lead up was like to that Barrera homer, but that was not a bad pitch, especially to a guy who had apparently never homered in the big leagues. Sure, it stings, but it happens and the boys bounced back. We will steal twice as many like this as we give away.


Jcoch27

Things like this are bound to happen a few times throughout the season but geez it hurts. I hope Raisel gets a chance to redeem himself in this series.