Padres vs Los Angeles Angels @ Angel Stadium
August 27-28, 2021
Sometimes things can get a little fuzzy after an entire year of watching baseball from anywhere other than the ballpark. The occasional memory refresher can come in handy. Here’s a reminder of what we may have missed while most of us were still staying at home.
This is The Hangover.
Game 131
Padres 5, Angels 0
Winning Pitcher: Joe Musgrove (9-8, 2.85)
Losing Pitcher: Cooper Criswell (0-1, 20.25)
The Padres (69-61) defeated the Los Angeles Angels (63-67) in the first game of two at Angel Stadium by a score of 5-0. Joe Musgrove (9-8, 2.85) pitched a complete game shutout, allowing three hits and two walks with nine strikeouts.
Cooper Criswell (0-1, 20.25) gave up three runs on six hits and no walks or strikeouts in one and a third innings. Jurickson Profar tripled to drive in Trent Grisham & Ha-Seong Kim and Jake Marisnick drove in Profar with a single in the second inning. Austin Nola‘s single scored Manny Machado and Eric Hosmer scored on a Grisham groundout & throwing error in the fifth inning.
Media
Musgrove throws 3-hitter, Padres top Angels 5-0 to snap skid – Greg Beacham, Associated Press
Musgrove tosses his second shutout of ’21 – AJ Cassavell, MLB.com
Angels try a new tack with rotation in flux – Rhett Bollinger, MLB.com
