Los Angeles Angels vs Padres @ Petco Park
September 7-8, 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 139
Padres 0, Angels 4
Winning Pitcher: Jimmy Herget (2-1, 5.40)
Losing Pitcher: Blake Snell (7-6, 4.22)
The Padres (73-65) were defeated by the Los Angeles Angels (69-70) in the first of two games at Petco Park by a score of 4-0. Blake Snell (7-6, 4.22) was perfect for the first six innings and ended the seventh inning having allowed two runs on one hit and two walks with eleven strikeouts. David Fletcher & Jack Mayfield scored on Jo Adell‘s single in the seventh inning. Luis Rengfio hit a solo home run and Phil Gosselin came home on an Adell groundout in the ninth inning.
Packy Naughton (0-1, 2.57) pitched five shutout innings while allowing two hits and two walks with five strikeouts. The Padres only managed to gather a total of four hits and three walks in the game.
Media
Snell loses gem in 7th, Padres fall 4-0 to Adell, Angels – Bernie Wilson, Associated Press
Snell’s unhittable streak ends in heartbreak – AJ Cassavell, MLB.com
Facing no-no, Adell, Halos stun Snell in 7th – Rhett Bollinger, MLB.com
