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Jose Soriano had a scoreless seven inning performance, the third start in which he allowed no one to score. The Los Angeles Angels scored plenty off Reds' pitching in a 9-6 in a rout that became closer. It still allowed Los Angeles to take two out of three games this weekend.
Los Angeles hit five solid singles in the first inning against Reds All-Star Andrew Abbott.to post three runs, giving their ace, Soriano a large cushion. The cushion was even larger when one looks at the fact that Soriano has given up one lone run in three starts coverong 20 innings.
Abbott got Zach Neto out on a fly to right but Mike Trout singled to left. Jo Adell followed with a bloop single to center. Abbot retired Jorge Soler on a line out to left. Elly De La Cruz went deep into the hole at shortstop to keep Vaughn Grissom's single from driving in a run. It gave Abbott a chance to get out of the inning without a run scoring but Nolan Schanuel singled home two runs and Logan O'Hoppe drove in the third run with a solid single.
"In the first inning he (Abbott) couldn't get the last out," Terry Francona said. "He pulled a couple fastballs and paid for it. I didn't really think he was throwing the ball that bad. He started spinning it better in the second. Then there started to be some pitches that were up a little bit too much and caught too much of the plate."
It got worse for Abbott after the Reds were out in order in the first.
Neto walked with one out. Trout doubled just inside the third base bag, scoring Neto. Adell singled to left but Trout held third. Spencer Steers errant throw allowed Adell to move to second. Soler scorched a pitch foul that hit Trout flush. Soler scored Trout on a fly to medium center. On the throw, Adell tried for third but thrown out by catcher P.J. Higgins.
Oswaldo Peraza led off the fourth inning with his second home run of the season. Abbott walked Bryce Teodosio and that was the end of him for the game. Kyle Nicolas came out of the bullpen. Tedioso stole second. Nicolas walked Neto and Trout to load the bases with no outs. De La Cruz saved another run with another diving stop in the whole. He was able to bounce a throw laying on the ground to force Neto at third as Teodosio scored the seventh run of the game.
Abbott was charged with seven earned runs in three innings, alloweing eight hits and two walks. He struck out one.
"I was locating pretty well in the first inning. I got some soft contact which found holes. I just didn't make pitches when I had to. We talked about getting more groundballs and we've done that. To this point they haven't been to our guys. There is nothing wrong with it. It is still soft contact. I think I gave up two hit balls over 95. I'm doing what I need to do. It's just luck of the draw. Today was not a good day."
Matt McLain led off the Reds' fourth with the first hit off Soriano, a ground single to center.
The Angels added an eighth run in the seventh on a ground out. Brock Burke gave up his first run of the season.
Sam Moll was charged with an unearned run. He walked two and appeared to be out of the inning but Higgins was called for catcher's interference that loaded bases. He walked Schanuel to force in the run.
Soriano finished seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits with two walks. He struck out 10 and dropped his ERA to 0.33.
The Reds scraped out a run in the bottom of the eighth against Soriano's replacement Sam Bachman. TJ Friedl walked and moved to second on indifference. De La Cruz beat out an infield single. Sal Stewart dumped an RBI single into center field. Will Benson walked. Bachman uncorked a wild pitch that O'Hoppe couldn't find and De La Cruz and Stewart scored. Benson moved to third. Nathaniel Lowe walked for the third time. Nick Sandlin relieved and got Steer to fly out to left.
"Soriano came as advertised," Francona said. "He's got high 90's, two seam movement, breaking ball, split. Then he four seams it every once in a while up high. He's pretty impressive."
The Reds came off the mat in the last two innings, after using wild pitches to score four runs over the last two games. The bottom of the ninth became an adventure with the Angels bullpen. Sandlin bailed Bachman out in the eighth. He needed a life preserver of his own in the ninth. Noelvi Marte reached on an error by third baseman, Oswald Peraza. Pinch hitter Dane Myers singled and Friedl was hit by a pitch to load the bases with no outs.
First year manager Kurt Suzuki called on veteran Drew Pomeranz to pitch to McLain. The Reds second baseman lined out to Peraza who dove to the third base bag to double off Marte. De La Cruz his his fifth home run of the season and fourth off a left handed pitcher to make the final margin 9-6. Pomeranz struck out Stewart to end the game.
It was the second game in a row that Reds' pitchers walked nine batters.
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