Angels’ Silent Slugfest: What’s Behind Their Unprecedented Shutdown Against the Yankees?
“I don’t know,” O’Hoppe admitted when pressed about the sputtering lineup. “We ain’t panicking. We’ve got, what, 100 games left? So no panicking here.”
Despite boasting the lowest walk numbers and ranking near the top for strikeouts in the majors, the Angels showed little improvement Tuesday, drawing only two walks and shaking off a three-game streak of double-digit strikeouts. Washington pulled out all the stops, even intentionally walking the formidable Aaron Judge twice early on—a strategy nearly unheard of since 1953—to keep the dangerous slugger off the bases. It paid off once, but it also led to the lone run that doomed the Halos.
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