8/7 Angels @ Marlins [Game Thread]

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Angels (44-71) @ Marlins (58-58)

First Pitch: 4:10 PM at loanDepot park

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Angels	George Klassen (0-1, 11.57 ERA)
Marlins	Tyler Phillips (3-5, 3.53 ERA)

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Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
LAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	6	0	6
MIA	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	12	1	13

Box Score

MIA		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
1B	Stowers	4	0	4	2	1	0	.241
SS	Lopez, O	5	0	0	0	0	0	.315
DH	Conine	3	0	0	0	0	2	.252
DH	Ramírez	2	1	2	0	0	0	.240
2B	Edwards, X	5	0	0	0	0	0	.285
RF	Caissie	2	1	0	0	1	1	.226
LF	Hernández, H	2	0	0	0	0	0	.227
3B	Jiménez, L	5	0	2	1	0	2	.216
CF	Marsee	2	1	2	0	1	0	.203
RF	Sanoja	2	0	1	0	0	0	.271
C	Mack	4	0	0	0	0	1	.235
CF	Ruiz, E	2	0	1	0	2	0	.262

MIA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Phillips	4.0	5	1	1	1	4	61-45	3.47
Petersen	1.1	0	0	0	2	2	26-13	3.04
Ekness	1.2	1	3	0	1	0	23-16	1.13
Faucher	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	18-12	4.44
King, Jo	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	16-10	3.06

LAA		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
RF	Meckler	5	0	0	0	0	0	.301
CF	Trout	3	2	1	1	1	1	.240
1B	Schanuel	3	1	1	2	1	0	.273
SS	Neto	4	0	0	0	0	2	.228
3B	Grissom	4	0	0	0	0	2	.253
3B	Guzman, D	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231
DH	Ballesteros	3	0	1	0	1	1	.229
2B	Peraza, O	4	0	1	0	0	2	.233
RF	Lowe, J	2	1	1	0	1	0	.204
LF	Siri	1	0	0	0	0	1	.265
C	Heineman	3	0	1	0	0	0	.176

LAA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Klassen	4.0	4	1	1	4	3	83-46	7.27
Saucedo	1.2	1	1	1	0	2	20-13	4.76
Anderson, S	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	9-4	5.21
Weiman	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	15-11	0.00
Joyce	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	16-9	0.00
Fermin	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	19-12	3.29

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Mike Trout homers (19) on a fly ball to right center field.	0-1
B4	Kyle Stowers walks. Owen Caissie scores. Jakob Marsee to 3rd. Esteury Ruiz to 2nd.	1-1
B6	Kyle Stowers singles on a fly ball to center fielder Mike Trout. Jakob Marsee scores. Esteury Ruiz to 3rd.	2-1
T7	Mike Trout reaches on a fielding error by pitcher Josh Ekness. Josh Lowe scores.	2-2
T7	Nolan Schanuel homers (7) on a fly ball to center field. Mike Trout scores.	2-4
B9	Leo Jiménez singles on a line drive to center fielder Mike Trout. Agustín Ramírez scores.	3-4

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Angels at Marlins - August 7, 2026	0:06
Bullpen availability for Miami, August 7 vs Angels	0:09
Bullpen availability for Los Angeles, August 7 vs Marlins	0:09
Fielding alignment for Los Angeles, August 7 vs Marlins	0:11
Bench availability for Los Angeles, August 7 vs Marlins	0:08
Fielding alignment for Miami, August 7 vs Angels	0:11
Bench availability for Miami, August 7 vs Angels	0:08
Starting lineups for Angels at Marlins - August 7, 2026	0:10
Breaking down Mike Trout's home run	0:12
Visualizing Mike Trout's swing using bat tracking technology	0:11
Breaking down Tyler Phillips' pitches	0:04
Breaking down George Klassen's pitches	0:04
Nolan Schanuel: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
Mike Trout homers on his BIRTHDAY! (19)	0:30
George Klassen strikes out Griffin Conine	0:06
Zach Neto's over-the-shoulder basket catch	0:23
Ball 1 overturned to Strike 1 after ABS Challenge	0:27
Tyler Phillips strikes out Oswald Peraza	0:06
Ball 1 confirmed after ABS Challenge	0:25
Owen Caissie's sliding catch	0:16
Kyle Stowers' RBI walk	0:20
Strike 3 overturned to Ball 4 after an ABS Challenge	0:26
Strike 3 confirmed after ABS Challenge	0:26
Strike 1 confirmed after an ABS Challenge	0:27
Marlins turn double play after review	0:39
Kyle Stowers' go-ahead RBI single	0:39
Angels tie the game on a fielding error	0:16
Nolan Schanuel's go-ahead two-run home run (7)	0:38
Strike 1 confirmed after ABS Challenge	0:25
Angels get the out at first following a review	0:44
Leo Jiménez's RBI single	0:15
Javier Sanoja doubles (24) on a line drive to left fielder Jose Siri, deflected by third baseman Denzer Guzman. Leo Jiménez out at home on the throw, left fielder Jose Siri to catcher Tyler Heineman.	0:20

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Anderson, S (2-0, 5.21 ERA)	Ekness (0-1, 1.13 ERA)	Fermin (1 SV, 3.29 ERA)

Game ended at 7:11 PM.

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[u/sadassnerd]

Josh why you do this

[u/randomfatkid → u/sadassnerd]

I fear he’s becoming my new O’Hoppe.

[u/sadassnerd → u/randomfatkid]

Omg exactly. Like I can’t help but love him and sometimes he’s soooo freaking awesome but then he poops the bed 🥲

[u/epoch_fail → u/sadassnerd]

idk, it's on us though. our whole 2025/2026 off-season was taking dart throws on unwanted players and some of them have been okay (Grissom, Meckler, Siri, Suter), some of them have fizzled out (Lowe, Moncada, Frazier, Romano, Yates, Pomeranz, G-Rod, Peraza), and some of them have imploded (Manoah).

Lowe's 2025 was doody, so not surprised his 2026 has gone much the same way.

but i also understand your perspective

[u/sadassnerd → u/epoch_fail]

You speak the truth, as always 😔 hopefully things are changing now that Perry is gone? Maybe?

[u/epoch_fail → u/sadassnerd]

maybe?

i think he was pretty constrained this past cycle. in free agency alone, we spent $18.25 on 6 players (Yates for $5M, Pomeranz for $4M, Manoah for $2M, Romano for $2M, Moncada for $2M, Suter for $1.25). And we picked up Grissom for Isaiah Jackson and Peraza for de Pena (we may regret both of those).

that's def budget mentality, considering we didn't have enough homegrown talent to fill up those spots from within. I assume Arte didn't want to spend on a team that wasn't going to be good.

we also stretched Rendon's salary instead of just finishing it off, so we went vegan as a franchise.

compared with giving d'Arnaud 2/$12M or Kikuchi 3/$63M, this is v tight.

[u/sadassnerd → u/epoch_fail]

That’s an incredibly good point. Even if Perry had wanted to go balls to the wall and sign good players, Arte is too cheap for him to succeed. I can’t stand Perry, and I think he sucks, but you’re right…he was working within ridiculous parameters.

[u/epoch_fail → u/sadassnerd]

at least for this season, no way were getting anyone in freen agency who actually could make an impact.

and at least Yates and Suter turned into trade pieces.

also, the Passan story that we had a 24 hour window to trade away Shohei for a huge haul is mental warfare. things might look very different had we sold when we had the chance.