Sandoval pitched 6-1/3 innings and then Herget recorded the final eight outs to pick up his first career save. All the Angels normal late-inning relievers were unavailable because of their recent w…
OAKLAND — The Angels turned the clock back to the 1970s with the way they used their pitchers on Sunday.
Shohei Ohtani hit a first-inning two-run homer against Oakland ace Frankie Montas, and the Angels were still clinging to a 2-1 lead when Sandoval was pulled after a 101-pitch outing. By the time Herget took the mound in the eighth, the Angels had an insurance run on an Anthony Rendon RBI. Herget gave up a leadoff double, but he retired the next three in a row. In the ninth, the Angels had given him one more run on an Andrew Velazquez RBI double, but Herget didn’t need it. He pitched a scoreless inning.
Instead, he leaned heavily on his slider, throwing it 36 times in his 101 pitches. The A’s whiffed at 45% of their swings on his slider. Sandoval struck out Sean Murphy on a slider to strand runners at second and third in the fifth. He then pitched a perfect sixth.
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