LOS ANGELES ANGELS NOTES:
LEADING OFF: Today, the Angels play the second (0- 1) of six games on a road trip against the Milwaukee Brewers (0-1; April 28-30) and St. Louis Cardinals (May 2-4)…Halos went 5-2 on last homestand against Kansas City (2-1) and Oakland (3-1)…LAA was 2-5 on last road trip against the Boston Red Sox (1-3) and New York Yankees (1-2).
TODAY’S TRANSACTIONS: Today, the Angels selected the contract of RHP Chris Devenski…A Southern California native, Devenski has made seven appearances for Triple-A Salt Lake this yea, allowing four earned runs across 9.0 innings of work…In corresponding moves, LHP José Quijada (left elbow inflammation) has been placed on the 15-day injured list and C Logan O’Hoppe has been transferred to the 60-day injured list.
VS. MILWAUKEE: Today marks the second (0-1) of three games for the Angels against Milwaukee this season… This series represents first meeting between the teams since April 8-10, 2019, when the Angels swept a three game set at Angel Stadium…This is Halos first visit to American Family Field since May 2-4, 2016 (Brewers won two of three games)…Angels have won four of last five games against Brewers and eight
of last 11…Overall, LAA is 12-7 vs. Milwaukee since Brewers joined National League.
FAMILIAR FACES: Several members of the Angels have previously been members of the Brewers…Hunter Renfroe played in 125 games for Milwaukee last season and totaled 29 home runs…Brett Phillips made his MLB Debut with the Brewers in 2017 and played in 52 games across parts of two seasons in Milwaukee… Bench Coach Ray Montgomery spent 10 seasons across two stints (2007-10, 2015-20) with the Brewers in a variety of Baseball Operations positions.
GARZA CLAIMED: Yesterday, RHP Justin Garza was claimed off waivers by the Boston Red Sox…He was designated for assignment by the Angels last Friday.
HIGH WATER MARK: With a 14-13 record, Halos are looking to get back to a season-high two games over .500 with a win tonight; (have been two games over .500 five times this year; last time at 14-12 on Thursday)…With a loss, LAA would be exactly .500 for a ninth time this season (1-1, 5-5, 7-7, 8-8, 9-9, 10-10, 11-11 and 12-12)
HISTORICAL SERIES: During the Angels last series vs. Oakland, Brandon Drury hit .600 (9/15) with seven runs, two doubles, one triple, four home runs, 12 RBI and three walks in the four games against the A’s…His 12 RBI are a new franchise record for a single series and seven XBH hits tie a franchise record for a series.
OHTANI EXPRESS: Shohei Ohtani had his franchise record streak of 12 consecutive pitching starts allowing two-or-fewer runs snapped Thursday vs. Oakland (Nolan Ryan held the previous record with a nine game streak across the 1972-73 seasons).
LEAGUE LEADER: Shohei Ohtani leads the Majors in opponent batting average (.102), ranks tied for third in strikeouts (46), fifth in WHIP (0.82) and is sixth in ERA.
INTERLEAGUE PLAY: LAA owns a 263-225 (.539) all-time Interleague record (2-2 in 2023)…The 263 all-time Interleague wins are third most all time behind Red Sox (290) and Yankees (285)…Angels won four of first five Interleague games in 2022, but are 5-14 vs. N.L. opponents since.
PLAY FROM AHEAD: Halos have held leads in 23 of 27 games played this year.
NET-OW: Zack Neto has been hit by six pitches this season, which is third-most in MLB this year…His six HBP through his first 10 career games played tied for the most in MLB history, with Ed Fitzpatrick for the 1915 Boston Braves…Neto also was the first player in Angels history to be hit a pitch in four consecutive games (April 18-21).
TEP ON REHAB: RHP Ryan Tepera began a rehab assignment with Low-A Inland Empire last night and struck out the side in order in his 1.0 inning of work vs. Rancho Cucamonga.
ALL OVER THE INFIELD: Gio Urshela is one of four players in the Majors to appear at all four infield positions this season…He has made eight starts at first base, seven starts each at third base and shortstop and one game at second base…Oakland’s Aledmys Diaz, Cleveland’s Gabriel Arias and St. Louis’ Brendan Donovan are the only other players to play all four infield positions this year.
SHY-CYCLE: Thursday afternoon vs. Oakland, Shohei Ohtani was the Angels winning pitcher and finished a home run shy of becoming the first starting pitcher in MLB history to hit for the cycle…He hit a first inning single, third inning double, sixth inning triple and had a 389 ft. flyout to center field in his final at bat.
GRAND THEFT: Monday night vs. Oakland, Taylor Ward robbed Shea Langeliers of a grand slam in the 9th inning…According to Sports Info Solutions, it was the Angels second grand slam robbery since 2004 (when HR-robbing catches began being tracked)…The previous one was by Mike Trout on Aug. 7, 2016 at Seattle (Leonys Martin).
CARDINALS ON DECK: Following the current series in Milwaukee and an off day on Monday, the Angels will conclude their road trip with a three game series at St. Louis…Will mark Halos first contests against the Cardinals since June 21-23, 2019 at Busch Stadium… St. Louis leads the all-time series 11-7…Albert Pujols, who currently serves as a Special Assistant to the Club, has played in all 18 previous games between the
Angels and Cardinals.
TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER – LHP REID DETMERS
0-1, 4.15 ERA
Pitched 12th no-hitter in Angels history on May 10, 2022 vs. Tampa Bay
• TODAY’S GAME: Making fifth start of the season today and third on the road…Made Opening Day roster for second consecutive season…Is in third Major League season with Angels.
• LAST TIME OUT: Took no-decision in last start on Sunday vs. Kansas City after tossing 5.2 innings and allowing two earned runs on seven hits with one walk and six strikeouts…Both runs allowed came on solo HR (by MJ Melendez and Vinnie Pasquantino).
• STAY UNFAMILIAR: This season, opponents are batting .200 (13/65) the first two times through the order, but are batting .474 (9/19) the third time through the batting order.
• GOING OFFSPEED: In 2023, is holding opponents to a .228 (13/57) average against offspeed pitches, but has a .333 (9/27) average against his fastball.
• SIXTH SENSE: Half of runs allowed this season (6 of 12) have come in the 6th inning…Has a 2.28 ERA (19.2 IP – 5 ER) in the 1st-5th innings.
• VS. MILWAUKEE: Today marks first career appearance vs. Brewers.
• AT AMERICAN FAMILY FIELD: Today marks first career appearance at American Family Field.
• INTERLEAGUE PLAY: In three career Interleague games, is 1-2 with a 5.93 ERA (13.2 IP – 9 ER) and 17 strikeouts…Tonight is first start of season against an N.L. opponent.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS NOTES:
SUMMARY: Are 174-190 all-time, including 7-12 in Interleague Play….. prior to 2023, the teams last met from 4/8-4/10, 2019 in Anaheim with the Angels sweeping 3 games.
at MIL: Are 87-86 all-time, including 3-7 at American Family Field and 84-79 at County Stadium…..also went 5-4 as the Seattle Pilots at Sick’s Stadium in 1969…..prior to 2023, the Angels’ only visits to AmFam came in 2002, 2013 and 2016.
at LA: Have gone 82-100 all-time at Angels Stadium.
TONIGHT’S GAME: Is game 8 (3-4) of a 9-game, 10-day homestand against Boston (1-2), Detroit (1-2) and Los Angeles-AL (1-0)…..following this homestand and an off day on Monday, the team takes a 6-game trip to Colorado (3g) and San Francisco (3g).
IN THE TRAINER’S ROOM: RHP Jason Alexander (right rotator cuff), LHP Aaron Ashby (left labrum), RHP Matt Bush (right rotator cuff), RHP Adrian Houser (right groin), OF Garrett Mitchell (left shoulder), OF Tyrone Taylor (right elbow), INF Luis Urías (left hamstring), RHP Gus Varland (right hand), LHP Justin Wilson (left elbow) and RHP Brandon Woodruff (right shoulder) are on the injured list…..Alexander, Ashby, Urías and Wilson are on the 60-day IL.
IN THE STANDINGS (30 days): The Brewers have spent the following number of days alone or tied at each position in the NL Central standings: FIRST: 22, SECOND: 6, THIRD: 2, FOURTH: 0, FIFTH: 0…..the team is currently in second place, trailing the first-place Pirates by 1.0 game.
SERIES-LY SPEAKING: The Brewers are 5-3-0 in series play.
Game 1: 5-4, Game 2: 6-2, Game 3: 5-3, Game 4: 1-0
Sweep Wins (2): vs. NYM (3g, 4/3-4/5), at SEA (3g, 4/17-4/19)
Sweep Losses (-): None
AT HOME: The Brewers are 8-5 at home, going 2-2-0 in series play…..the team went 46-35 at home last season, going 15-8-4 in series play.
ON THE ROAD: The Brewers are 9-4 on the road, going 3-1-0 in series play…..the team went 40-41 on the road last season, going 9-12-5 in series play.
LET’S GO TO THE VIDEO TAPE: The Brewers have made four replay challenges this season, going 1-3…..their last challenge (lost) came on 4/28 vs. Los Angeles-AL as an out call at second base (Blake Perkins) stood.
TONIGHT’S STARTER: #39 – RHP CORBIN BURNES (5gs, 2-1, 4.55)
BURNES AT A GLANCE: Corbin Burnes, 28, is making his sixth start of the season…..Burnes last started last Sunday vs. Boston and received no decision in the Brewers’ 12-5 loss (5ip, 5h, 3r, 2er, 3bb, 5k, 91 pitches)…..the team is 3-2 in his starts…..he has 1 quality start…..opponents are batting .222 (22-for-99, 3hr)…..Burnes was selected by Milwaukee in the fourth round of the 2016 First-Year Player Draft out of St. Mary’s (CA) College…..he is under club control through 2024.
LAST SEASON: Burnes went 12-8 with a 2.94 ERA in 33 starts last season, finishing seventh in NL Cy Young Award voting after winning the award in 2021…..Burnes was an All-Star for the second straight season and was named Brewers Most Valuable Pitcher for the second year in a row…..his career-high 243 strikeouts led the National League and ranked second in the majors behind the Yankees’ Gerrit Cole (257)…..he became the first pitcher in franchise history to lead his league in strikeouts…..he also ranked among the NL top five in starts (T1st, 33), AVG (2nd, .197), K/9IP (2nd, 10.83), H/9IP (2nd, 6.42), innings pitched (4th, 202.0), K/BB (4th, 4.76), quality starts (T4th, 21) and WHIP (5th, 0.97)…..the team went 20-13 in his starts.
CY BURNES: Burnes won the 2021 National League Cy Young Award after going 11-5 with a Major League-best 2.43 ERA in 28 starts…..he became the third pitcher in franchise history to win a Cy Young Award, joining Rollie Fingers (1981) and Pete Vuckovich (1982)…..he became the first pitcher in franchise history to lead his league in ERA.
CAREER: Is 37-20 with a 3.28 ERA in 140 games/79 starts (543.1ip, 198er)…..is in his sixth Major League season, all with the Brewers (2018-23)…..is 29-17 with a 3.02 ERA as a starter (461.1ip, 155er) and 8-3 with a 4.72 ERA in relief (82ip, 43er)…..Burnes is a two-time All-Star (2021-22) and was a 2021 All-MLB First Team selection.
CAREER AT AMERICAN FAMILY FIELD: Is 17-12 with a 3.61 ERA in 68 games/41 starts (282ip, 113er)…..is 0-0 with a 7.71 ERA in 2 starts this season (9.1ip, 8er)…..went 7-4 with a 3.04 ERA in 18 starts last season (109.2ip, 37er)…..CAREER ON THE ROAD: Is 20-8 with a 2.93 ERA in 72 games/38 starts (261.1ip, 85er)…..is 2-1 with a 2.95 ERA in 3 starts this season (18.1ip, 6er)…..went 5-4 with a 2.83 ERA in 15 starts last season (92.1ip, 29er).
CAREER vs. ANGELS: Burnes has never faced the Los Angeles, California Angels of Anaheim…..the Southern California native grew up an Angels fan and lists his pitching inspirations as former Halos Nolan Ryan (1972-79) and Jered Weaver (2006-16).
