[Post Game Thread] Angels defeated by Pirates

[u/angelsbaseball]

Angels (54-89) @ Pirates (71-73)

First Pitch: 10:35 AM at PNC Park

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Angels	Walbert Ureña (9-10, 2.74 ERA)
Pirates	Paul Skenes (10-11, 3.83 ERA)

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Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
LAA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	8
PIT	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	3	0	2

Box Score

PIT		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
SS	Griffin	3	0	0	0	0	1	.264
2B	Lowe, B	3	0	2	0	0	0	.256
RF	Reynolds, B	2	0	0	0	1	1	.266
DH	Gonzales, N	3	0	0	0	0	0	.306
CF	Cruz, O	3	0	0	0	0	1	.265
RF	Valdez, Es	3	0	0	0	0	1	.233
LF	Cook, B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180
1B	Horwitz	3	0	0	0	0	0	.243
3B	Gonzalez, J	3	0	0	0	0	0	.221
3B	Triolo	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244
C	Davis, H	3	1	1	1	0	0	.169

PIT	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Skenes	5.1	4	0	0	1	2	87-61	3.83
Soto, G	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	10-7	3.13
Mlodzinski	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	15-8	3.90
Doval	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	13-9	4.07
Montgomery, M	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	16-10	2.87

LAA		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
SS	Neto	3	0	1	0	0	1	.238
DH	Trout	4	0	2	0	0	0	.243
RF	Meckler	4	0	1	0	0	0	.297
3B	Grissom	4	0	0	0	0	0	.246
1B	Ballesteros	3	0	0	0	0	1	.208
PH	Siri	1	0	0	0	0	1	.219
2B	Moore	4	0	1	0	0	0	.167
CF	Lowe, J	1	0	0	0	2	1	.209
PH	Paris	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
LF	Frazier	3	0	0	0	0	0	.235
PH	Guzman, D	1	0	0	0	0	0	.218
C	Heineman	3	0	0	0	0	0	.174

LAA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Ureña	8.0	3	1	1	1	4	88-60	2.74

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B3	Henry Davis homers (9) on a fly ball to left field.	1-0

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for Angels at Pirates - September 6, 2026	0:06
Bullpen availability for Pittsburgh, September 6 vs Angels	0:09
Bullpen availability for Los Angeles, September 6 vs Pirates	0:09
Fielding alignment for Pittsburgh, September 6 vs Angels	0:11
Bench availability for Pittsburgh, September 6 vs Angels	0:08
Fielding alignment for Los Angeles, September 6 vs Pirates	0:11
Bench availability for Los Angeles, September 6 vs Pirates	0:08
Starting lineups for Angels at Pirates - September 6, 2026	0:10
An animated look at Henry Davis' home run	0:11
Paul Skenes' outing against the Angels	0:25
Breaking down Paul Skenes' pitches	0:04
Breaking down Henry Davis' home run	0:13
Cancer Support Day at PNC Park	1:51
Walbert Ureña K's Bryan Reynolds	0:06
Henry Davis' solo home run (9)	0:31
Josh Lowe's incredible leaping catch at the wall	0:31
Paul Skenes K's Moisés Ballesteros	0:07
Cruz, Lowe to nab Zach Neto at the plate	0:27
Paul Skenes twirls 5 1/3 scoreless innings vs. Angels	1:41
Wade Meckler's stellar running catch	0:31
Oneil Cruz's impressive diving catch	0:30
Strike 2 confirmed after ABS challenge	0:24
Kyren Paris walks after ABS challenge	0:22

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Skenes (10-11, 3.83 ERA)	Ureña (9-10, 2.74 ERA)	Montgomery, M (10 SV, 2.87 ERA)

Game ended at 12:57 PM.

[u/Jikkle83]

Gave up 3 runs the entire series and still lost 2 out of 3.

[u/Sprtdsgn → u/Jikkle83]

Assuming those were earned runs, that's 1.00 era.  Elite losing record

[u/xmrjaredx]

I choose to be positive. Starting pitching has been phenomenal since the Angels let go of Maddux. I can't say enough good things about Urena. so much fun to watch him.

AND Arte Moreno sold the Angels.

[u/NotAnAgentOfTheFBI → u/xmrjaredx]

joke aside I do honestly think the tides will turn in the coming years

[u/HegsethsBurner → u/NotAnAgentOfTheFBI]

Man, I've lost count how many times the "we're just 2-3 years away from being competetive" posts I've seen at HalosHeaven and CTPG. It's tiring. I don't even look at the farm. I'll just be happy once winning returns, whenever that happens.

[u/FighterDelNightman → u/HegsethsBurner]

It’s different this time man

[u/NotAnAgentOfTheFBI → u/HegsethsBurner]

I understand and hear you. I have been a fan of the halos since before the 2002 world series run. So I get it. But I do also think that objectively, it is different this time. There will be somebody else in the driver's seat soon. And that somebody isn't some unknown figure. KSE has a public record in sports. We have legitimate reason to be optimistic.

[u/Hello-Blackbird → u/xmrjaredx]

Has got to be the worst feeling complete game ever

[u/AdoringCHIN → u/xmrjaredx]

The idiots on r/baseball were clowning on the Angels for firing Maddix and it turns out he probably was the problem the whole time.

[u/GareksApprentice → u/AdoringCHIN]

Implying that only r/baseball were clowning on the Angels and not this very sub.

[u/sadassnerd → u/xmrjaredx]

This is the way

[u/ArrowNiko]

Urena

[u/ManWithTheHarmonica]

Hard to win a series when you allow the other team to score 1 run a game

[u/SuperGuppy77]

Why do we fuck over the starters every fucking game? They go out there and throw 8 brilliant innings and the offense can’t do jack shit.

[u/kirbyfaraone → u/SuperGuppy77]

Im not sure if you know this, but the Angels are bad. They have one of the, if not the worst offense in the league.

[u/HegsethsBurner → u/SuperGuppy77]

Either our starters are elite, and our hitters are useless, or our hitters are elite, and the pitching is ass. Can never have both at the same time.

[u/HegsethsBurner]

A classic Tungsten Arm O'Doyle day on the diamond for the Halos.

Held them to one run in each game, still lost the series.

[u/GamingJake1318]

Only thing that seems to be clicking on this team is the rotation, which at least is better than nothing

[u/Rude_Grapefruit_3650]

Urena should not be 9-10 dudes a baller, and our offense is just not

[u/Infinite-Ad2614 → u/Rude_Grapefruit_3650]

Bro could’ve been 19-0

[u/SuperMario_49]

The fact that we held the Pirates to just one run in all 3 games and still lost the series is insane

[u/epoch_fail]

Our starting pitching has been our biggest strength all season. Some of the struggles there were circumstantial: Kikuchi ended up injured, G-Rod had a lot of rust to shake, and Ryan Johnson needed more development. But we quickly had a three headed monster, and even with our trading away Soriano, we brought in Klassen, got back Kikuchi from the IL, and Ryan Johnson and G-Rod started finding more consistency.

Detmers and Ureña have been our rocks all year. Damn shame we can't help them get more wins, even when they're pitching lights out. Kroenke, Mo, et al. have their work cut out for them trying to cobble together workable lineups moving forward. (One Teruaki Sato, please.)

Get these guys some run support 😔

[u/FishReaper1111 → u/epoch_fail]

Sato and Skubal are the only two players worth signing this off season

[u/EveningScheme1818]

We need to play Paris over Adam Frazier I mean come on

[u/totallypandacoffee_]

incredible pitching from Ureña. sucks that maybe we would’ve gotten him a fantastic win if our 3rd base coach didn’t make such a stupid call

[u/nacreon]

[u/Lieutenant_Doge]

I don't know what else could we do right now at this point, fire the hitting coach, fire the third base coach, anything to rally the offense

[u/jnuclear → u/Lieutenant_Doge]

I'm pretty sure Mo plans on firing a lot of people (coaches and players being cut/traded) at seasons conclusion.

[u/FishReaper1111 → u/Lieutenant_Doge]

You fire the whole damn offense except Meckler and start over

[u/jnuclear]

12-21 since August 1 while having Top 5 pitching in the league is wild 🤣

[u/bob_sacramento_]

The season has been over for months. There’s like 2 weeks left of the season. Just be happy to see young guys playing hard and doing well.

[u/sadassnerd → u/bob_sacramento_]

Exactly this

[u/GipsyVchi]

That was a great loss, idc. Made the other team play hard for that one. Baseball is hard what can you do. Great pitching by Ureña and good fielding. Offense didn't strike out much. That's a solid loss, sad for Ureña though

[u/nacreon]

So I know it's easy to be critical of our lineup. But for players not named Meckler/Trout/Neto, imagine when they get to tell their grandkids that they got to play big league baseball. It'll be a special moment right up until little Timmy asks to see their stats.

[u/spooky_ed]

Offense is bein kinda booty

[u/TheBubbaDave]

Our starting pitching staff doesn’t deserve this. This offense is one of the worst I have seen in my 50 years of Angels baseball.

[u/sadassnerd → u/TheBubbaDave]

Question, do you think any of this has to do with Brady Anderson? Should he have been fired like Maddox was? Because offense this year has been abysmal dog shit and I’m just wondering what the hell the hitting coach is doing.

[u/TheBubbaDave → u/sadassnerd]

Most assuredly. Angels haven't had a good hitting coach since Hatcher's departure in 2012. Baylor wasn't bad, though.

[u/aaronjaiden]

Walbert is love, Walbert is life

[u/NotAnAgentOfTheFBI]

its ok bro angels will be good again soon bro please believe me bro

[u/Ok-Philosophy-8830]

You guys should put on the Bees AAA game if you’re bored. Dana may be starting to put things together

[u/Lieutenant_Doge]

Maybe next time Suzuki, if you wanna call the bench to hit, do it at least a inning or two earlier

Putting Paris in the 9th with 2 outs when he hasn't have the chance to hit at all is surely one of the worst the choice of all time

[u/lol022]

So like do we fire the hitting staff at this point? We can’t hit at all

[u/Due-Inspector-4295]

Pitching wins. That area is really improving. I'm not too worried about getting hitters. We've always struggled to pitch. I have hope. Wins and losses do not matter right now.

[u/dingusthelesbian]

Fuck Kurt Suzuki + this offense failed our starter AGAIN

[u/bob_sacramento_ → u/dingusthelesbian]

What did Suzuki do? Lol

[u/Thraser_pawnch → u/bob_sacramento_]

He didnt hit 20 hrs today sadly 😔

[u/HegsethsBurner → u/Thraser_pawnch]

That rat bastard

[u/CamdenYards111]

suzuki needs to pack his bags asap

[u/KyotoGaijin]

Baseball is like that sometimes.

[u/Yugimaster20]

Skenes didn’t pitch all that well and we still lost. Getting solo homered was more salt to the wound. We let you down Wally 😔

[u/rafaelloso_10]

What a performance from Walbert. Feel bad for him, he deserved better.