Brutal early schedule will test Angels' chances of making playoffs
LA TimesTyler Anderson pitches against the Oakland Athletics in the first inning Sunday. Figuring Rendon would play the entire three-game series in Seattle this week, the Angels didn’t play him in the series finale Sunday. The Angels still scored six runs, the first three on rookie catcher Logan O’Hoppe’s first career homer. Tyler Anderson, a breakout performer last year with the Dodgers, pitched six scoreless innings in his Angels debut Sunday. After Aaron Loup and Ryan Tepera combined to give up two runs that cost the Angels the season opener, the group registered six scoreless innings, but it’s still anyone’s guess how much of that was because of the quality of the Angels’ arms and how much was because of the lack of quality in the Bad News A’s lineup.