Mike DiGiovanna

“It’s just not getting better ... It’s frustrating for me and everyone else involved. I just want to pitch and be part of the team." Hard-throwing RHP Ben Joyce's inflamed shoulder isn't getting better, leaving a gaping hole in back of #Angels bullpen. https://t.co/WdnMl3Ab7u

RT @LAAngelsPR: #Angels transactions: •Selected the contract of RHP Shaun Anderson (#64) •Recalled OF Matthew Lugo (#15) from Triple-A Sa…

RT @BillShaikin: Sunday baseball column: 'No one should forget.' How the manager of the AL's best team is shedding his asterisk https://t.c…

RT @ByJackHarris: "We’ve had a close relationship since the beginning.” Teoscar Hernández and Andy Pages have been like "big brother, litt…

“It’s super special for the family, growing up here, coming to these ballgames; it means a lot getting this one." Kyle Hendricks earned his first win with 7 2/3 superb innings, and closer Kenley Jansen got back on the horse in #Angels 5-2 win over #Tigers. https://t.co/K3ZAUjWY6p

Luis Rengifo hit a two-run single, and Kyren Paris, mired in a 2-for-40 slump in which he had struck out 23 times, adds a two-run single in the bottom of the sixth to give #Angels a 4-0 lead over #Tigers.

GM Perry Minasian is correct when he says “playoff teams go through stretches” like the brutal whiff-a-thon the #Angels have been mired in since mid-April, but the Halos do not look like a good team, and this "stretch" has gone on for three weeks now. https://t.co/6vfKjAX6QM

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, #Tigers slugger Riley Greene is the first player in MLB history to hit two home runs in the ninth inning of a game. He hit solo shot and three-run shot on 9-1 win over #Angels.

Calling @JomboyMedia ... need a lip-reading expert ...

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The Angels and Tigers benches clear after Zach Neto and Tarik Skubal yell back and forth at each other. Neto hit a homer off Skubal in the first. And Skubal just struck Neto out. Not sure what was said.

With Zach Neto's leadoff HR off Tarik Skubal, the #Angels have now hit safely in 4,000 consecutive regular-season games since being no-hit by #Twins LHP Eric Milton on Sept. 11, 1999. It's the longest active streak without being no-hit in MLB.

“Yesterday, I was in some pain. Today, I can walk normally. The doctor said just stay off it for a couple of days, then get back into it slowly and go.” The latest on #Angels star Mike Trout, who is convinced that his latest knee injury is not serious. https://t.co/zbQZnN1H4a

RT @BillShaikin: NOW UPDATED: Proposed Dodger Stadium gondola project hits legal roadblock. How might this impact potential for fans to tak…

"It’s a privilege to play in LA under this pressure–it’s something I’ve always thrived on–but it doesn’t mean it’s been easy.” #Dodgers 3B Max Muncy hopes to build on his first HR of the season, and RHP Tony Gonsolin has triumphant return from TJ surgery. https://t.co/OujWdB5wAo

#Dodgers 3B Max Muncy has finally hit his first home run of the season. Solo shot to CF in bottom of the second. On the last day of April.

“It’s something as an organization that we’ve been trying to wrap our heads around." A deep dive into a pitching injuries last winter does not seem to have moved the #Dodgers, who are experiencing another rash of pitching injuries, closer to any answers. https://t.co/G8L3sPJ8m9

RT @ByJackHarris: “I was like, ‘You are already one of the best pitchers on the planet.’ But it still felt like there was more in there.”…

Then again ... maybe not. Teoscar Hernandez lines a HR to LF to lead off B8, and the #Dodgers are up 5-4 on #Pirates.

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#Dodgers and #Pirates tied 4-4 in the bottom of the eighth, and Pittsburgh summons a RHP with perhaps the best name ever for a setup man: Colin Holderman.