New manager, same result for the Los Angeles Angels.
Just hours after the Angels fired manager Joe Maddon, the team’s losing streak reached 13 games.
The Boston Red Sox beat the Halos 6-5 in 10 innings on Tuesday night at Angel Stadium, in Phil Nevin’s first game as interim manager for Los Angeles.
The Angels' losing streak is now up to 13 games.
0-1 in the post-Maddon era. ⚾️ pic.twitter.com/MEuMhYMyDL
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) June 8, 2022
The 13-game losing streak is a single-season franchise record for the Angels.
The Angels lost their 13th consecutive game tonight, a new single-season franchise record and tied with the 1985 Cubs for the longest skid by a team that was 10 games above .500 when the streak began.
Six of the Angels' 13 losses have come by a run, including the last two.
— Alden González (@Alden_Gonzalez) June 8, 2022
The Angels jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning and took a 5-3 lead into the sixth inning. After four runs through the game’s first three innings, the Angels’ offense went quiet.
Making matters worse, and potentially much worse depending on the severity: Angels superstar Mike Trout exited in the third inning with a groin injury. He’d hit a two-run homer and a double in his two at-bats before leaving the game.
Entering May 16, the Angels were 24-13. Now, they’re 27-30 with 13 straight losses. The Angels have plummeted to 9.5 games back of the Houston Astros in the AL West, and they’re 2.5 games back of the Red Sox for the third AL Wild Card slot.
Here’s a look at how the baseball world is reacting to the Angels’ losing streak reaching a single-season franchise record of 13 games:
Make it 13 losses in a row for the Angels, the latest 6-5 in 10 innings to the surging Red Sox. That sets a franchise record for consecutive defeats in a single season. Adding injury to insult, Mike Trout left the game in the third inning with left groin tightness.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) June 8, 2022
Angels lose 6-5 in 10 and have now lost 13 in a row
Joe Maddon blew the 5-3 lead
Joe Maddon allowed Christian Vazquez's winning hit
Joe Maddon struck out twice in the 10th with the tying run on 2nd
Joe Maddon is the reason Mike Trout got injured— Larry Brown (@LBSports) June 8, 2022
It took the Angels a month and a half to lose 13 games to start the season (22-13 on May 12).
They have now lost 13 games in less than two weeks.
— Danny Vietti (@DannyVietti) June 8, 2022
In back to back innings, the Angels don’t advance a runner on 2nd base with nobody out.
They have lost 13 in a row.
— Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) June 8, 2022
That’s 13 losses in a row for the Angels.
What they need rn: pic.twitter.com/Hs85lddSh7
— B/R Walk-Off (@BRWalkoff) June 8, 2022
Angels fans going on 13 days without food or water pic.twitter.com/h1mQWMzUUL
— zachleft (@zachleft) June 8, 2022
