In a battle of starting pitchers trying to find themselves, Alex Meyer and (former Angel, kinda) Mat Latos had a go at it tonight. The Angels played this as a one-time Meyer start, though they said they would “reevaluate” as they saw fit. Reading between the lines, Meyer had the opportunity to seize a rotation spot.
Unfortunately, the Angels best pitching prospect continued to do his rendition of Hot N’ Cold by Katy Perry. He dominated the first and second inning but scuffled afterwards, pulled with bases loaded and two outs in the fourth inning (Jose Alvarez left ‘em stranded, but not before he nearly gave up a grand slam to Darwin Barney that sliced inches left of the LF foul pole).