Maybe Matthew Boyd is just really good. After all, he has a league-leading 2.30 FIP and a 0.93 WHIP, and should probably garner some Cy Young consideration if he keeps it up. Whatever it is, the Angel bats that were stymied yesterday came back in a fury today.
Send! Them! All! To! The! HR! Derby!
Tommy La Stella and Kole Calhoun continue their epic duel for the team lead in HRs. They are now tied at the top with 9 each. Mike Trout, slacking, only has 7.
Tommy La Stella
2015-18 with #Cubs
303 games, 9 HR
2019 with #Angels
32 games, 9 HR (2 today)— Christopher Kamka (@ckamka) May 9, 2019Of course, the big story of the day was Albert Pujols, who reached 2000 career RBIs with a third-inning HR.