"Yeah, that's frustrating," Cook said. "You never want to do that, obviously, put yourself in a bad position right from the jump. I'm not going to sit here and tell you walks are ever OK."
After C.J. Cron singled and Chris Iannetta struck out, Cook went ahead 0-2 against No. 9 hitter Johnny Giavotella but couldn't put him away. On the seventh pitch of the at-bat, Giavotella laced a single into center to score Joyce and give the Angels a 4-3 lead.
"Got him to 0-2 and then overthrew the slider multiple times, which is the most frustrating part about it," Cook said.