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Angels’ Jose Soriano roughed up by White Sox for 2nd straight start

May 5, 2026

ANAHEIM — Hours after he was named American League Pitcher of the Month, the honor for Angels right-hander Jose Soriano already had become yesterday’s news.

Soriano was roughed up by the Chicago White Sox for the second consecutive start and the Angels’ woes continued with a 6-0 loss in the series opener on Monday.

Soriano (5-2) gave up season highs of five runs on eight hits and did it in a season-low four innings. It was far from the form he showed to open the season, although the White Sox did give a hint of what was to come last week.

In an outing last Tuesday in Chicago, Soriano gave up what was then his season high of three runs, while doing it on six hits over five innings. Before facing the White Sox in his past two starts, Soriano had allowed just one run over his first six starts (37⅔ innings).

The Angels might have ended their seven-game losing streak Saturday, but they have now dropped nine of their last 10 and 13 of 15 dating to an April 18 home loss against the San Diego Padres.

Soriano has been powerless to end the downturn, with his first two losses of the season in the span of a week after a 5-0 start.

When he lost for the first time this season last week, Soriano was pitching with a stiff neck. It could not have felt much better while turning to watch back-to-back home runs from Munetaka Murakami and Miguel Vargas leave the playing field in his final inning of work on Monday.

Murakami, who has taken MLB by storm since arriving from Japan this season, is tied with the New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge for the league lead in home runs with 14, while his .961 OPS leads all rookies.

Chicago right-hander Davis Martin (5-1) continued his own strong start to the season with seven scoreless innings, allowing five hits with no walks and 10 strikeouts.

Martin lowered his ERA to from 1.95 to 1.64, while Soriano’s climbed from 0.84 to 1.74.

The Angels’ offense continues to search for answers with Nolan Schanuel supplying their only two extra-base hits on doubles in the fourth and seventh innings. He was left stranded each time, including after his leadoff double in the seventh.

Travis d’Arnaud also had two hits but Zach Neto went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts out of the leadoff spot and has struck out 16 times over his last seven games, even after not going down on strikes Sunday.

Mike Trout went 0 for 4 out of the No. 2 spot of the lineup with two strikeouts and now has gone down on strikes 12 times over the past five games.

The top four spots in the order had nine of the Angels’ 14 strikeouts.

It was just the first time the Angels were shut out this season, but they have scored two runs or less nine times over the last 15 games.

More to come on this story.

Orange County Register

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