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    Angels’ slide continues with another loss to Mets
    • May 3, 2026

    ANAHEIM — Lost amid the narrative about how the Angels’ bullpen has cost them so much lately is the fact that the offense hasn’t done much either.

    The Angels lost 5-1 to the New York Mets on Sunday, losing for the 12th time in their last 14 games.

    The Angels (13-22) have averaged 3.2 runs in those games, and it’s really worse than that. They have had games of seven runs twice and nine runs once to inflate the average. In eight of their last 14 games, they have scored two or fewer.

    Although they gave up a ninth-inning lead on Wednesday in Chicago, they only scored two runs that day. In Friday’s series opener against the Mets, the Angels didn’t have a hit after the first inning.

    On Sunday, Zach Neto and Mike Trout started the first inning with consecutive walks, but they let Mets starter Clay Holmes off the hook.

    Nolan Schanuel struck out. Jorge Soler drove in a run with a single. Jo Adell then grounded into a double play.

    After that, the Angels had just five singles and one walk. They also had a hitter reach on an error. They didn’t get a runner into scoring position at any point after the first inning.

    Holmes, who now has a 1.69 ERA, was not a likely pitcher to end the Angels’ slump.

    Meanwhile, the Angels wasted a strong performance from Jack Kochanowicz.

    Kochanowicz has a 3.05 ERA after seven starts. Since allowing six runs in his first start of the season, Kochanowicz has not allowed more than three runs in any of his next six outings. It’s been a pleasant surprise considering that he had a 6.81 ERA in 23 starts last season.

    Kochanowicz gave up two runs — both on a Mark Vientos homer — in 6⅓ innings on Sunday.

    He walked three and allowed some hard contact, but he nonetheless gave the Angels what they needed by getting into the seventh inning.

    Vientos hit another homer, a two-run shot, against reliever Nick Sandlin in the eighth, giving the Mets a more comfortable cushion.

    More to come on this story.

    ​ Orange County Register 

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