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What's hilarious is that Liam Hendriks is in it.

He probably had another inning in him too. He's done this against bad teams like Detroit, but I don't remember him absolutely shutting down a lineup as good as this Angels team before.

He had his A++ stuff today. You can get away with it when you throw 100 and can keep the slider in the zone.

Damn that's the best he's looked in a LONG time.

Looks like it, he's no longer showing the ball when he pumps the ball on the breaking pitches.

This is vintage Liam. Hitting 100 and getting whiffs on the slider.

Looks like Liam didn't tip that slider. And he gets a whiff.

The only problem is that it could be too late if we keep struggling like this on offense and defense.

I'd like at least 1 insurance run here. Liam in the 9th just doesn't feel safe anymore.

He's injured too. TLR would never.

Tyler Wade is basically another Leury Garcia. The Angels basically got him for free while we paid our Leury $16 million over 3 years.

Adell bailed Graveman out.

Looks like he doesn't know where his pitches are going.

I wonder if the 1.5 weeks off just absolutely fucked with his timing. He was killing the ball the first 2 games.

The offense is showing some signs of life, but still can't hit situationally with guys in scoring position.

Good base running from TA. Terrible from Harrison.

Jo Addell might be one of the worst outfielders I've ever seen. Especially for a guy who's pretty fast.

He only threw 6 pitches too. He's still got another inning in him.

Hendriks needs to stop tipping his pitches. Nobody is swinging at his breaking stuff. He threw 7 breaking pitches today and got 1 swing, no whiffs. You can throw 98 all you want, but if the hitter knows it's coming, it's a lot easier to hit. Every ball hit off Liam today was basically 100+ MPH in EV.

Hendriks against the middle of the order with a 4 run lead. This honestly doesn't feel that safe.

Wow we got bailed out on that call.

Velasquez averaged half a MPH faster on his fastball today. He mostly was at 92-94 before today and he was hitting 95 in the 5th inning. He got 9 of his 13 whiffs on the fastball. He could just be feeling good today, but it's encouraging after seeing him suck for the first 3 starts.

Come on rain, don't let the bullpen blow this 4 run lead.

4-0.

The game is official at this point. There is no reason to give away outs.