The Angels gave Ron Washington a great birthday present on Monday:

They put together lots of good fundamental baseball (with one notable exception) to pick up a victory.

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Angels 6, Phillies 5

Canning: 5 IP, 4 ER

Adell: HR (4)
Ward: 2-4, 2b
Drury: 2-4
Neto: 2-4

The Angels (11-18) snapped their 4-game losing streak.

The Angels just took their first lead since last Tuesday.

It had been 42 innings since. They trailed after 36 of those and were tied after 6.

It's 6-4 in the 7th.

Cole Tucker's RBI single ties the game 4-4 in the 6th.

Maybe this is the start of something new.

Griffin Canning has settled down after allowing 3 in the first. He's at 68 pitches after 4 innings. The Angels are down 3-2.

🟢 Estévez, Cimber, Daniel
🟡 Strickland, Moore
🔴 Garcia, Suarez, Fulmer

We haven't seen much of RHB Luis Rengifo because the Angels have barely faced any lefties, but he's still good.

He's now 7 for 15 with 3 2Bs.

The Angels have allowed 28 runs in 29 first innings this season (3rd most in the majors).

They are down 3-0 already tonight.

The Angels made some roster moves today.

Also, a lineup change. And some updates on Silseth, Bachman, Stefanic, Zuñiga. ocregister.com/2024/04/29/ang…

Some of Ron Washington's thoughts from before the game today...

Angels today

Some Angels transactions today.

Most notably, Aaron Hicks DFA’d

I know Angels fans were disturbed by what the Twins did to them this weekend, but separate yourself from your fandom for a moment to listen to this…

“The thing that was disheartening is to watch us just fall apart on the defensive side, fall apart on the offensive side, fall apart in the pitching department.'

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Twins 11, Angels 5

Detmers: 5+ IP, 5 ER
Garcia: .2 IP, 4 ER

Rengifo HR (1)
Schanuel HR (2)

The Angels made 3 errors.

The Angels (10-18) have lost 9 of their last 10.

Around the time I tweeted this, Greg Beacham commented on how fast the game was going.

It's now 9-5 in the 7th inning.

Kristofak is warming up

Angels down 9-4 in the 7th

Luis Garcia had gone 32 straight batters without issuing a walk before today.

He walked two of the first three he faced today, with a bloop single in between, and that opened the floodgates to him allowing 4 runs.

The Angels are down 9-4 in the 7th.

If you gave up on the Angels game 10 minutes ago, you can turn it back on.

Adell RBI 2B. Rengifo 2-run HR. Schanuel HR.

It's now 5-4.