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The Los Angeles Angels are hoping to start a six-game homestand after just sweeping the Oakland Athletics as they host the Minnesota Twins in Anaheim, Calif., on Friday night.
The Angels are just 10-10 since the All-Star break. Their success has a lot to do with the emergence of infielder Luis Lengifo.
Lengifo, who nearly got traded to the Dodgers a few years ago, started the season with Triple-A Salt Lake, but was called up on May 8 and remained with his big-league team. ing.
He is versatile defensively — he has played second base, third base, shortstop, and outfield spots in both corners — but his greatest contribution is also at bat. I was dropped.
Rengifo, 25, has been particularly productive lately. Since the All-Star break, he has gone hitless in 16 of 20 games and has more hits (24-17), slugging (10-9) and RBIs (12-10) than Shohei Ohtani. Rengifo is hitting .293 with .801 OPS after the break.
"He hit us in the arm," Angels interim manager Phil Nevin said. "His energy and his work ethic feeds them all. You see him working in a cage. You love him there." He's not here to start the season, but that's a credit to him and what he's done.He got to work."
Venezuela Originally, Lengifo came to the Angels in 2018 as a "later pick" in a trade of first baseman C.J. Kron to the Tampa Bay Rays. Overall this season, Rengifo has a .269 batting average, .725 OPS and 25 slugging, and is on pace to set career highs in each category.
"I feel more experienced," Rengifo said of his progress. “I had a lot of conversations with the players and made some adjustments. It will be the 19th starting lineup for.
He has not won in his last 11 starts since May 22, but has put in a solid performance in his last game. He held the Seattle Mariners to 5 and 1/3 innings last Friday, where he went 3-hit and scoreless, and made no decisions in a game the Angels won 4-3.
Sandoval faced the Twins once in his career and had his best start against them.
On July 24, 2021, Sandoval had a no-hitter through his ninth inning, but Brent he lost on Rooker's one-out on his double. Sandoval got the second out of the inning, but was replaced by closer Raisel Iglesias and gave up an RBI double to Josh Donaldson—a run charged to Sandoval. Overall, Sandoval gave up 1 run and his 1 hit, stole 13 and walked 1 in 8 2/3 innings.
Right-handed Tyler His Mare (5-7, 4.49 ERA) will make his 21st start of the season for Minnesota. Last time against Toronto, he couldn't make a decision.
Mare has faced the Angels once in his career, and on June 25, 2019, when he pitched for the Reds in Cincinnati, he had four runs in five innings and six hits. was defeated.
The Twins were wiped out in two games in his series against the Dodgers and dropped from the lead in the American League Central, but Twins manager Rocco said Baldelli was no reason to panic. Told.
"I think we're thinking too much about the postseason and what's going to happen later this month, next month, especially in October. We have a lot of work to do, a lot of work to accomplish,” said Baldelli. “Again, there is nothing on our minds other than this Friday, other than getting back there and winning a ball game.”
– Field Level Media
