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CLEVELAND \u2014 By the time Alek Manoah took the mound, the assignment had changed. It wasn\u2019t about getting the Angels a victory. It was about saving the bullpen.<\/p>\n

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The Angels\u2019 plan of having Manoah pitch behind an opener failed, as the relievers who preceded him gave up all of the runs in a 7-2 loss to the Cleveland Guardians on Monday night.<\/p>\n

Manoah then came to the mound for what turned out to be five scoreless innings. He and Manager Kurt Suzuki both seemed reluctant to look too much into the quality, focusing instead on the quantity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know how many innings I was going to throw,\u201d Manoah said. \u201cI just didn\u2019t even think about that. Just grab the ball and go make pitches. Early on I was trying to be too perfect with some pitches and then I remember my job is to kind of keep us in the game but also save that bullpen, so just started attacking and I was able to finish it off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manoah threw 91 pitches (47 strikes).<\/p>\n

Manoah\u2019s four-seam fastball averaged 88 mph and his sinker averaged 89 mph, both down from what he was before Tommy John surgery two years ago and even down from his 92 mph average in Friday night\u2019s relief appearance.<\/p>\n

Manoah answered a question about his velocity with another question: \u201cHow cold was it out there?\u201d<\/p>\n

It was 53 degrees at first pitch.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSeven-run ball game, I\u2019m really not worried about the velocity, man,\u201d Manoah continued. \u201cI know it\u2019s going to come. For me right now it\u2019s just consistency, rhythm, and just doing my job when my name is called.\u201d<\/p>\n

He was scheduled to be the \u201cbulk\u201d pitcher. The Angels opted to start the game with left-hander Brent Suter against the lefty-loaded Guardians lineup. Suter got into trouble and the two relievers who followed him only made it worse, combining for five walks in the second and third innings, leading to that 7-0 deficit before Manoah got into the game.<\/p>\n

Manoah also had traffic throughout his outing, with five walks. He gave up two hits. Two of the outs were also hard-hit balls, including a 106 mph lineout.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe battled with what he had and kept us in the game and gave us those five innings,\u201d Suzuki said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t have to use anybody else in that bullpen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Now, the question is what the Angels are going to do the next time this \u201chole\u201d comes up in their rotation. They\u2019ve been struggling with one spot all season. Ryan Johnson left the rotation with an illness in early April, and by the time Walbert Ure\u00f1a showed he could be a capable starter the Angels lost Yusei Kikuchi to a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n

The Angels tried right-hander George Klassen twice and left-hander Sam Aldegheri once. This was the second time they tried a bullpen game, although this time they had a predetermined pitcher they hoped would get most of the outs, in Manoah.<\/p>\n

The next time the Angels need a fifth starter will be on Sunday, the finale of a three-game series against the Dodgers.<\/p>\n

They could give the ball to Manoah again. They could also bring Johnson back for that one. He threw 78 pitches for Triple-A Salt Lake over the weekend. Right-hander Caden Dana, Klassen and Aldegheri could all be options for that game.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s unlikely, but the Angels even could activate right-hander Grayson Rodriguez. He\u2019s pitched in two minor league games, including a 94-pitch outing on Sunday.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also possible the Angels could have Ure\u00f1a pitch on Sunday against the Dodgers, pushing back the decision a day or two.<\/p>\n

Whatever they do, it couldn\u2019t work out worse than Monday\u2019s game.<\/p>\n

Suter worked a clean first and he was an out away from completing the second when he walked Travis Bazanna, with mostly noncompetitive pitches. That loaded the bases, prompting the Angels to bring in Jose Fermin to try to escape. Fermin threw a good 0-and-2 slider about six inches off the ground, but Brayan Rocchio reached down and flicked it into right field, for a two-run single.<\/p>\n

Fermin came back to the mound in the third, and he couldn\u2019t find the plate. He walked the bases loaded. Kirby Yates entered and issued another walk, followed by a single and a double, as the Guardians took a 7-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Even though Manoah didn\u2019t let the deficit get any bigger, the hitters did little to make it any smaller. Jo Adell drove in a run in the eighth and Vaughn Grissom drove in one in the ninth.<\/p>\n

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Manoah pitches five scoreless innings, but three relievers combine to give up seven runs before he enters the game, and the Angels lose to the Guardians, 7-2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facts","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nOpener plan fails, as Angels let game get away before Alek Manoah enters - Silicon Valley Moving Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=4895\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Opener plan fails, as Angels let game get away before Alek Manoah enters - 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