Angels offense continues to struggle as Patrick Sandoval endures poor inning – Orange County Register

ANAHEIM – The Angels’ patchwork lineup once again failed to put much together.

A poor inning from Patrick Sandoval was enough to send the Angels to a 4-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals, as the offense continues to struggle to find any type of consistency.

While they’ve had some good games – like scoring nine twice last week – they’ve had performances like Sunday’s more often.

The Angels (15-26) have scored two runs or fewer in six of the last 11 games.

The game got off to an ominous start when Luis Guillorme led off with a double, but the Angels couldn’t even get him to third.

The Angels didn’t score a run until the sixth, when Mickey Moniak singled and scored from first on Willie Calhoun’s double. Calhoun, who homered in the ninth, had three of the Angels’ six hits.

It’s not surprising that this is happening.

Mike Trout, Anthony Rendon, Miguel Sanó and Luis Rengifo are all on the injured list.

Healthy players have experienced spurts of production with droughts in between. Taylor Ward, Jo Adell and Logan O’Hoppe have been the best hitters among those who have been with the team all season.

The poor offensive performance left Sandoval with a loss on a day when his struggles were limited to just one inning.

In Sandoval’s previous two games, he had allowed just two earned runs in 12 innings, with 17 strikeouts and three walks.

Sandoval looked much the same pitcher in five of the six innings he completed Sunday. The Royals didn’t score a run in those innings and they couldn’t even put a runner in scoring position.