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Angels Ace José Soriano Has an 0.28 ERA, 39 Ks After 5 Phenomenal Starts to Begin the Season
Soriano improved to 5-0 with a 0.28 ERA and 39 strikeouts, giving the Angels one of baseball’s most dominant starts.
- Los Angeles Angels pitcher Soriano led his team to an 8-0 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday in Anaheim, ending San Diego's eight-game winning streak.
- Soriano has reached rare company as the only pitcher in major league history to yield one or fewer earned runs and three or fewer hits in each of his first five starts, matching feats by Fernando Valenzuela and Walter Johnson.
- The Dominican ace leads the majors with 39 strikeouts while allowing only 11 hits, maintaining a 0.73 WHIP and a 17-inning scoreless streak that ranks second in baseball.
- Despite throwing 99 pitches against the Padres, Angels manager Kurt Suzuki praised Soriano's maturity, stating, "I think that's the maturity showing up," after the pitcher had to grind through the outing.
- Soriano credits his catcher for the recent success, stating, "I believe in my catcher, and we're on the same page." Adell called the performance "really special," adding the pitcher "always had the stuff to compete at this level.
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Angels hammer Padres hours after learning of Garret Anderson’s death
Yoan Moncada and Josh Lowe each homered and Jose Soriano allowed two hits over 5 2/3 innings for his fifth win as the Los Angeles Angels, only hours after announcing the death of franchise icon Garret Anderson, snapped San Diego's eight-game winning streak with an 8-0 victory on Friday night in Anaheim, Calif.Soriano (5-0) walked four and struck out eight, lowering major league-leading ERA to 0.28. He has allowed just one run -- a homer by Atlan…
ANAHEIM, California.- The Dominican José Soriano threw ball of two unstoppable until the sixth inning in his fifth consecutive victory, Cuban Yoan Moncada and Josh Lowe connected home runs, and Los Angeles Angels cut the streak of eight wins followed by the San Diego Padres with a victory for 8-0 this Friday night. [...] La entrada Soriano y Angels curbed Padres aparece primero en PSN Noticias.
The Dominican returned to shine and Anaheim's team finished the eight consecutive San Diego win streak with a forceful 8-0 ANAHEIM, California.— José Soriano again looked intractable and commanded the Los Angeles Angels win (11-10) by 8-0 over the San Diego Fathers (13-7), resulting in the end of the eight consecutive win streak of the San Diego team. Dominican law worked two-hit ball until the sixth inning, added its fifth consecutive win and c…
The Angels May Have Found An Ace
Angels right-hander José Soriano has had a really tough journey but it seems he has arrived. He has largely stayed healthy for a few years and his results keep getting better. The timing of his breakout puts the Halos in an interesting position. Soriano has always had good stuff. Even as a teenager, he was hitting the mid-90s with his fastball and showing good secondary stuff while pitching in Rookie ball. Still, there were questions about wheth…
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