The bottom two hitters in the Atlanta lineup combine for three homers, and Braves ace Spencer Strider strikes out nine in 6⅔ innings to hand the Angels a 5-1 defeat.
ATLANTA — As the Angels completed a week of trades to shape themselves into a playoff team, on Tuesday night they ran into a team that expects much more than simply getting to October.
The Angels beefed up their lineup just before this series with a trade for Randal Grichuk and C.J. Cron and the return of Zach Neto. Grichuk and Neto both contributed to the Angels’ only run against Strider. Meanwhile, Angels starter Patrick Sandoval got the start on four days’ rest, something that is standard for pitchers around baseball but not with the Angels. When Shohei Ohtani has been in the Angels’ rotation, they have had their starters pitch almost exclusively with five or more days of rest.
Sandoval showed no ill effects from having one less day of rest. He gave up two runs in five innings, on 90 pitches. He walked four. It was an outing very much like his others.
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