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OC Register: José Suarez roughed up again in Angels loss to Giants

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SAN FRANCISCO — When the Angels sent struggling Reid Detmers to Triple-A, they simply shifted from one problem to another in the rotation.

Left-hander José Suarez has had two opportunities to fill some of the innings vacated by Detmers, and he failed both times.

Suarez gave up five runs while recording only three outs in the Angels’ 13-6 loss to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. Suarez allowed four runs in 2-2/3 innings when he started on Tuesday in Arizona.

Suarez now has an 8.15 ERA, with his two most recent performances wiping away any optimistic hopes from the stretch of acceptable relief appearances leading up to this week.

Adding to the Angels troubles, infielder Luis Rengifo left the game in the middle of the Giants’ nine-run fourth inning when he suffered a left wrist contusion. Rengifo was hurt trying to make a backhand stop of a sharp grounder. There was no immediate word on the severity of the injury.

It was a bad day for Rengifo and Suarez, who have been friends and teammates since they grew up in the same town in Venezuela.

While Rengifo has been in the midst of his best season, Suarez has been enduring a nightmare since last season. The Angels (28-43) have so far refused to part ways with the 26-year-old because he’s out of options and they felt he could turn it around.

The Angels gave him a start on Tuesday in Arizona, hoping he could make it through five innings, and he didn’t last three. This time, the Angels started right-hander Ben Joyce as the opener. After he got through two scoreless innings, they gave the ball to Suarez, with a 2-0 lead, in the third.

Suarez worked around two hits to post a scoreless inning. In the fourth, though, he didn’t get an out. He walked a batter and hit one, allowing doubles to the other three.

Four runs scored while Suarez was in the game and a fifth came home after Hunter Strickland replaced him. The Giants took a 9-2 lead in the fourth inning and led 13-2 before the Angels scored four times in the ninth.

The poor performance by Suarez raises the question of what the Angels will do the next time they need a fifth starter. Because they have off days on Thursday and next Sunday, the next time they need a fifth starter is June 28.

The Angels have only one off day from June 24 through July 14, so they will definitely need to come up with a better solution than this for the fifth spot.

Detmers has pitched twice at Triple-A, getting better results the second time. If he shows even more progress in his next start, he could be an option to come back by then.

The Angels also could turn to right-hander Chase Silseth, who on Sunday gave up three runs in five innings in the second Triple-A start of his rehab assignment. Right-hander Zach Plesac has also pitched well in each of his last two starts at Triple-A.

More to come on this story.

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From Fletcher's updated article:

"He’s just not locating his pitches,” Washington said. “If you don’t locate your pitches and you’ve got big league hitters up there, that’s what happens.”

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"The poor performance by Suarez raises the question of what the Angels will do the next time they need a fifth starter. Washington said after the game that he hadn’t had a chance to talk to anyone about what they would do going forward.

“I’m not going to stand here and speculate,” Washington said. “We’ll see where it goes.”

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The dude is literally, single-handedly costing us games. It would be one thing if it was 2 or 3 runs, but usually what happens is the opposition puts up a big crooked number that takes us out of the game. 

Not that it really matters at this point, but the number of opportunities he's been given and the lack of improvement is disappointing, to say the least. 

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2 hours ago, CaliAngel said:

 

The dude is literally, single-handedly costing us games. It would be one thing if it was 2 or 3 runs, but usually what happens is the opposition puts up a big crooked number that takes us out of the game. 

 

And he destroys the bullpen in the process, which can have a carry over effect.

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1 hour ago, jsnpritchett said:

Why are you assuming that's his biggest issue? 

I think it could be a part of it. Back when things finally clicked for him in 2021, he said one of the keys was to really slow down and take big deep breaths between pitches. Even before the 2023 season started he was one of the prime candidates to be negatively affected by the clock. 

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