Los Angeles Angels at Miami Marlins

· Major League Baseball

Los Angeles Angels

4-2, 4-2 Away

Final
10 - 2

Miami Marlins

0-7, 0-7 Home

Ward homers, Schanuel extends on-base streak in Angels' 10-2 victory over winless Marlins

Angels starter Patrick Sandoval struck out seven over 5 2/3 innings and overcame an opening day outing in which he allowed five runs in 1 2/3 innings. Sandoval (1-1) limited the Marlins to two runs and four hits.

“Felt a lot better about that one. Kept the ball in the zone and good things happened,” Sandoval said. “Just build off of it. Have to keep this one going.”

The left-hander absorbed a 101.9 mph comebacker to his left foot hit by Miami’s Vidal Brujan in the third, but remained in the game.

Ward had three hits and two RBI. Zach Neto had two hits and two RBI.

Schanuel extended his streak when he was hit by a pitch in the ninth inning. He is third on the MLB all-time list for consecutive games reaching base to start a career. Alvin Davis (1984) is first at 47 games and Truck Hannah (1918) second at 38 games. Schanuel had a sacrifice fly in the seventh inning.

Miami has lost seven games to start its season. The Marlins had already set the franchise's record for its worst start on Tuesday when they lost their sixth in a row.

“The season feels long already in that clubhouse because it’s seven games and no wins,” Marlins manager Skip Schumaker said. “It is really early, however, these games do count. We’ve got to figure it out if we want to get where we want to get to.”

Marlins starter A.J. Puk (0-2) completed four innings and allowed four runs (two earned) and five hits. The left-hander struck out five and walked three.

Miami narrowed the 4-0 deficit on RBI singles from Josh Bell and Jake Burger in the third inning, but couldn't keep pace with Los Angeles the rest of the way.

Ward, whose homer came in the eighth inning, started the scoring in the first with an RBI single. Brandon Drury then scored Mike Trout on a fielder's choice. Trout finished 1 for 4.

Ward and Aaron Hicks scored on an error by Brujan in the third.

“It’s always important to tack on runs and we did it with the fundamentals of baseball," Angels manager Ron Washington said. “Everybody’s concentrating on what the situation dictates and so far they’re executing it. I certainly hope that’s who we become.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

Angels: INF Luis Rengifo exited in the fifth after feeling light-headed. ... 3B Anthony Rendon was given the day off. Rendon is in a season-starting 0-for-19 skid.

Angels: RHP Griffin Canning (0-1, 9.00) will start the Angels’ season home opener Friday against Boston. The Red Sox will go with RHP Kutter Crawford (0-0, 0.00).

Marlins: LHP Ryan Weathers (0-1, 6.75) will start the opener of a three-game series in St. Louis on Thursday. RHP Lance Lynn (0-0, 0.00) will start for the Cardinals.

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Matchup Prediction

Marlins: 57.4%

Angels: 42.6%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Gordon grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Gordon hit for Anderson
	9th Inning	Chisholm Jr. struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	De La Cruz grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Hicks grounded into double play, third to second to first, Schanuel out at second.
	9th Inning	Schanuel hit by pitch, Neto to second.

Statistics

LAA		MIA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
13	Ground Balls	13
7	Strikeouts	9
8	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	0
8	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
10	Runs	2
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
2	Sacrifice Flies	0
36	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
20	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
5	Doubles	1
18	Fly Balls	8
0	Caught Stealing	0
180	Pitches	124
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
20	Total Bases	5
47	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
6	Extra Base Hits	1
8.9	Runs Created	0.3
.333	Batting Average	.133
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.556	Slugging Percentage	.167
.444	Secondary Average	.100
.447	On Base Percentage	.212
1.002	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.379
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.6
8.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.3
61.0	Batter Rating	14.0
36.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.83	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.76
.222	Isolated Power	.033
1.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.22
.170	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.061
.111	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.033
18.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.7	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
104.0	MLB Rating	64.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0