Angels News: Logan O'Hoppe Believes Team Can Continue Strong Start

Maren Angus-Coombs | Apr 15, 2024

Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports

The Los Angeles Angels are one game below .500 and catcher Logan O'Hoppe believes the team is heading in the right direction.

“We really put it together today,” O’Hoppe said after Friday night's 7-0 win against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park. “I think that’s the best way to put it. Our approach was good. Everyone attacked the game plan. We’re gonna get it rolling.”

Starting pitcher Reid Detmers struck out seven and walked two, throwing 64 strikes among his 98 pitches despite not feeling right in the first couple of innings. He was able to pinpoint what wasn't feeling right and by the end of 6 1/3 innings, everything was clicking.

“I was fighting myself a little bit,” Detmers said, “but I worked between innings and figured it out slowly, and by the end of the game, I had all my stuff back. You’re going to have days like that. This offseason I figured out some stuff, and if I do have struggles, I can go back to that and get back on track.”

O'Hoppe noticed during warmups that something was off.

“In his pregame bullpen, his stuff wasn’t there as much as it was at the end of the outing,” O’Hoppe said. “Obviously in the first inning, I thought it got much better, but he really figured it out. And then he was able to settle in and be the guy who was the starts before.”

Detmers is the first Angels pitcher since Jered Weaver in 2011 to earn a win in his first three games of the season. He has only allowed two earned runs in 17 ⅓ innings, lowering his ERA to 1.04. His next start is scheduled for Wednesday in St. Petersburg against the Tampa Bay Rays.

It also helped that the Angels banged out 12 hits with everyone in the lineup recording at least one. Anthony Rendon, Aaron Hicks and Nolan Schanuel each had two hits.

Luis Garcia, José Cisnero, and Hunter Strickland collaborated on the final eight outs without allowing a baserunner.

The Angels turn their focus to the Tampa Bay Rays with the first of four games schedule to start at 3:50 p.m. PT on Monday.