Thursday, 4 a.m.
In the long, wacky history of wild pitches, this one may have been the worst. Call it the Wildest Pitch.
Hey, it isn’t as if the Angels’ Jose Soriano wasn’t having a bad day already. On his first pitch, he gave up a single to Yandy Diaz. On his third, he gave up a single to Randy Arozarena. On his sixth, he gave up a single to Richie Palacios.
It would get worse after those six pitches.
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Soriano uncorked a wild pitch while throwing to third baseman Isaac Paredes. Diaz scored from third. Not only that, but Arozarena scored from second. Not only that, but Palacios went all the way to third. He scored on Parades’ sacrifice fly to make it 3-0.
The Angels never recovered in a 4-2 loss.
The Rays came back to win the series after dropping the first game.
Kevin Kelly got the win is relief of Zack Littell, who gave up six hits and three walks in four and a third innings. Palacios had two hits for the Rays.
Tampa Bay is off today, then is home at Tropicana Field against San Francisco on Friday.