In big league baseball, seven-game winning streaks are not the most unusual occurrence, but for a team like the Los Angeles Angels, they are. What is the likelihood that the Angels will win seven in a row? It’s the team’s longest seven-game winning run since 2022 and just the third in the previous ten seasons. The fact that they are accomplishing all of this without Mike Trout is quite amazing; it nearly makes supporters want the club to postpone his comeback even further.
But with these men around, who needs Trouty?
Taylor Ward
Since Ward has been utterly incompetent at the plate for the last seven games, it will be hard to list all of his accomplishments. Wardo’s game-winning grand slam in the opening game of the road trip in San Diego is not even included in these streak statistics.
Ward is the only leader in the following categories from May 16th on of the Angels hitters: BA (.433), SLG (1.033), OPS (1.533), hits (13), triples (1), RBIs (12), XBHs (9), wOBA (.620) and total bases (31).
Let’s order Ward’s standout home homers from the run:
- Thursday 05/22: Go-ahead grand slam off Grant Holman in the 7th inning (Angels were trailing 5-2), which was his eighth consecutive game with an extra-base hit (last done by Tim Salmon in 2000), and third hit of the game.
- Monday 05/19: Two-run HR off J.T. Ginn to break a 2-2 tie in the third inning
- Saturday 05/17: Solo HR off of Clayton Kershaw’s iconic curveball to break a 3-3 tie
- Sunday 05/18: Two-run shot off Tony Gonsolin in the first inning to score Moncada, Angels go up 2-0
