Angels' skid reaches 4 games as offense remains stagnant at home

Doug Padilla, The Orange County Register on Apr 22, 2026

Published in Baseball

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ANAHEIM — Plane rides and room service continue to be more agreeable to the Angels than in-town commutes and home cooking.

After putting on a power display at New York last week, the Angels have struggled to provide the same excitement for gatherings that would appreciate it most.

Tuesday night’s 4-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays extended the Angels’ losing streak to a season-long four games, all at home. During a stumble, they have scored just six combined runs in the 36 innings.

By comparison, the Angels averaged eight runs per game during their recent four-game series in the Bronx.

Angels right hander Jack Kochanowicz continues to show growth, allowing one run on five hits over 5⅔ innings. He now has a 3.10 ERA over his five starts but has three no-decisions to show for his efforts.

He rebounded from a slow start in New York last week, when he gave up three runs over the first two innings, and pitched into the seventh only to get a no-decision in a game the Angels lost, 5-4.

Even that kind of run support would have served the Angels’ well on Tuesday when they scored one run in five innings against Blue Jays left-hander Patrick Corbin. The Toronto bullpen held them scoreless the rest of the way.

In 11 home games this season, the Angels have scored 34 total runs. In 14 road games they have scored 85 runs and have hit 27 home runs.

“I don’t think there is anything different,” Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said when asked about the home/road difference from the offense. “Our intent is to have quality at-bats every time we go up there and in this game, sometimes you run into good pitching.”

Against the Blue Jays, the Angels had just three hits through eight innings then two more in the ninth when they attempted a comeback.

They took a 1-0 lead in the fifth inning when Oswald Peraza and Nolan Schanuel delivered back-to-back singles with one out to put runners on the corners and Vaughn Grissom followed with a sacrifice fly.

The Blue Jays got the run right back in the sixth on an Eloy Jimenez sacrifice fly that knocked Kochanowicz from the game.

Toronto took the lead with three runs in the eighth against left-hander Drew Pomeranz (0-2) when Lenyn Soza had a two-run double and Jimenez followed with an RBI single.

The Angels finally made some noise in the bottom of the ninth inning against right-hander Jeff Hoffman when they loaded the bases, but it came at a cost.

Mike Trout singled with one out and Jo Adell was hit by a pitch on the hands. Jorge Soler also was hit on the left elbow. Both players remained in the game after visits from the training staff.

A single from Yoan Moncada cut the deficit to 4-2 before Hoffman was replaced by right-hander Louis Varland. Schanuel to ground into a game-ending double play on Varland’s first pitch. The close final out at first base was upheld on replay.