Nationals vs. Angels Game Highlights (6/28/25) | MLB Highlights

It is a beautiful night for baseball here in Southern California it's game two of a three game series on this Christmas weekend in June at the big A the Los Angeles Angels against the Washington Nationals as Kyle Hendricks leads the Angels onto the field tonight he's three and oh in the month of June. Yeah I mean he's thrown the ball well and he's thrown the ball well all season long here at the big A three and three mark the linear eight is barely over four as Abrams out in front lifts a fly ball to right center field Lamont Wade has some steps before the warning track and makes the catch for the first out of the game. Here's the Nationals left fielder James Wood facing Hendricks to his drilled out to center hooking in the right center and it'll drop James Wood in an O2 count finds a way to reach base Nathaniel Lowe will be the next hitter Lowe the cleanup man. He had a three hit night last night Lowe a ground ball right side that's passed Moore Wood will stop at second and another two strike knock for the Nats Wood and now Lowe to put two on for Josh Bell next pitch and this is lifted in the air on the left side of the infield back on the outfield grass making the catch on that one is Redd Hefo and he had to kind of lunge a little bit to his left at the last moment to make the graph at the inning is over. Twenty seven year old right hitter Michael Soroka the native of Calgary Alberta Canada is on the mound for the Nationals to the Nationals threatened but left two men aboard at the top of the first Soroka's eleven start three and five record Redd Hefo will lead off and slap one to left field. James Wood coming in and a shoot top grab for James. Great play by James Wood and James Wood coming in and those long strides and a long reach down out in front of him to make an outstanding play. He's stumbling and almost falling but stayed on his feet. When offense he would attempt to dive he was almost caught in between whether to dive or stay on his feet. Fortunately he has a very long reach so he can reach down and extend a little bit to take it away from Redd Hefo to up to down. That's the first ground ball out for Hendricks. Here's Riley Adams the catcher for the Nationals on the backup catcher Caber Ruiz. I'm going to see him. He has a concussion right now and it was wide at the pitch and Adams lines it up the middle. It's in the center field a base hit fastball to the inside part of the plate and he lines it just to the left of second and on through the Nats have their third in two out single for Riley Adams. Here's the pitch and that's right down the heart of the plate. Got him looking and that's how the inning will end for strike out tonight for Kyle Hendricks Soroka start of the day third of the National League in time for fifth of the majors and hit batsman. That's now the ninth batter he's hit in the sixth right handed hitter. He does like to pitch into the righties. So here's Joe Adele first base runner for the Angels lines it over Abrams in the left center field. Well he hits a lot of things really hard. He did last night the home run and a rocket up the middle. The only hope there was that he had hit it so hard Abrams couldn't time and that's exactly what happened. He's had something brewing. Adele keeps that hitting streak going a 10 gamer now runners at the corners for all happy bouncing ball will bring the run home but also give the Nationals the two outs that they were seeking. So it's one nothing Angels but no RBI for O'Hoppy. So the Halos on the board it's one nothing. Kyle Hendricks takes the mound here in the third inning with the top of the order to up for Washington. Great comes back for strike three over the inside corner. That's that Greg Maddux like to Seamer at the hip brings it in the inside corner. Quick Wyatt inning only eight pitches thrown by Kyle Hendricks batter now is Kevin Newman. Newman started at shortstop last night. Zach Neto has been troubled by a sore shoulder injured on a stolen base attempt in the Red Sox series. Oh that's filthy on the curve ball. Kevin Newman almost ended up in the Angels dugout by the time that one was caught by Riley Adams. Newman was ducking for cover like the pitch was going to hit him and Soroka snapped off a nasty curve ball that is in the zone for strike three. You do not often see that in the big leagues. We've completed three here at the big A now approaching the third time through for Hendricks who is one of only five starting pitchers that the Angels have used this season. Abrams first pitch hacking out to left center back is Adele chasing after it looking up. It's out of here. C.J. Abrams in opposite field bomb twelve on the year for Abrams and we've got a one one ball game. Bang Zoom goes C.J. Abrams getting a hold of an elevated fastball to the outside and going with it to left center field his twenty eighth run batted in and that has tied the game here with two out of the top of the fifth inning. It's the Nationals one of the Angels one Hendricks surrenders his fifth home run to a left handed hitter this year and fifteenth overall to out nobody on bottom of the fifth inning. We are all even at one. The batter is Christian Moore the rookie second baseman who struck out swinging his only time up in the third got him another strikeout of Moore make it five for Soroca through five great innings here in Anaheim. So the Angels nine hole hitter it's just the second Angel hit in the ballgame against Soroca and now the top of the order Ranjito grounded right back to it. The second for one on the first a double play. Talk about helping your own cause. Michael Soroca shatters a bat and then starts a one six three. Michael Soroca works a scoreless sixth inning a hit and a double play nicely done six strong innings tonight for the Nationals starting pitcher Ryan Zephyr John gets ready his thirty fifth appearance of the year. You're a four point four five. Here's the three oh and Lyle takes high and that should be ball for Lyle didn't want to leave. He will now leave drawing the one out walk. So the Nationals to go ahead run it first here in a one one game in the seventh and it's the catcher Riley Adams and Lyle takes off throw down by O'Hoppy tailing towards the right field side and Lyle able to hold the bag. Lyle did keep his tippy toe on the bag so he's at second base 0 1 the count now a ground ball up the middle. Adams is going to bring Dale and Lyle to the plate and then have to have a lead here in the seventh walk stolen base RBI single and Riley Adams tenth stake of the year. It's two to one. So the Angels it's there for them to take it. There's no question. And they've got to find a way they've been real good winning these close games especially late in the games here. They've got to find a way to get it going. They got the right guy to try to get it going here with Mike Trout leading off. And Trout lines one to left feet. This is deep. What is. How great is that to see from Trout a line hundred six point two now this nine away from four hundred for Trouty Trout blast that one into the Angels bullpen out there and just like that and answer back run and we're tied at two. Now Taylor Warnock's one of the left field corner that's extra bases. That was a rocket to while he jumped on that one that was upstairs a fastball maybe Zach Brixey needs to buy a vowel to help him out here. He's allowed a home run and a double to start this inning. The Angels looking for the lead here. Adele does have a base hit tonight. He's one for two gives up another line. This one a base hit to center Ward will be helped three straight rockets to start this inning and three straight fastballs hit extremely hard. So now the Angels have two outs here in this inning and more will be in the next batter Taylor Ward still standing at third base two outs. So they need a big two out hit from Christian Moore and more of the he scores to the Angels get the lead back in this ball game up three to two Christian Moore the rookie comes through batter. Now is Kevin Newman with runners at first and second to run inning. The Angels can get more left one deep to left huge right there a three run shot. Angels have a six to lead the nine hole hitter delivers. Ludis walks trout to load the bases single for Moore put the Angels in front three run homer for Newman then a double a walk and a walk and the bases are loaded. Angels are up six to two five running three and all the count. Here's the next pitch and that's nowhere close. He walks in a run another game for the Halos picking up some walks four of them today seven to two as Ward gets an RBI. Now Gustavo Camparo getting his first at bat. Camparo drills one to right. This one's headed a long way. Gustavo Camparo sends one out. I said he can hit a little bit some quick hands another three home run game for the Halos now one hundred and twenty four on the season second major league home run for Camparo. It's his first left handed. He is a really good hitter and it's nice to see him put it together in this at bat ninth inning here in Anaheim. The Angels will go to the bullpen and the Nationals down to their final at right center Camparo got a good job. He's there said good night to the Nationals. Good win for the Angels scored a lot of runs late. The Angels come away with the victory tonight as they beat the Nationals by the final of eight to two.