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Skaggs shoulders blame for record steals
- Updated: August 13, 2016
CLEVELAND — In a double-digit loss, there can be many factors contributing to the lopsided score. But in Friday’s 13-3 loss to the Indians, Angels left-handed starter Tyler Skaggs wasted no time afterward to shoulder the blame.
“This loss is on me today,” Skaggs said. “We put runs up early, and I couldn’t capitalize. It’s on me, I have to be better.”
With the loss, the Angels have now lost eight games in a row. It is the first such streak as a franchise since a nine-game skid in August and September 1999. During that stretch, the last four losses came at the hands of the Tribe in Cleveland. Then-manager Terry Collins resigned following the slump.
In the current 2016 skid, the Halos have dropped consecutive games to the Indians at Progressive Field by double-digit margins.
“It’s frustrating,” Skaggs said. “Nobody wants to come suited up and lose. But we are not cutting any corners. We are coming here and working our [tails] off. We are trying to win ballgames.”
The latest lopsided loss was heavily influenced by Cleveland’s run game. The Indians swiped eight bags, tying a …
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