Fernando Tatis Jr. and Mason Miller Shut Down the Angels' Hottest Offense in the Majors Right Now
The Angels came into Saturday night riding one of the most explosive offensive stretches in baseball. Sixteen home runs in six games. Forty-nine runs scored. They looked unstoppable. Then they ran into the San Diego Padres, and everything came to a halt.
Fernando Tatis Jr. had two hits and two RBIs, Ramon Laureano drove in two runs, and Mason Miller locked down the save as the Padres dominated the Angels 4-1 in Anaheim. This is what it looks like when a red-hot lineup meets a wall. The Angels finished with just six hits total. That's not a fluke. That's suffocation.
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The Angels nearly stole an early lead in the second inning when Yoan Moncada sent a deep drive to right-center that looked gone. But Jackson Merrill made the play of the night, reaching above the fence to rob Moncada of a home run. That's the third time this season Merrill has taken a dinger away from somebody. Sometimes one catch changes everything.
The Padres' Bats Broke It Open in the Eighth
San Diego took control in the eighth against Angels reliever Ryan Zeferjahn. He walked Freddy Fermin and Jake Cronenworth on eight straight balls to open the inning, and that's when it got ugly. Laureano grounded a single to center to score Fermin, and Tatis followed with a slow roller into shallow right to score Cronenworth. The Padres extended it to 4-1 with two more insurance runs in the ninth on a bases-loaded sacrifice fly by Laureano and an RBI single from Tatis.
This was San Diego's 12th win in their last 14 games. Mason Miller pitched around some traffic in the ninth to record his seventh save, extending his scoreless streak to 31 and two-thirds innings dating back to August 6, 2025. Adrian Morejon added one and one-third innings of hitless relief.
The Angels have the talent to be dangerous, but Saturday night they looked mortal. That's what happens when your pitcher gives up six walks in one inning and your best stretches of baseball come to a sudden stop.
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