Soriano's ERA Edges Out Angels' Record

0:00It's April 29. You're listening to MLB News today, AI-powered baseball coverage. I'm Cory with the story. Jose Soriano proved he's human after all, and his latest start for the Angels. The young pitcher had a historic run with a 0.24 earned run average over his first six outings, allowing just one run in 37 and two-thirds innings. But against the White Sox on Tuesday night, he gave up three runs on six hits, including two homers over five innings, bumping his ERA to 0.8, four through seven starts. Earlier this week, Soriano echoed his previous outing against the Blue Jays, where he also battled subpar stuff. His fastball velocity dipped a bit, averaging around 96 miles per hour on his sinker instead of his usual 96.9, and he struggled with command, throwing only 57 strikes out of 97 pitches for 15 outs. The Angels crowd felt the early sting when Soriano snapped his scoreless streak of 25 and two-thirds innings with a solo homer in the second.

1:02He loaded the bases in the third, but escaped, only to surrender a two-run shot in the fourth that put his team in a hole before they tied it up. Still, positive shown through, Soriano fans six batters racked up a season high 19 swings and misses, and stayed perfect against runners-in. Scoring position, 0 for 15 this year. This 0.8 for ERA now edges out the Angels' previous best, through seven starts from Kirk McCaskill back in 1989. Fernando Ballons' Whale is 1981 record holds firm, but Soriano's keeping the Angels competitive and rewriting club history his way.