Cam Schlittler's First Loss Of 2026 Season Came Sunday In Spite Of Cody Bellinger Singling Scoring Aaron Judge Aaron Judge Hitting 2-Run Home Run In New York's 5-4 Loss To Tampa Bay
Cam Schlittler was going to suffer his first loss of the 2026 season at some point for the team that wears the pinstripes!
Where?
On the mound!
Cam Schlittler came into the New York the team that wears the pinstripes , Tampa Bay finale with record of 2-0 with an earn run average of 1.62 because he took no decision when opposing Athletics batters, hitters on Tuesday April 7, 2026 in Bronx New York because 5.0 innings surrendering 5 hits, 3 earned runs while striking out 7 Athletics batters.
The when was Sunday at Tampa Bay as he pitched 7.0 innings surrendering 7 hits, 3 earned runs to Yandy Diaz who was designated hitter who is first baseman grounded out to second giving Tampa Bay a 1-0 lead in bottom of 1st inning before Tampa Bay extended their lead yet again this time, to 2-0 as Richie Palacious grounded out former Tampa Bay shortstop current New York the team that wears the pinstripes shortstop Jose Caballero scoring Cedric Mullins before Chandler Simpson singled to left scoring shortstop Taylor Walls extending Tampa Bay’s lead over New York the team that wears the pinstripes 3-0. In the top of 7th inning New York the team that wears the pinstripes started their rally as Cody Bellinger who is left fielder singled to center scoring first baseman Ben Rice advancing captain, right fielder Aaron Judge to second base before grounded out to Richie Palacious getting New York the team that wears pinstripes with in a run at 3-2 before Junior Caminero would sacrifice fly to Cody Bellinger scoring Chandler Simpson extending Tampa Bay’s lead over New York the team that wears the pinstripes 4-2 before Taylor Walls hit sacrifice bunt scoring Jake Fraley who is right fielder before Aaron Judge hit 2-run home run for New York the team that wears the pinstripes scoring Ben Rice.
All the runs New York the team that wears the pinstripes scored came following Tampa Bay starting pitcher Drew Rasmussen exit from the mound where he pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 7 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters.
Though,
Unfortunately it wasn’t enough as Cam Schlittler would suffer his first loss of the season following starting 2-0 while New York’s losing streak would extend to five games.
With the loss New York the team that wears the pinstripes is now 8-7 on the 2026 season is in second place in American League East is even with Tampa Bay who is now leading the American League East with win an 8-7 record while Baltimore who also an 8-7 record is in third place in the American League East.
Following Cam Schlittler suffering first loss of 2026 New York the team that wears the pinstripes being swept by Tampa Bay on Sunday in St. Petersburg Florida manager Aaron Boone shared his thoughts by saying A bad weekend for us, obviously,”“We stayed in some close games, but we’ve got to find a way to get over the hump and do a better job of finishing these games off.”Today, for the most part, we were shut down,In other games, we haven’t broken through with runners in scoring position. When you’re not hitting the ball over the fence, you’ve got to make hay when you have some opportunities. There’s been a lot of games where I feel like we’re having some good at-bats; we’re creating traffic. But you’ve got to cash in.”
Though,
Aaron Boone wasn’t the only one to share his thoughts on New York the team that wears the pinstripes 5-4 loss on getting swept by Tampa Bay as New York the team that wears the pinstripes players did as well as Aaron Judge who is captain, right fielder who hit 2-run home run to get New York the team that wears the pinstripes within 1 run as Cam Schlittler who surrendered 3 runs did as well by saying We didn’t get a lot of traffic when we needed to in this series,”We had one hit for the majority of the game, and a couple of these games. I think if guys take their walks when they need to and focus on a pitch they can drive, we’ll be in a better spot.”
“We’ve got a great offense,”I’ve just got to be able to pick them up there, which I didn’t. I’ve got to be better there and limit runs.”I was able to read what they were trying to do early,”Again, poor pitches in poor situations. I’ve got to learn from that and take it next week into [Kansas City on Friday].”
According to Bryan Hoch’s MLB articles https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/aaron-judge-homers-in-yankees-loss-to-rays
https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/cam-schlittler-strikes-out-8-in-5-innings-vs-rays
New York the team that wears the pinstripes is now going to prepare to play Los Angeles for four games in Bronx New York starting Monday night Will Warren, Yusei Kikuchi are starting.
Where?
On the mound!
Will Warren, Yusei Kikuchi are different because Will Warren is a right handed starting pitcher while Yusei Kikuchi is a left handed starting pitcher!
Will Warren comes into the game with Los Angeles with record of 1-0 with an earn run average of 3.07 because on Wednesday April 8, 2026 Will Warren took no decision pitched 4.2 innings surrendering 5 hits, 2 earned runs, 3 walks while striking out 5 Athletics batters.
Yusei Kikuchi comes into the game with New York the team that wears the pinstripes with record of 0-2 with an earn run average of 8.75 because on Tuesday April 7, 2026 Yusei Kikuchi took the loss pitched 5.0 innings surrendering 6 hits, 4 earned runs, 1 walk while striking out 8 Atlanta batters.
According to https://www.mlb.com/player/will-warren-701542
https://www.mlb.com/player/yusei-kikuchi-579328
Though,
Could mother nature prevent New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Los Angeles from starting four game series from Will Warren, Yusei Kikuchi from making their starts as scheduled?
There is very little chance of that happening because at first pitch it’s mostly sunny with 5 % chance of rain before intermittent clouds arrive with 6% chance of rain following first pitch then intermittent clouds remain at 9:00pm , 10:00pm when the game is supposed to be over.
According to Accuweather on ESPN App
While New York the team that wears the pinstripes lost two out of three games to Tampa Bay over the weekend in St. Petersburg Florida Los Angeles meanwhile won two out of three over Cincinnati including the finale 9-6 in Cincinnati Ohio where in the top of 1st inning Nolan Schmanuel who was playing first base who is third baseman singled to left scoring Jo Adell who was right fielder who is center fielder scoring Mike Trout who was center fielder who is right fielder giving Los Angeles a 2-0 lead before Logan O’Hoppe who is catcher was catcher singled to center scoring Vaughan Grissom who is second baseman extending Los Angeles lead over Cincinnati yet again this time, 3-0 before Mike Trout doubled to left scoring Zach Neto who is shortstop who was shortstop extending Los Angeles lead to 4-0 before Jorge Soler would sacrifice double play extending Los Angeles lead over Cincinnati yet again this time, 5-0 in 2nd inning. In the top o 7th inning Oswald Peraza who is former New York the team that wears the pinstripes third baseman current Los Angeles third baseman would hit home run to left 383 feet extending Los Angeles lead yet again this time, 6-0 before Jo Adell would ground into fielders choice to Elly De La Cruz who is Cincinnati shortstop before Nolan Schanuel would walk scoring Mike Trout advancing Vaughan Grissom to second extending Los Angeles lead over Cincinnati yet again this time, 9-0 in top of 8th inning before Cincinnati would go on to score the final 3 runs of the game as Sal Stewart who is third baseman 1st baseman would single to center scoring TJ Friedel who is center fielder getting Cincinnati on scorebard 9-1 before Elly De La Cruz would score on a wild pitch by Bachman Will Benson was safe at third base on wild pitch to make score 9-3 Los Angeles before De La Cruz would hit home run making final score 9-6 Los Angeles.
Los Angeles runs in 9-6 win offensively supported Jose Soriano who started who pitched 7.0 innings surrendering 2 hits, 0 earned runs , 3 walks while striking out 10 Cincinnati batters . Sam Bachman who relieved Jose Soriano who pitched 0.2 innings surrendering 2 hits, 3 earned runs , 3 walks while striking out 1 Cincinnati batter . Nick Saldin who relieved . Sam Bachman who pitched 0.1 innings surrendering 1 hit, 2 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 Cincinnati batters. Drew Pomeranez who relieved Nick Saldin who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 1 earned run while striking out 1 Cincinnati batter.
Following Los Angeles winning two out of three games at Cincinnati including Sunday’s game 9-6 manager Kurt Suzuki shared his thoughts about Jose Soriano who started who pitched 7.0 innings surrendering 2 hits, 0 earned runs , 3 walks while striking out 10 Cincinnati batters by saying Every five days, you want a guy like that, if you're winning, to keep it going, if you had lost one to kind of stop it and flip it around for us,”
As good as he's been, pretty much the whole season, and his attacking secondary stuff was good,”It looked like he was so calm and like, just like another day at the park. It was pretty incredible, really. There was no panic, there was no high stress. He looked like he was in control the whole time.”
While Jose Soriano shared his thoughts by saying "I think all my pitches were working today,”But I think the key for today was I was pounding the zone, attacking the strike zone early.”
According to Mike Petraglia MLB article https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/jose-soriano-dominant-again-as-angels-win-series-over-reds
First pitch is set for 7:05pm Eastern Time 4:05pm Pacific Time from Yankee Stadium!
The game is going to be televised on Yes Network , FanDuel Sports Network West!
On the Yes Network https://www.mlb.com/angels/news/jose-soriano-dominant-again-as-angels-win-series-over-reds
On Sports Network West Wayne Randazzo, Mark Gubicza, Erica Weston are commentating!
Wayne Randazzo returns to the Angels broadcast team for his fourth season after joining prior to the 2023 season. In addition to his role in the television booth as a play-by-play voice with the Angels, he will continue his duties with Apple TV serving as a play-by-play voice for Friday Night Baseball.
Randazzo spent four seasons (2019-2022) as a play-by-play announcer for the New York Mets on WCBS Radio alongside Howie Rose. He also called Mets games on Sportsnet New York and spent four seasons (2015-2018) as the pre- and post-game host on the Mets Radio Network.
Randazzo came to New York from Chicago where he worked at CBS Radio with WSCR-AM and WBBM-AM as an anchor and talk show host while also hosting pre- and post-game shows for the Chicago White Sox. He also served as a play-by-play announcer for various sporting events on ESPN, FS1, Big Ten Network, MLB Network, and broadcasts the NFL on Sports USA Radio and MLB on FOX.
A Chicago, Illinois native, Randazzo began his broadcasting career at Arizona State University then transferred to North Central College in Naperville, where he called a variety of events for WONC – the student radio station – until he graduated in 2007. He went on to work for four seasons (2008-2011) as the lead play-by-play voice for the Mobile BayBears, the Double-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, and three campaigns (2012-2014) for the Kane County Cougars, then-Single A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals and Chicago Cubs.
Former Major League Baseball veteran Mark Gubicza is entering his 20th year of providing color commentary for Angels broadcasts. Gubicza will also continue as an analyst for the Angels’ pre- and post- game shows, “Angels Live”, which he has done for the past 20 seasons.
Gubicza previously co-hosted the FS Baseball Report, which aired nationally on FOX Sports, previewing future matchups, and breaking down current standings in the league. In 2004, Gubicza provided analysis for Minnesota Twins games from Los Angeles. He made his first television appearance as an analyst for FSN in April 2000 on Baseball Today and the National Sports Report. He also hosted the Southern California Baseball Report on AM570 for three years.
In his professional baseball career, Gubicza spent 14 seasons in the Major Leagues. Drafted in 1981, he spent 13 seasons with the Kansas City Royals, becoming a World Series Champion in 1985 and 20-game winner in 1988. In both 1988 and 1989, he was named to the AL All-Star team. He finished his career with the Angels in 1997. To honor his many accomplishments on the field, he was named to the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame as well as the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame in 2006. He was also named to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame, class of 2010. Gubicza received the 2022 Southern California Sports Broadcaster Award for most outstanding TV Analyst.
Erica Weston returns to the Angels broadcast team for her fifth season in 2026. An integral part of Angels telecasts, Weston brings a well-rounded background in sports media as showcased in her insightful sideline reporting, player, and coach interviews. She also is the host for the Angels’ pre- and post-game shows, “Angels Live.”
Weston began her career in sports entertainment and media following her graduation from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles with a broadcast journalism and public relations degree. Weston started with KCBS/KCAL in 2012 in television production before joining Time Warner Cable SportsNet (later Spectrum SportsNet) covering the Los Angeles D-Fenders (now South Bay Lakers). She soon hosted and reported on the Los Angeles Dodgers for three seasons before moving to Tucson, Arizona in 2016, where she worked for ABC affiliated KGUN as a sports anchor and reporter.
In 2018, Weston headed to the Midwest to join Fox Sports Midwest network, providing sideline coverage for the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Blues across Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa until her return to Los Angeles in 2022.
According to https://www.mlb.com/angels/team/broadcasters