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The 23-year-old right-hander racked up six strikeouts on the afternoon while allowing only one base on balls. Dollander struggled to keep the ball in the yard on Sunday, as he served up a two-run homer to Tyler Soderstrom in the opening inning and a long solo blast to Lawrence Butler in the fifth. He got 10 swings and misses on 79 pitches on the day — four of those on his fastball which averaged 97.8 mph — while registering a CSW of 24 percent. He’ll look to build off of a strong debut when he takes on the Padres in San Diego on Saturday.

It wasn’t Jansen at his best, as he issued two walks and he threw just 11-of-23 pitches for strikes. It was good enough, however, for him to pick up his 11th save of the season, and he’s lowered his ERA to a 4.96; a number that is still less than ideal for a fantasy stopper.

Kikuchi was fortunate to get out of this one without allowing a run — if not more — but credit to the southpaw for getting out of jams. And there were plenty of jams to get out of as he gave up seven hits and issued four walks before exiting. It’s Kikuchi’s first win as a member of the Angels, and the scoreless frames lower his ERA to a very solid 3.17 over the first third of the season. He’ll be back on the bump against the Yankees next week.

The loss moves Alcantara to 2-7 on the season, and his ERA is a ghastly 8.04 for his trouble. He was decent over the first five innings while allowing three runs, but a three-spot in the sixth took what could have been a quality start and turned it into another ugly outing. Alcantara was once one of the best pitchers in baseball, but it’d be hard to call him anything of the sort right now. The reward doesn’t seem to outweigh the risk for a scheduled start against the Padres on Wednesday.