Soriano Dominates, Joins Angels Elite

0:00On April 7th, Jose Soriano is straight dominating for the Angels, looking every bit like an ace in the making. In his third start this season, he struck out 10 braves, walks zero, and gave up just one run over 8 innings and a 62 win Monday night at. Angel Stadium. He's the first pitcher in the majors with 3 wins already, rocking a tiny 0.45 ERA with 21 strikeouts and only 6 walks, across 20 innings. That puts him in a league company in Angel's history. He's just the second ever to toss at least 6 scoreless innings with 4 plus strikeouts in his first two starts, joining Hall of Famer, Nolan Ryan, from 1978. Now he's the fourth to do it over 3 starts, right there with Chuck Finley in 1998, Jared Weaver in 2011 and Shohei, Otani last year. Fans are buzzing because Soriano shed down a tough Atlanta line up after an early solo homer retiring 19 in a row at one point. He outpitched veteran Chris Sale, who got shell for 6 runs in 4 innings, while Zach Netto crushed a lead off homer and Joe Adele added a 2 run.

1:07Blast a fuel to Angel's offense. Digging deeper, Soriano was super efficient using just 97 pitches for those 24 outs, with over 70% strikes. He got 15 swings and misses on his knuckle curve, splitter, sinker, and foreseemer, mixing grounders and flyouts like a pro. Also K.I. If he keeps this up, Soriano could anchor the Angel's rotation all year, turning heads league wide as their unexpected star. That's your update from MLB News Today, powered by AI.