After taking a night off to mourn teammate Tyler Skaggs, the Los Angeles Angels will take the field tonight against the Texas Rangers. The game will begin with a moment of silence to honor Skaggs before the first pitch.
After taking a night off to mourn teammate Tyler Skaggs, whose death remains a mystery, the Los Angeles Angels will take the field Tuesday night against the Texas Rangers.
The game will begin with a moment of silence to honor Skaggs before the 7:05 p.m. first pitch in Arlington, Texas, the Rangers said in a statement. The Rangers will donate the proceeds from a fan raffle to the Angels Baseball Foundation in Skaggs' honor, the team said. A memorial is set up in front of Angel Stadium for Tyler Skaggs. The first of the four-game series was postponed Monday after the 27-year-old pitcher was found dead in a Southlake, Texas, hotel.
— Los Angeles Angels July 1, 2019 The Angels drafted Skaggs in 2009. He made his major league debut in 2012 and spent the 2012 and 2013 seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks. "We are heartbroken with this tragic news," Diamondbacks President and CEO Derrick Hall said in a statement."He will always be remembered here as a great teammate and wonderful young man."Skaggs last pitched Saturday, completing 4⅓ innings in the Angels' game against the Oakland As in Anaheim.
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