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TYLER SKAGGS resources available to Ty- fore the scheduled start of
Continued from Page 17 ler's teammates and other the game to return to their
He struggled with injuries members of the baseball hotel. The clubhouse was
repeatedly over the past family," Manfred said in a never opened to the me-
three seasons but perse- statement. dia.
vered to become a valu- Skaggs is the first Angels The Rangers' clubhouse
able starter in Los Angeles' player to die during a sea- also was closed when gen-
injury-plagued rotation. son since Nick Adenhart eral manager Jon Daniels
The left-hander had just was killed by a drunken and manager Chris Wood-
pitched on Saturday, allow- driver 10 years ago. The ward told their players
ing two runs in 4 1/3 innings 22-year-old rookie right- what had happened and
in a 4-0 loss to Oakland. He hander was coming off his dismissed them.
was scheduled to start the first start of the 2009 season, Woodward described it
series finale at Texas, on the his fourth career game in as "one of those moments
Fourth of July holiday. the big leagues. where you're just kind of
A photo of Angels players Jose Fernandez, a two-time numb" and said the Rang-
wearing cowboy hats by All-Star pitcher for the Mi- ers were thinking about Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs throws to the
their plane was posted on ami Marlins, was killed in a Skaggs' family and the An- Oakland Athletics during the first inning of a baseball game Sat-
Skaggs' Instagram account boating crash near Miami gels organization. urday, June 29, 2019, in Anaheim, Calif.
Sunday, with the pitcher Beach, Florida, in Septem- "There were a lot of pretty Associated Press
writing "Howdy y'all" and ber 2016. He was 24. emotional guys in there,
making a reference to the Pitcher Darryl Kile, who you could tell. Some guys "Real life takes precedence started his big league ca-
team's road trip to Texas. played in the majors for 12 knew him. (Jesse Chavez) here," Daniels said. "Some reer with 13 appearances
The Angels are sched- seasons (1992-2002) was on had actually played with things are a lot bigger than over two seasons for the
uled to go to Houston for the road with the St. Louis him in LA," Woodward said. baseball." Diamondbacks. The Angels
a three-game series this Cardinals when he died in "Some guys that didn't Skaggs was born in the Los reacquired him in Decem-
weekend after playing the June 2002 in his Chicago even know him were visibly Angeles neighborhood of ber 2013, and he won 25
Rangers. hotel room at age 33. Al- shaken. You could tell." Woodland Hills, in the far games over five seasons
Baseball Commissioner bert Pujols, now a member Rangers officials said there western part of the sprawl- with the club.
Rob Manfred said he was of the Angels, was Kile's had been no discussions ing San Fernando Valley. Skaggs started a career-
"deeply saddened" by teammate then. on the status of Tuesday's He graduated from Santa high 24 games last season,
Skaggs' death. Angels players and coach- game or the rest of what Monica High School in 2009, going 8-10 with a 4.02 ERA.
"We will support the Angels' es who had arrived at the was supposed to be a four- when the Angels drafted He missed playing time
organization through this Rangers' ballpark for Mon- game series. They said only him in the first round. in April this season with a
most difficult period, and day night's series opener that Monday's game would The Angels traded Skaggs sprained ankle but came
we will make a variety of left about three hours be- not be made up this week. to Arizona in 2010, and he back strong.q