Angels drop series opener and potentially lose Logan O’Hoppe to injury

Reid Detmers #48 of the Los Angeles Angels throws a pitch against the Boston Red Sox at Angel Stadium on July 3, 2026 in Anaheim, California.ANAHEIM, Calif. — It's not the start to the holiday weekend that the Angels wanted.

Left-hander Reid Detmers got tagged for five earned runs, the offense was non-existent until the eighth inning and Logan O’Hoppe left the game after a foul ball hit him in the mask, and he is now under concussion protocol in the Angels’ 5-2* loss against the Red Sox on Friday night. "We don't really know yet, we've got to kind of see what the tests show with the doctor," Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said about the status of O'Hoppe. "After the doctor looks at him, we're going to see where we're at.

But he's just going through some protocol testing right now."It could be a huge blow to the Angels if O’Hoppe heads to the injured list, as the Angels are already thin on catching depth with Travis d’Arnaud on the injured list with plantar fasciitis and will not return for at least another couple of weeks.If O’Hoppe does indeed hit the injured list, the catching tandem in Anaheim will likely be Tyler Heineman and Logan Porter.

Another reason why this is unfortunate for O’Hoppe is that he’s been swinging a hot bat. In his last 19 games dating back to the start of the Angels’ series against the Astros, O’Hoppe is hitting .305 with a .

791 OPS after a terrible start to the season. "Offensively and defensively, with his receiving, his throwing, all the numbers have been trending up, and he's in a really good place now," Suzuki said. "For something like this to happen, I mean, I think this might have been his third one in the last three days or four days, so definitely not ideal."

As for the game itself, Detmers didn’t have his best stuff in this one, allowing five earned runs in five innings of work on seven hits and three walks while striking out five. Detmers’ fastball got hit around. Five of his seven hits allowed came against the fastball, and his fastbal