"Tyler Skaggs, Angels Pitcher, Found Dead at 27"

  以下、TheNew York Timesから。

Skaggs was found dead Monday in a room at a team hotel, according to the authorities in Texas, where the Angels were scheduled to play the Rangers. The game was quickly postponed

By Kevin Draper and Tyler Kepner July 1, 2019 

 

Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Tyler Skaggs died Monday in a hotel room several hours before his team was scheduled to play the Texas Rangers, team and local officials said.

 Skaggs’s death prompted a quick postponement of the game after lineups had already been announced. 

Angels officials declined to comment beyond a statement announcing the death. “Tyler has, and always will be, an important part of the Angels family,” the statement said. 

The police in Southlake, Tex., said they had found Skaggs, 27, dead in a room at the team hotel after responding to a call about an unconscious male. They said they did not suspect foul play. A spokeswoman for the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office said Monday evening that it had not yet received Skaggs’s body. 

 

Not long after news of the death broke, fans started visiting Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif., to build a memorial made of flowers, caps, balloons and other items. An electronic sign above a locked gate at the park’s entrance read: “Tyler Skaggs, 1991-2019.”

 以下、The Washington Postから。

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs dies at 27, cause of death unknown

July 1 at 5:33 PM

Tyler Skaggs, a 27-year-old pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels, died Monday morning in Texas, the team announced. The cause of death was not immediately available. Skaggs had started for the Angels just two days earlier in Anaheim.

 

The Southlake (Tex.) Police Department tweeted that officers were called to the Angels’ hotel and found Skaggs unresponsive. No foul play is suspected.

 

“It is with great sorrow that we report Tyler Skaggs passed away earlier today in Texas,” the Angels said in a statement. “Tyler has, and always will be, an important part of the Angels Family. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Carli and his entire family during this devastating time.”

 

The Angels’ game scheduled for Monday night against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Tex., was postponed.

 

It is the second time in a little more than a decade that the Angels have suffered the death of a young pitcher. In April 2009, Williamsport, Md., native Nick Adenhart, a 22-year-old right-hander, was killed by a drunk driver after his first start of the season.

Skaggs came to the Angels in the June draft that year, the same draft that brought two-time MVP Mike Trout to Anaheim. Skaggs was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2010 but was traded back to the Angels in 2013. For his career, he was 28-38 with a 4.41 ERA, including a 7-7 mark and a 4.29 ERA in 2019.

“I am deeply saddened by today’s tragedy in Texas,” MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. “All of us at Major League Baseball extend our deepest condolences to Tyler’s wife Carli, their family, their friends and all of his Angels’ teammates and colleagues. We will support the Angels’ organization through this most difficult period, and we will make a variety of resources available to Tyler’s teammates and other members of the baseball family.”