The widow of Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs testified in court Monday about the morning in 2019 when she received a call from the team's general manager.
Carli Skaggs said she was unsettled when her husband did not reply after she sent several text messages. The call from the team's general manager came the following morning -- Tyler had been found unresponsive in a hotel room during a road trip in Texas.
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Skaggs had died at age 27. A coroner’s report said Skaggs choked to death on his vomit and a toxic mix of alcohol, fentanyl and oxycodone was found in his system.
Carli Skaggs emotional testimony recounting their love story came in the sixth week of a civil trial for a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Skaggs' family

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