Final Cactus League Score: Angels 8, Indians 5
Nick Adenhart pitched 6 innings, allowed 5 hits, 1 earned Run and had 3 strikeouts as the Angels beat the Cleveland Indians 8-5 in Cactus League action.
This was the 21st Spring Training Win for the Angels. Not counting the scab-hire season of 1995, the record for Spring Training victories is 26 wins, held by the 1997 Florida Marlins (who went on to win the World Series that season). Here come the Angels, whose offensive outburst against Cleveland's presumed #4 starter Scott Lewis included a back-to-back-to-back HR outburst form Bobby Abreu, Vladimir Guerrero and Torii Hunter.
Hunter showed no ill effects from having a flyball bounce off his face yesterday - he went to the hospital for precautionary tests but was released. Back in the lineup today, he went 3 for 4 with a run-scoring double in the first inning and a solo HR in the 7th in addition to that trifecta solo homer in the 3rd.
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Hula Dula
Adenhart was nails today but Torii had 10 total bases! Ballplayers will go entire careers without getting 10 bases in a game.
V-Hawk Angelorum - March 26, 2009
haahha....should we make a list of players who went their entire career under 10 bases??
Has Hillenbrand gotten past ten bases yet?
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - March 26, 2009
i was there
adenhart looked great and torii’s bat was locked in as well. I’d give it to nick though for avoiding a total meltdown even with the wind blowing out and all the dumb errors
ihearhowie2.0 - March 26, 2009
atta boy Nick.......
props to Hula Dula….the baseball rula.
norcaliangelsfan - March 26, 2009
I gotta give it to Nick for being nails even when his fielders were failing him.
TheOptimist - March 26, 2009
If the fielders are doing their jobs, Nick pitches 6 innings of shutout ball IMO.
But two homer games are awful rare… hmmm. It’d be different if one of them was a three-run shot I guess. I gotta go with Nick.
Zu Long - March 26, 2009
wow
i just got to see the highlights of the back-to-back-to-back homers, and i can not believe how much better Vlad looks! his swing looks like it did back in 2004, and he was rounding the bases without a limp! i can’t get over how much better he looks so far. that makes me excited for the season…
and Adenhart had a good game too, from everything i’ve read. only a week and a half left…
howiestheman - March 26, 2009
TWO, count 'em, TWO ESPN Top Plays
Catching SC just now … Angel Castillo’s diving catch #7 and the b-2-b-2-b HR’s by Abreu, Vlad, and Hunter was #5.
Downing Rules - March 26, 2009
i have to go with Adenhart
if Hunter didnt make that error he gets it (i know the wind was bad but it was in his glove) and Adenhart should have had like 6 or 7 K’s but the ump sucked and he had a good play bare handing the ball and throwing it to 1st
Vladd#27 - March 27, 2009
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