Final Score in Los Angeles of Anaheim: Angels 6, Twins 3
John Lackey had one bump in the road, Joe Mauer, and the bump hit him twice for solo HRs, but Lackey's Angels picked him up with a solo HR by Jeff Mathis, a 2-Run HR by Robb Quinlan and a 3-Run HR when it mattered most by Mike Napoli. Twins starter Francisco Liriano got touched up by the Halos in the loss and Lackey earned his 97th regular season victory in an Angels uniform. It was the Angels' 7th win in a row. The team is 15-5 in July and have only lost once since the All-Star Break.
Rookie Kevin Jepsen came in to relieve Lackey and face Mauer in the 8th inning with a man on and induced a ground out to Chone Figgins at 3B. Jepsen surrendered a run on two singles in the 9th inning but the game really wasn't even that close. On a night where Quinlan and Mathis homered, as well as Howie Kendrick 3 hits, you wouldn't really figure the opponent stood a chance.
The Twins, close in the AL Central, looked gassed, suffering from last night's dizzying blown save by the heretofore untouchable Joe Nathan as well as visions of the Central Division leader White Sox enjoying a perfect game hours before their miserable defeat. But this team swept the Angels in their Hankiedome in April so it is not a minor league free pass facing All Stars like Mauer, Justin Morneau and the ghost of Kirby Puckett, who was obviously hanging with some ghost girls at Disneyland or somewhere else.
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mike wuertz anyone?
Beane said he expects that the A’s will continue to be active before Friday’s trade deadline, and an American League source told The Chronicle the Angels were preparing to make a strong bid for reliever Michael Wuertz, potentially offering infielder Sean Rodriguez among others. However, it’s not clear if Beane would trade a player with two more years under team control to a division rival.
Minnesota has interest in shortstop Orlando Cabrera, but sending him to the Twins seems unlikely to happen. The Twins don’t appear to have the kind of prospects the A’s are looking for.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/24/SPO418UT18.DTL#ixzz0M9HFtXNt
Asfan4ever723 - July 24, 2009
Wuertz will be 31 in the off-season, S-Rod would haunt us for seasons
Yet, Wuertz is certainly having a good year with a WHIP of 0.99
tanana40 - July 24, 2009
Let him haunt
our ’09 World Series Rings all he wants!
Rev Halofan - July 24, 2009
he's also signed till after 2011
Asfan4ever723 - July 24, 2009
Swing a three team deal
Billy … just for fun!
Rev Halofan - July 24, 2009
Wuertz is having an amazing year
Excellent K/9 rate of 11.85 and a FIP of 2.10. If this is his real ability and he can actually sustain this kind of perfomance for the next three months, then the Angels should definitely try to acquire him.
Fan Since 1981 - July 24, 2009
what would you give up?
since he has 2 cost controlled seasons left
Asfan4ever723 - July 24, 2009
more on wuertz
Interest building in A’s Wuertz … Duchscherer, too?
The A’s are reluctant to trade right-hander Michael Wuertz, but the interest in the reliever is so intense that the club ultimately might get the return it desires.
A number of clubs are expected to watch right-hander Justin Duchscherer pitch on a rehabilitation assignment Sunday. Duchscherer is recovering from elbow surgery.
http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/s…n-A%27s-Cabrera
Asfan4ever723 - July 24, 2009
Dear, Angels.
Stop winning, damn it.
Sincerely,
A Rangers fan.
JimCrankshaft - July 24, 2009
You all first.
TheOptimist - July 24, 2009
*y'all
:o)
JimCrankshaft - July 24, 2009
lol
Moondoggy - July 24, 2009
Dear Rangers Fans
Stop Whining
Sincerely,
all of us
(actually…keep it up, it’s kinda funny)
Moondoggy - July 24, 2009
us Rangers fans have perfected the art of whining.
Believe me. It’s not gonna stop anytime soon.
JimCrankshaft - July 24, 2009
Your team is the one exceeding preseason expectations...
nothing to whine about this year, unless you lose out from here.
Downing Rules - July 24, 2009
you're absolutely right.
but unfortunately I think it’s become an unbreakable habit for some Rangers fans.
JimCrankshaft - July 24, 2009
Think A's & Angels in the second half of 2002
The more both of us win, the better chance one wins the World Series!
mattwelch - July 25, 2009
No One Here Gets Out Alive
We’re taking over!
Funke5ive - July 24, 2009
Five to One, baby
One in five!
No one here gets out alive!
red floyd - July 24, 2009
Yeah
Boy!
Funke5ive - July 24, 2009
44FAN - July 24, 2009
More Chins than China town...
Funke5ive - July 24, 2009
This is way obscure
but he looks like the bad guy in the film Arabesque, the guy with a shoe fetish.
rspencer - July 24, 2009
looks like Bill Bradley
Red - July 24, 2009
This has been a TREMENDOUS July
when the three guns went down, I was a little worried…evidently for no reason
Moondoggy - July 24, 2009
Indeed
You can start worrying again on August 7th.
JimCrankshaft - July 24, 2009
Don''t you need to go slop some hogs or something?
44FAN - July 24, 2009
nah
maw and paw made me and my brother cletus do a heap of chores this morn. It was hotter than jumping around in a burlap sack full of monkeys…boy, I tell you what.
JimCrankshaft - July 24, 2009
Giving credit where it's due
Well done on the snappy comeback.
halofan4life - July 24, 2009
Agreed.
opiejeanne - July 24, 2009
+1
Moondoggy - July 25, 2009
kick rocks
fool
Funke5ive - July 24, 2009
OH NO!
Is that the date Josh Lewin starts passing out the Kool-Aid?
Fan Since 1981 - July 24, 2009
I'm flying in from NY for those games
been “lucky” on those trips this season so far: 4/10-12 vs. Boston; 6/12-14 vs. SD; 7/10-12 vs. NY. 8-1 so far. Maybe the streak continues (just so the LSB bloggers can bemoan our “luck”).
Moondoggy - July 24, 2009
Not all of us think your success is due to luck.
I happen to think your just a damn good team. I’m just hoping you guys don’t pull away from us. I want a pennant chase. Some exciting baseball in September would be a welcomed change for a lifelong baseball fanatic like myself.
Enjoy your stay in Texas.
JimCrankshaft - July 24, 2009
you're*
JimCrankshaft - July 24, 2009
Well said, sir
…I, for one, would love to see it go down to the wire – teams need to go to the play-offs battle-hardened, not resting on their laurels.
The Limey - July 25, 2009
Indeed
and if both teams keep this up…who knows? Maybe both the Rangers and the Angels will make the playoffs, keeping either the Yankees or the Red Sox at home come October.
A redneck can dream, right?
JimCrankshaft - July 25, 2009
+1
Moondoggy - July 25, 2009
I think that's a dream we can all share...
…anything that keeps Boston at home works for me.
The Limey - July 25, 2009
I'm hoping for I don't know Tampa or Toronto to take the East
Anyone to take the Central. The Angels the West and the Rangers the WC. I’d love to see both NY and Bashtin out of the playoffs. We can all dream.
linkbruin - July 25, 2009
I agree except for the AL Central...
…anyone BUT the White Sox.
sothball - July 25, 2009
lets go royals
clap clap clapclapclap
teopeht - July 25, 2009
This would be awesome
Downing Rules - July 28, 2009
I have been to the Ballpark in Arlington (great name, btw) for Ranger-Angel games
but these are in Anaheim.
Moondoggy - July 25, 2009
ah...
well, enjoy your stay in Cali. haha
I’ve always been fond of the name as well. I was pretty disappointed when they decided to change the name to Ameriquest Field. Luckily, Ameriquest croaked and we got our preferred nomenclature back.
JimCrankshaft - July 25, 2009
+1 for awesome vocabulary
nomenclature, i love it
teopeht - July 25, 2009
According to the box score on the top of the HH main page...
Lackey pitched a no hitter!
Chone's Chonies - July 24, 2009
tee-hee!
Figgi4life - July 24, 2009
Have fun
Figgi4life - July 24, 2009
eyespy - July 24, 2009
i need to actually go there and grab a clay bar
car detailing ahoy.
teopeht - July 24, 2009
your welcome for the reminder
eyespy - July 24, 2009
haha thanks
teopeht - July 24, 2009
Inspired!
I love how Q needs no modification to fit the theme.
rspencer - July 24, 2009
But Naps needs a moustache to be Moe.
opiejeanne - July 24, 2009
Is that a set of boobs on Naps’ head??? ;)
Downing Rules - July 24, 2009
that's Mo's hair
geez
Moondoggy - July 25, 2009
...like those Rorshack ink blot tests...
Q. What do you see in this one?
A. A naked woman.
Q. OK. What do you see in this one?
A. Oooohhh…2 naked women!
Q. and what about this…on, never mind. The exam is over.
A. Can I keep the cards?
sothball - July 25, 2009
There's a similar story in "What About Bob?" (Bill Murray)
The doctor draws two circles and says “What do you see?”
The guy says “Sex.”
So the doctor draws trees, “What do you see?”
The guy says “sex”.
The doctor draws a car, owl, “Sex, sex, sex”.
The doctor says to him “You are obsessed with sex”, and he replies “Well you’re the one drawing all the dirty pictures!”
Downing Rules - July 28, 2009
Lackey stepping up finally...
…making that Free Agent dash we all hoped for…
K3YEROUT - July 24, 2009
Great way to enjoy my birthday
Excellent fireworks show afterwards, like always… I still contend it was just for me as a birthday present.
Lackey’s the panther of the game. Mauer’s the only guy that hurt him, and Lackey looked flawless.
The Angels look absolutely unbeatable. They figured out how to dominate from the get-go.
We might never lose again!!
Kevin Y - July 24, 2009
Happy B-day
How many years young are you?
Funke5ive - July 24, 2009
19
First time I’ve been able to go on my birthday.
Might be the last, so as to keep my perfect record =)
Kevin Y - July 25, 2009
Great all around victory...
looking forward to heading out to the stadium tomorrow… my outfield pavilion seats will be a bit of a downgrade from the Dugout Suite i had last game but hey, so long as I am at the ballpark its a great day
Go Halos!
trojanangelfan - July 24, 2009
Note
The scoreboard on the home page says that the Twins scored 3 runs on 0 hits
halofan1 - July 25, 2009
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scottnak - July 25, 2009
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