Final Score in Minnesota: Angels 11, Twins 6
When Maicer Izturis hits a three run jack late in a close game on the road you know that, as a team, you are living right. 6WG: We Will Win With What We Got!
When Gary Matthews goes 3 for 5 with 3 RBI... and it is not 2006... You know that, as a team, you are living right.
The Angels took to the hard Minneosta turf with an intensity that stomped the home team twins into the plasti-grass for the 2nd game in a row. After Ervin Santana gave up 5 runs in 5 innings last night, Joe Saunders gave up 4 in 6, Matt Palmer dropped a deuce in 1 and 2-thirds innings; in the recent Angels seasons past that would have been the death knell for the team, but the offense of pressuring basehits (in the game, there were 12 Angels singles... ha ha sounds like a pick-up bar on a Friday night) mixed in with the occasional double blasted thru again.
Oddly, this was the rare Angel victory that was not a come-from-behind variety, beneftting from a 2nd inning 2-Ribby Gary Matthews double. With the score 6-4 in the 6th, Little Maicer Izturis hit a 3-Run Homer off of reliever R.A. Dickey and the cement started drying fast on the foundation of another Angels victory.
The Angels now lead the American League west by 4 games over the Texas Rangers.
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While Saundo didnt pitch a great game.....
he DIDNT give up a homerun! And his walks were low….good job Hokie…take this W and get out of that funk!
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - August 1, 2009
After the 3rd
When he settled down, he started to look like the Hokie Joe of old. I’m hopeful about his next start.
red floyd - August 1, 2009
Saunders was solid
I saw his outing on the abbreviated version of the game just now and was actually surprised to see him hitting most of his spots. I guess moving all the way to the 3B side of the rubber may have helped him out a bit. He only got hit hard when he was leaving the ball up from where Napoli was usually set up, but he was still able to induce the ground ball more often than not. Besides, it’s not easy pitching to this Twins lineup anyway-lol. Joe did his job and as a result was able to keep from having to use the main guys in the pen (Bulger, Jepsen, Oliver, Fuentes).
rosinbag42 - August 2, 2009
he was good BUT...
i dont think he had a 1-2-3 inning…and he K’s were pretty low but otherwise…good game.
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - August 2, 2009
The Best Team in the AL and still no recognition on ESPN and such!
Haters!
HALO N BRIMSTONE - August 1, 2009
Hang on, let me put on my surprised face.
TheOptimist - August 1, 2009
XD
Zu Long - August 1, 2009
Angels got quite a bit of covrage on ESPN TV tonight, and they talked about the Angels being one of the best hitting teams in baseball
along with all the highlights of the game. If you call that such.
44FAN - August 1, 2009
so far nothing in the baseball tonight, did I miss the part mentioning Angels?
mjhsieh - August 1, 2009
Oh, now I see it.
mjhsieh - August 1, 2009
they're probably saying the red sox are the best "2nd best" team in the AL
JoseGuillenSux - August 1, 2009
Not only that
But the #1 Offense as well.
I bet nobody saw that coming before the season started.
Bad news is that our pitching is 24 out of 30.
LosAngel - August 1, 2009
how has it been in the last 2 months though?
I bet its at least middle of the pack if we look at pitching ERA’s since June-ish…
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - August 2, 2009
Mighty Mouse!
My favorite “slap-hitter” of all time!
3rd Echelon - August 1, 2009
last night he played "power hitter"
hk47 - August 2, 2009
When you're on.................you're on.....
enjoy the ride.
norcaliangelsfan - August 1, 2009
Mighty mutha f*cken Mouse!
JoseGuillenSux - August 1, 2009
...and believe it or not...
…we are now within a game of the best record in baseball. Same number of losses as the Dodgers (40), but they have 2 more victories.
This is an amazing team. Like norcaliangelsfan says above, enjoy the ride…
sothball - August 1, 2009
W6G
yeah buddy
Funke5ive - August 1, 2009
This team can only get better.
Imagine what’ll happen when Torii and Vlad come back.
moosemastr - August 1, 2009
I bet the rest of the AL already can right now...
No wonder opposing clubs wanted to fleece the hell out of them towards the trade deadline. They know what time it is, lol. RALLY TIME!!!!
>;-D
rosinbag42 - August 2, 2009
Best trade ever
Getting Rivera and Izturis for Jose “I Suck” Guillen. Brilliant!
Slasher52 - August 1, 2009
Bill Stoneman
There is a great irony in that the Angels retired number 26 for Gene Autry (as the 26th man on the roster) and that when Stoneman pitched for the Angels in 1974, he WORE THAT JERSEY number
Rev Halofan - August 1, 2009
Rev, Stoneman is still with us........
…..and it’s a good thing. You see how he taught Reagins………that’s not a mistake.
A couple of months ago I heard an interview with Moreno. He referenced Stoneman.
wumbug - August 1, 2009
I like to see more Sean Rodriguez in the OF please, Scioscia!
Look at it this way, at least you know you’ll have a guy in the lineup who (unlike Willits, lol) can actually TURN on a mid-90s fastball as well as run the basepaths with good speed. Plus, it gets another potential 20+ HR bat in there while guys like Torii and Juan in particular recover enough from their injuries to return to their rightful postions.
rosinbag42 - August 2, 2009
S-Rod, I like him but...
he has NO plate discipline.
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - August 2, 2009
as opposed to Willits
take strike one, take strike two, foul, take ball one, foul, groundout? That kinda plate discipline?
Rev Halofan - August 2, 2009
LOL
Hey, I’ll take Sean over Reggie anyday. But Sean goes up their hacking and always tries to pull the ball. Hes like that in the minors too…I’ve seen it.
Sit him down to Abreu and maybe he’ll improve…put some balls in right field and take a walk every now and then.
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - August 2, 2009
next to abreu....
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - August 2, 2009
All the better for Sean to stay up with the parent club, don't you think?
I mean it’s not like there’s a Bobby Abreu down on that Salt Lake roster that can give him a few pointers now, is there??? lol
>;-)
rosinbag42 - August 2, 2009
in that scenario at least Willits sees five pitches
You’re so hard on him, Rev…
hk47 - August 2, 2009
mighty maicer at it again...
this offense is incredible… if the rotation gets to be even average the rest of the season then the rest of the AL is in trouble. it was good to see Srod in the OF today good glimpse of what he can provide in the future whethter he’s starting or becomes the supersub filling in at all spots.
BigBangRobbDawgg - August 2, 2009
SRod in the outfield...
…he didn’t make errors, and did well tracking a couple of hard hit liners by Mauer.
Anyone know about his arm velocity/accuracy as an OF?
sothball - August 2, 2009
well, he was a SS originally
so i’m guessing he has a good arm..
b0rd3rline - August 2, 2009
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