FINAL SCORE IN ANAHEIM: Angels 6, Rays 0
Forget the Mike Napoli bobbleheads, it was Bizarro Night at the Big "A". From the 2008 version of Ervin Santana dealing nasty pitches from the mound, to the bases loaded double off the bat of Jeff Mathis, the Halos showed that the bottom of their line-up can be just a potent as the top and middle.
43,000+ fans might have been at the game to receive their Napoli bobbleheads, but they left shaking their own heads out of the amazing night from Santana and Mendoza Boys. Using just 97 pitches, and inducing 3 double plays, Santana earned his third career shutout blanking the Rays on three hits while striking out six.
Reggie Willits (.219) broke open the scoring with a two-out single to center, scoring Kendry Morales and Jeff Mathis. An inning later, and also with two outs, Jeff Mathis (.213) cranked a drive off the left field fence just missing the Angels' first grandslam of the year.
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And now a full 5 games up on Texas!
cardinalwraith - August 11, 2009
Our next to last series of the season...
is a 4 game series with the Rangers…so I’m hoping we keep that 5 + game cushion as long as possible.
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - August 11, 2009
VOODOO!!!!!
chairmanofthebar - August 11, 2009
Love the clutch hits from Jeff and Reggie, but you gotta give Ervin this one.
TheOptimist - August 11, 2009
voodoo pitched great
but I’m still tasting that crow that Sucky…I mean Mathis cooked up for me
Moondoggy - August 11, 2009
ervin no doubt
JoseGuillenSux - August 11, 2009
Who wants to bet Aybar's catch doesn't get mentioned in the Web Gems?
TheOptimist - August 11, 2009
Come on, superman-like full extension HAS to make it.
Zu Long - August 11, 2009
watching it now...
it got added at the last minute.
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - August 11, 2009
Holy crap, I'm wrong. Last minute addition at the end of the show, nice.
Well played, ESPN.
TheOptimist - August 11, 2009
Are they running BBTN again or going straight to Sportscenter?
Zu Long - August 11, 2009
I don't think BBTN's on till tomorrow. SC comes on at 10 pacific midnight central.
TheOptimist - August 11, 2009
Meh, I'm not doing anything tomorrow morning. I'll check it out.
Zu Long - August 11, 2009
No bet. I already said that in the game thread.
But I bet it winds up as the CapitalOne play of the game on MLBN.
red floyd - August 11, 2009
Can't disrespect the CGSO
Even if Ervin did get massive amounts of defensive help.
Zu Long - August 11, 2009
Yeah, but he also helped himself a lot, those were pretty much tailor made DP balls.
He did get excellent D from Erick and Figgs late, though.
TheOptimist - August 11, 2009
True. I shouldn't really say "massive."
He had, what, 7 K’s on the night?
Zu Long - August 11, 2009
6 K's.
But still, they were waiving feebly at that slider all night.
Zu Long - August 11, 2009
6Ks! More Ks, more fun!
With apologies to the Six Flags guy
red floyd - August 11, 2009
"You know when I said I'd let you score tonight? I lied."
Big Easy Halofan - August 11, 2009
I have a new favorite win pic.
Zu Long - August 11, 2009
nice
eyespy - August 11, 2009
word
Funke5ive - August 11, 2009
That's awesome
WiHaloFan - August 11, 2009
props for that caption too
Scotty G - August 11, 2009
NICE.
TheOptimist - August 11, 2009
sickkkkkkk
trojanangelfan - August 11, 2009
"Don't bother the Rays .... They're DEAD tired."
Downing Rules - August 11, 2009
Just...perfect.
moosemastr - August 11, 2009
This is
beyond awesome.
Slyintine - August 12, 2009
Pure awesomeness
JoseGuillenSux - August 12, 2009
let off some STEAM Bennett !
BigBangRobbDawgg - August 12, 2009
Santana is the most neurotic pitcher...
im stoked we won but this great game then shitty game stuff is pissing me off.
BryanHarvey'sMoustache - August 11, 2009
He seems to be straightening out
hauldog - August 11, 2009
How bout them Angels!!!
5 games up
angelsown3417 - August 11, 2009
Good Day in Angel history today
VooDoo seems to be back with the CG victory
Now 5 games up on the Rangers that lost today
Kevin Youkillus getting body slamed
eyespy - August 11, 2009
Wow.
Portello was all like “What’d I do, what’d I do for the first few minutes?” and STILL owned him.
Zu Long - August 11, 2009
someone needs to find a picture
with youk in mid-flight after porcello threw him down
sctrojan13 - August 11, 2009
Video?
hauldog - August 11, 2009
Link
Embedding failed
hauldog - August 11, 2009
Between the mammoth head
the over-aggressive, testosterone over-compensation, and the sudden MASSIVE spike in SLG% over his career minor/major league career numbers in the last couple seasons, Youkilis is my new favorite roid/PED target.
Caseys Kiss of Death - August 11, 2009
yep. This has been my mantra with Chowderhead fan
hauldog - August 11, 2009
we have a problem
mlb tonight (and im pretty sure it was mitch williams) just referred to alexei ramirez as the cuban missle
that is kendry!!
we cant let this happen
sctrojan13 - August 11, 2009
Kendry is The Reaper.
It’s all good.
Zu Long - August 11, 2009
You don't like Mitch much.
Slasher52 - August 11, 2009
And Alexei isn't really even that great
in fact, he’s quickly becoming rather overrated.
Caseys Kiss of Death - August 11, 2009
Kendry > Cuba
Slyintine - August 12, 2009
9
TheAngelsAngels - August 12, 2009
does it mean anything
that mathis caught the gem from ervin?
or is cera and what not all nonsense?
sctrojan13 - August 11, 2009
he always catches Santana
so that means he’s been there for the implosions as well. i think it was just that no one was hitting ervin’s slider tonight and he had great location.
linkbruin - August 12, 2009
Go to each pitcher's Baseball Reference page, click on "Career Splits," and at the bottom....
… you’ll find their stats w/ different catchers.
mattwelch - August 12, 2009
Mathis' CERA w/ Lackey & Saunders is historically indistinguishable from Napoli's
However, he’s much better w/ Ervin. Though I haven’t looked closely to see whether that’s true year in & year out, or due to him just catching more starts when during Good Ervin stretches.
mattwelch - August 12, 2009
Missed most of the game
what was Erv’s velocity on the night?
Caseys Kiss of Death - August 11, 2009
94 - 97
WiHaloFan - August 11, 2009
Also excellent slider control.
Zu Long - August 11, 2009
Not quite that high
He was sitting 92 – 94 on the TV gun, which is certainly better than what he’d been getting. He did touch upper 90’s a couple of times.
Gorbachav5 - August 11, 2009
I never saw anything over 94 on the scoreboards.
Downing Rules - August 11, 2009
Yay
Figgi4life - August 11, 2009
Photophail. :-p
Zu Long - August 11, 2009
image fail
sctrojan13 - August 11, 2009
Panther?
All of the above.
LA Seitz - August 11, 2009
Agreed
Was at the game tonight and thought throughout the night who would be most deserving on Panther. After Willits’s hit I thought him. Then Mathis’s double and now it’s him. Once the game ended you had to really think Ervin so I really would say All of them deserve it.
turs12 - August 11, 2009
Panther
Speier getting released
Epic Dean - August 11, 2009
we still own him 5 million for next year
Phineas_Fogg - August 11, 2009 via mobile
That's a downer
Slyintine - August 12, 2009
What's the word on Izzy?
Any updates on how bad the elbow is after getting HBP? Is this a day-to-day thing, or is he going on the DL?
Fan Since 1981 - August 11, 2009
day to day
Phineas_Fogg - August 11, 2009 via mobile
Looks like HK gets more playing time
Slyintine - August 12, 2009
was at the game today....
… and I couldn’t believe what was happening in front of me… Ervin was lights out and he just seemed so confident, very refreshing, 3 points for me!
Panther = Ervin no doubt
I hope Izzy is OK and is Speier being DFAed??
Going again tomorrow, hoping to break out the brooms
trojanangelfan - August 11, 2009
Speier is already gone as reported by 44fanpost at 8:00PM.
DFA.
As for Ervin, I have been fortunate enough to witness both of his CGSO’s. Awesome.
Downing Rules - August 11, 2009
nice...
on both accounts
trojanangelfan - August 11, 2009
i guess somebody told
ervin that i have class in the morning, cause that game was over EARLY. however, because of the traffic (thats right, i stayed the whole game), i still didn’t get back to the IE til 10:30..
GREAT game to be at, btw!
b0rd3rline - August 11, 2009
"El Meneo" shook it all night long...
Ervin the Tampa Bay Ray Exterminator for Hire.
HALO N BRIMSTONE - August 11, 2009
was at the game tonight in decent seats
to watch Ervin totally dealing. What a great game to go to…
…and from those that saw it on TV, was Aybar’s play in the 9th as epic as it looked in person? All I have to say is wow…
101halo - August 11, 2009
lucky, lucky, yes
eyespy - August 11, 2009
Link to Catch
Funke5ive - August 11, 2009
I was there too, and we recorded the game as well. It was a fantastic play.
opiejeanne - August 12, 2009
Just got back from the game.
Took me a while to get home…long story. But frickin’ Ervin pitching a complete game was exactly what I wanted. Even Mathis’s bases-clearing double didn’t get the reaction that Aybar’s catch did. Wow, what a dive. I had no idea Ervin was pitchiing a complete game until the 9th inning. Hilarious. Great game, unbelievable output by the unlikeliest guys. Go Angels. That is all.
moosemastr - August 11, 2009
Random stuff happens with the Halos
like S-Rod getting a HR
Slyintine - August 12, 2009
lol price, re: mathis
“I’m embarrassed. I mean, the guy’s hitting .210.”
ZiK - August 11, 2009
I lol'd
He should be embarrassed that one of his pitches got hit into the outfield…
… by Willits.
Slyintine - August 12, 2009
i was at the game tonight
great game! huge crowd tonight, too… especially for a Tuesday night game. everyone around us was pissed that Naps didn’t play, considering it was HIS bobblehead (did anyone tell Soth?)
Santana looked like he forgot how bad he was. he didn’t give no credit to nobody. ;)
howiestheman - August 12, 2009
He should be
giving some cred to the D. No CGSO is possible with a great D.
With that being said, I want to see a 27K game.
Slyintine - August 12, 2009
Mathis had a big hit and all...
…but seriously, Mike Napoli doesn’t get to play on his own bobblehead night? Man, that shit is cold. Ice cold.
Suboptimal - August 12, 2009
Agree
Slyintine - August 12, 2009
that was cold
and with the night Mathis had all I can picture is one of those chevy logos taking a piss on a ford logo…errr Mathis pissin’ on a Napoli bottle head.
Funke5ive - August 12, 2009
SWEET
El Meneo is back in action.
Voooo MudaTruckin Doooo for the POTG. He is back baby!
acuda27 - August 12, 2009
Where have you been recently?
opiejeanne - August 12, 2009
panther to Voodoo no doubt
shutting down the Ray’s offense is impressive to say the least. Here’s hoping izzy just got bruised.
BigBangRobbDawgg - August 12, 2009
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