Final Score in Cleveland: Angels 5, Indians 4
In the words of the bassist from the band Spinal Tap, HELLO CLEVELAND! Rookie Trevor Bell pitched into the 6th inning of his 2nd major league appearance and got his 1st Big League W.
The Angels had a sloppy game with the bats, some long innings on the mound but a sparkling bit of infield leather helped walk the AL West leaders to the finish line as the go-ahead run lined out in the bottom of the 9th to give Brian Fuentes his 35th Save of 2009.
Middle Reliever Kevin Jepsen came into the game with a man on and nobody out in the 7th inning and got out of it only surrendering one run and then had a 1-2-3 9th inning. The inning went by so quick that for a second or two there I could have sworn it was Scot Shields.
Bell's line on the night: 5.1 IP, 2 BB, 9 H, 3 ER, 2K. For a fifth starter in the American League, not bad. For a 22-year-old kid from Southern California... pretty great.
The Angels got a run in the 1st on a double play and a run in the 2nd on an error by the Cleveland 1Bman, but there were enough baserunners for the team to score a few of them with singles. Five runs scored but only three RBIs were credited in the game, one each to Erick Aybar, Bobby Abreu and Kendry Morales, Klutch Kings on the well-timed singles tonight to be sure!
At one point in the game, every Angel in the batting order was batting .300 or better for the season. At the end ofthe game, the benchmark had been held:
Figgins - .308
Abreu - .310
Rivera - .310
Guerrero - .313
Morales - .303
Hunter - .307
Izturis - .300
Napoli - .300
Aybar - .313
All of those players besides Vladimir Guerrero have over 300 Plate Appearances, meaning one thing: We Will Win With What We Got.
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I'm gonna say Jepsen, got those 2 big innings to get us to Fuentes.
TheOptimist - August 18, 2009
Haha
At the caption
Figgi4life - August 18, 2009
wowbell FTW
JoseGuillenSux - August 18, 2009
Actually
It was a different caption…but nvm
Figgi4life - August 18, 2009
Bell pretty well spoken
Figgi4life - August 18, 2009
Maybe Vlad could be an option?
Great win. Also, Papelbon’s trying hard to blow the game in Toronto.
mattwelch - August 18, 2009
Gave it to the young man......
Well Deserved……..got himself outta a huge jam and ended strong. Looking forward to the future!
norcaliangelsfan - August 18, 2009
On pace for 100 wins, btw
mattwelch - August 18, 2009
CONGRATS TREVOR
vlad IS my man - August 18, 2009
44FAN - August 18, 2009
The big guy second from the left, top row? I think that's one of the Texas Giants.
http://www.sideshowworld.com/atsShields.html
opiejeanne - August 18, 2009
And another one second from the right, top row.
opiejeanne - August 18, 2009
Hey Rev...
…that was our victory #72 (not 71).
sothball - August 18, 2009
eyespy - August 18, 2009
haha yes!
Panther
norcaliangelsfan - August 18, 2009
good to win a 1-run game
Fred Fredrix - August 18, 2009
In the venable words of LL Cool J:
“Rock the Bells!”
HALO N BRIMSTONE - August 18, 2009
Twins came back to tie it up.....
nice
norcaliangelsfan - August 18, 2009
Twins just went up by two!
tanana40 - August 18, 2009
Can't resist
Figgi4life - August 18, 2009
W49.300H
We will win with 9 .300 hitters
Figgi4life - August 18, 2009
Could be 10 above .300
If HK keeps hitting at his current pace, he could easily join that club by early next month.
Quad Fin Rider - August 18, 2009
Where the hell did this kind of production come from?
Amazing. Sosh should be a top contender for Manager of the Year.
moosemastr - August 18, 2009
unfortunately its pretty much Girardi's to lose I think.
norcaliangelsfan - August 18, 2009
Soth will win it if he wins a title
no more of this one and done
JoseGuillenSux - August 18, 2009
They vote after the regular season ends
post season no counts
eyespy - August 18, 2009
Really?
the just announce the award after the post season?
JoseGuillenSux - August 18, 2009
gained a game.....
thanks Minnesota.
norcaliangelsfan - August 18, 2009
I was at an Outback Steakhouse near Victorville during that bases-loaded jam in the 7th.
All I can say is Wow. Awesome game.
moosemastr - August 18, 2009
what were you doing up here?
and i have a cousin that works there…. weird. haha
howiestheman - August 18, 2009
this was a fun game.
Bulger still makes me nervous, but i’m becoming a HUGE believer in W6G
howiestheman - August 18, 2009
Bell
Really settled down and gave us a good outing. Loved the movement on his ball and his command of the strike zone over his final couple innings. I was kind of surprised, he came back after a rough start and took control. I like it a lot.
vladtheimpaler - August 19, 2009
All the members of this team is first-class contribute in baseball.
Higz - August 19, 2009
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