Final Score in Arlington: Angels 2, Rangers 3
A great pitching performance by Jered Weaver was wasted as the Angels bats were caught napping deep in the heart of Texas. Despite losing 3-2, the Angels still hold a commanding lead in their division and had the tying run at 3rd and the winning run at 2nd with the bases loaded and 1 out when Howie Kendrick grounded into a game-ending double play.
The hope that Mike Napoli has broken out of his month-long slump was given reason when the Angels catcher hit a 2-out solo HR in the top of the 5th inning to give the Angels a short-lived lead.
Angels All-Time HR Leaders #16 - #25:
| PLAYER | PA | HR |
| Leon Wagner | 1802 | 91 |
| Juan Rivera | 1711 | 74 |
| Fred Lynn | 1947 | 71 |
| Mo Vaughn | 1304 | 69 |
| Rick Reichardt | 2193 | 68 |
| J.T. Snow | 1984 | 65 |
| Bengie Molina | 2679 | 65 |
| Mike Napoli | 1269 | 64 |
| Lance Parrish | 1540 | 64 |
| Lee Thomas | 1944 | 61 |
A victory tomorrow would restore the 7.5 lead that the Angels brought into Arlington - their largest of the season - and reduce their magic number to clinch the AL West for a 3rd straight season to 7 games. Game Time is 10:00 AM, Pacific
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Howie
We weren’t surely expecting him to come through again, were we? I was shocked when he got that hit against the sox, because although I like the guy, HK is the least clutch guy on the team…
kdoc - September 19, 2009
hitting .326 w/ risp
he’s sucking the other 2/3 of the time though
Quinlan's Goofy Swing - September 19, 2009
Hard to go with Howie..........hitting in the 8 hole when..........
Abreu………0-4 2K’s in the 3 hole.
Thats not getting it done………
norcaliangelsfan - September 19, 2009
What about Figgy?
The booted play that scored a run and nothing on offense.
Brody - September 19, 2009
Figgins deserves the groans...
…for his offense. But on defense, most 3b folk wouldn’t even have laid a glove on that ball, let alone converted it into an out. It’s his range that makes that play look fieldable in the first place. There’s a reason the Arlington scorer didn’t rate that an error. Izturis’ misplay earlier in the game however…
Turks Teeth - September 19, 2009 via mobile
Hard to pick just one
HK may have stunk it up with that game ending GIDP, but Chupa, KMO & Figgy’s bats were all AWOL tonight.
Quad Fin Rider - September 19, 2009
What a fluky game
The score is about 5-1 by my count if the Rangers’ unbelievably good luck on balls in play doesn’t come through for them again. Whatever. All this means is some more mumbles of “resiliency” from the media before they get buried by the A’s next week.
Suboptimal - September 19, 2009
It was an interesting game to watch
Pretty good pitching by two starters with neither throwing their best game, good relief, and little offense either way. One of those rare games where defense was the difference, and a minimal difference at that.
Ed Coffin - September 19, 2009
what a horrendous day
Halos lose and my Trojans lose…..and our future halo prospect (locker) looked good.
SCHalo - September 19, 2009
Two rather gutless performances, actually.
Stirrups - September 19, 2009
Go Angels... :(
Slyintine - September 19, 2009
up
scottnak - September 19, 2009
The All time HR leaders list.
makes me sad. We deserve better.
SenorChuckles - September 20, 2009
#16 - 25
not even our team’s Top 15. It gets better near the top…
Rev Halofan - September 20, 2009
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