Final Score in Seattle: Angels 5, Mariners 3
Ervin Santana pitched great, but that has not been enough lately, so imagine the relief when the Angels finally had a big inning. They scored 4 runs on 3 homers in the 6th inning on Monday night for their first Runs-Batted-In since Wednesday afternoon. Their only run scored in 34+ innings had been balked-in from 3B on Friday night. Ironically, their 5th run tonight scored on a balk. In a show of how far their offense still has to go, that bases loaded balk was all scoring they could muster from a bases-loaded, no out situation.
The drought of scoring ended with a Peter Bourjos HR to lead off the 6th inning of a then-scoreless game. Bobby Abreu followed later that inning with a solo blast and then,after a Torii Hunter single, Hideki Matsui hit a monster shot into the 2nd deck of Safeco's RF seats. It was enough to complement good pitching.
Santana tossed 7.2 Innings, struck out 4 and allowed 2 ER that really should not have scored nor been "earned" as a missed popup with no glove on it falling between Erick Aybar and Alberto Callaspo was ruled a "hit" (one of 8 surrendered by Ervin) and was what caused the scoring to begin. The floodgates let a little through, but this WAS the Mariners, so not to worry. Fernando Rodney got his first Save since being named the closer after the departure of Brian Fuentes to greener pastures. The Angels have beaten the preseason darling Mariners 11 times this season.
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Peter Bourjos for Prez!
RexTookMyStash - August 30, 2010
Peter Bourjos is half man
half amazing!!
devilson - August 30, 2010
At least we are better than the Mariners.
Funke5ive - August 30, 2010
flagged
for being only the M’s
DAD OF VLAD - August 30, 2010
Bourjos > Wood
ESPN needs to learn his name because they will be saying everyday
DAD OF VLAD - August 30, 2010
No offense to 3Wood, but Me > Wood.
red floyd - August 30, 2010
Lol
autry's cowboys - August 30, 2010 via mobile
Good one red, and sadly true.
halofolife - August 31, 2010
FYI they took the error off the board for bourjos.
He misplaced it, but can’t assume he shouldn’t caught that
101halo - August 30, 2010
Fleet Pete for POTG.
Error notwithstanding.
red floyd - August 30, 2010
They changed the ruling! Error free!
101halo - August 30, 2010
Man I hope Bourjos proves he can hit....
He’s an absolute phenom with that glove. What a fun player to watch.
Nashdiesel - August 30, 2010
Tonight's game thread was rad.
RexTookMyStash - August 30, 2010
How long before teams figure out not to run on Bourjos's arm?
~MMP~ - August 30, 2010
Hopefully never. With the second one he's tied for 3rd in the majors for CF
I don’t care that it was a cheap one ha
101halo - August 30, 2010
Sorry if this has been talked about but
why is Johnny Rivers playing in front of naps?
autry's cowboys - August 30, 2010 via mobile
When Mathis has a starting gig, that makes more sense ha
101halo - August 30, 2010
I gotta better question?
why is Jeff Mathis playing in front of naps?
Funke5ive - August 30, 2010
Both true
but both to be expected by now for me.
autry's cowboys - August 30, 2010 via mobile
i've got a better question
why is mathis playing?
angelskid2210 - August 30, 2010
Bobby Wilson
has started more games at catcher than the guy leading the team in HRs. I’ve never doubted Sosh before but I just can’t get my dome around this
autry's cowboys - August 30, 2010 via mobile
**this is sarcasm...I have no clue how many
games Bobby wilson has played…I just know he owes naps royalties for his beard
autry's cowboys - August 30, 2010 via mobile
That's partially because Napoli has been playing at 1st, but I agree with you, Napoli shouldn't be behind Rivera and definitely not behind Mathis
~MMP~ - August 30, 2010
this is completely wrong.
clover_black - August 30, 2010
See the **
It was a joke
autry's cowboys - August 30, 2010 via mobile
oh.
hah hah?
clover_black - August 30, 2010
Now you've got the spirit!
ryanfea - August 31, 2010
never claimed to be a comedian
autry's cowboys - August 31, 2010
Wilson at catcher, Naps at 1B
was that so hard Sosh?
grahams98 - August 30, 2010
I love Scioscia, but you're right,
Wilson at catcher-Naps at 1st. Is it really that hard to figure out?
halofolife - August 31, 2010
Where does KMo go?
red floyd - August 31, 2010
You know what I mean red.
For the remainder of the season. Next season, I’d have Naps catch, K-Mo definitely at 1st.
halofolife - August 31, 2010
Seriously, I thought you were talking about next season.
[EMILY-LATELLA]
Oh. That’s very different. Never mind.
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red floyd - August 31, 2010
Finally a win
Too bad we can’t play SEA & LAD more often
GA'sLawnchair - August 30, 2010 via mobile
When does soth put PB in the leadoff spot
If at all?
HalosBiggestFan - August 30, 2010 via mobile
mmmm, i likey the sound of that!
one more good game and he is officially between warm and hot
Wally's World - August 30, 2010
Too soon
PB is just starting to hit the ball well, getting his average above .200 (and higher than Jeff Mathis, although that’s not saying much). When he sits at .280 with a .360+ OBP for an extended period of time, then it’s time to consider him for leadoff. Until then, keep the pressure off and allow him to develop in th 9 hole.
The_Question - August 30, 2010
Agree
Though I can only hope to God his OBP makes it that high.
Suboptimal - August 30, 2010
right now, suboptimal is writing a 4,000 word essay on how mike napoli takes golden shits.
clover_black - August 30, 2010
As long as it isn't a photo essay.
rspencer - August 30, 2010
Mistake post
But it will be back soon enough.
Suboptimal - August 30, 2010
I feel special because I happened to see it before it went away
~MMP~ - August 30, 2010
Damn
It was only up for like 30 seconds.
Suboptimal - August 30, 2010
and then
it got flushed!
Rev Halofan - August 30, 2010
Sorry about that
The “publish” and “preview” buttons are stacked right on top of each other.
Suboptimal - August 31, 2010
Is my poll broken?
or does Matsui really have 75% of the votes?
hobbit_86 - August 31, 2010
He does
~MMP~ - August 31, 2010
we had a lot of site visits
from Japan in the past two hours.
Rev Halofan - August 31, 2010
ahhh-so
hobbit_86 - August 31, 2010
I can feel it! This season is turning around!
Rally Manatee - August 31, 2010
I lol'd at this
AfterSchoolSpecial - August 31, 2010
Rodney's not the answer for 2010
Walk, single, no outs…Rivera should get the save for this one. Rodney will make us at least kind of wish Fuentes had stayed.
Sethy - August 31, 2010
that was an atrocious call at second. Gutierrez was safe by a foot
credit Juan Rivera for actually hustling. Honestly, I had no idea he was capable of that. But, he’s still a joke to me.
hk47 - August 31, 2010
Kotchman for the save
The ball that Bourjos misplayed and went to the wall would have been an inside the park HR for Gutierrez, if only Kotchman wasn’t clogging the bases in front of him. That is some slow feet.
RallyMonkey5 - August 31, 2010
Kotch would have had that ball.
red floyd - August 31, 2010
I believe that Kotchman held up thinking Fleet Pete was going to catch it...
Yes, Kotchman is slower than molasses in December, but I gave him a pass on that play because he was respecting Peter Bourjos’ glove out there in CF. Gutierrez was only 5 steps behind Casey in spite of running all out from contact.
Downing Rules - August 31, 2010
credit the second base umpire for that horrible call
hk47 - August 31, 2010
Darn it... if the Halos had broken the record, I would have won in the poll!
(I had 0).
Of course, I always am happy to trade PPs for a Halos win.
red floyd - August 31, 2010
U n me both, RF...
I chose 0 … but was more than happy to sacrifice the points for a victory.
Downing Rules - August 31, 2010
How the hell does Shitsui win this vote?
Bourjos put the Angels in front with a solo HR. He had two OF assists, added and single and a stolen base.
He’s the POTG.
Is there any rationale left in the POTG/BOTG voting? This has turned to a joke this year.
I miss the days when it meant something.
hk47 - August 31, 2010
*added a single
hk47 - August 31, 2010
I'm wichoo
Rally Manatee - August 31, 2010
Freedom of choice is a good thing.
Downing Rules - August 31, 2010
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