Friday, April 23, 2004 |
Angels 12, Oakland 2
Top 1st
Okay, so putting Benjie at the top of the order wouldn't have helped tonight. But... Troyyyyy!!! Yowsah. Maybe we should put Guillen in the 2-spot. He seems to keep getting hit. I'll take it.Bottom 1st
Washburn throws 2,048 pitches to Kotsay. Kotsay walks. That does it, I'm renaming him Ishii.Top 2nd
Halter wails one down the third base line into the corner, Figgy bunts him to third in a play that sounds like Karros decided, hey, why not tag the runner? He's headed my way anyway, and hey did I shave today? Look ruggedly handsome without shaving -- chicks dig. Oh, here comes the runner. Tag!Note to Adam Kennedy: if you're going to bunt, don't gift wrap it back to the pitcher!
Eck walks. Go .. uh, er, Erstad. Boy, there's a rally-killer there. Oh, wait, Zito's zigzagging his pitches all over the plate. 3-1 to Erstad? Plate discipline? Or alien abduction? Erstad... doubles? My dog... it's full of rats!
Now Vladski whangs! to right field along the first base line, and we're still on two outs? Okay, here's Troy for a sure -- out? No, a run-scoring single! Whoosh!
Okay, now Guillen. Come on, Barry, hit him on the left wrist. I dare you. You've only thrown ... 45 pitches? Bang into left center, and here comes Benjie. Okay, he's gotta be the guy who finishes the inning. Yup.
6-0 Angels. Hey, Tyler, who's the bitch now?
Bottom 2nd
Damn that was a long inning. So of course, Wash comes up and immediately walks Dye on four straight pitches. Then Karros fouls off about 20 pitches and somehow flies out to Figgy. One popout and a -- the hell?? -- strikeout? later, it's over. Wash's up to 38 pitches. You never can tell with Wash, but hey, the A's don't have a hit yet.In the second inning.
Top 3rd
Remind Zito to send Halter, Figgins, and Kennedy a thank you note for this inning. What was that, six pitches?Bottom 3rd
New nickname: Walkin' Washburn. Huh? Ishii Lite. Triple play unlikely. How many full counts is that tonight? About thirty? Okay, I'll take the double play... pant pant pant. 3-0 to Byrnes? Pitch dammit! I said pitch, not... walk the batter. You eeeediot! And he walks Chavez, bases full of A's... pant pant pant... and Dye laces it straight at Kennedy.Washburn you are one lucky SOB.
Top 4th
Eck flies out, Ersty singles, Vlad singles, Glaus flies out, and Guillen finally -- finally! -- gets his first home run, just barely over the left field fence. Now maybe Scioscia can stop feeding him saltpeter.Now we have to watch Wash again. Hoo boy. But it's the most runs Zito's ever given up in a single game. And he's out of the game. Woot!
Bottom 4th
An inning where Wash throws, what, a dozen pitches? If that? Somebody teach this guy to throw more sinkerballs. And yeah, how cool to strand Menechino at third?Top 5th
They've given up. Zito's out. Kotsay's out. I'm heading home.Bottom 8th, Somewhere On The 405
The A's are on the board, but -- huh? Two more?Tomorrow they forget their bats. Sheesh.
Bottom 9th
Gregg gets his first save. Go Gregg! And against the A's, the team that threw him out. Applications for the Kevin Gregg Marching and Chowder Society will be taken here starting immediately. Update: Richard points out that Gregg now has more innings pitched with a lower ERA than... starter Ramon Ortiz. That would be a good thing, except for the Angels' famous stubbornness with starting pitchers.The Official recap says "Of the 93 runs they've scored this season, 45 have come with two outs." Well, duh -- with Eck slumping and Erstad in permaslump, no wonder.
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