Saturday, August 28, 2004 |
Santana Claus Brings A Present: Twins 7, Angels 1
Today's collapse was pretty predictable: bad Colon shows up, Santana Claus brings the Angels a present -- the bad kind -- and next thing you know, the Angels are down 5-0. That's not to say Bart needed a lump of coal in his stocking the whole game: excluding the third, he only gave up four hits and one run. But there was just no way we could expect Vlad and Guillen to get past a guy with a 10.20 K/9, and in fact, they struck out a combined five times against Minnesota, three of those against Santana.
Is there anyone left who doubts the hole in the bullpen left by the effective version of Ben Weber? When your once-vaunted bullpen starts handing out home runs to guys like Augie Ojeda (today's homer is only the fourth in his five-year major league career), you have to wonder whether you can legitimately count your pen as a strength. Gregg just can't seem to get out of an inning without spotting the opposition a run or two, or at the very least, a couple baserunners. Hensley has become mop-up (though he wasn't terrible today). Ben's got a 9.26 ERA with a 10.32 K/9 and a 2.17 K/BB ratio at hitter-friendly Salt Lake in the hitter-friendly PCL. If he can drop his ERA some, he might have a shot at returning. Meantime, we have Frankie, Scot ... and the arsonists.
some a's fans call mecir "3-run mecir." guess gregg can go with "2-run gregg"
mattkew
: 8/28/2004 08:11:00 PM
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