Sunday, May 15, 2005 |
Two Games
Angels 9, Tigers 3
Every so often, the Angels will give us reason to think they've overcome what they're billing as a slow offensive start, but I'm more inclined to think it's what happens when you lose two of your most prolific power hitters (Jose Guillen and Troy Glaus). Rivera's homer was a nice boost, but he's not the kind of guy who will either (a) earn enough playing time to make that sort of thing repeatable, or (b) provide you with solid production once there.Colon is starting to make a believer out of me, which means he's due for a terrible outing any day now. I suspect we'll see something bad happen soon enough, so I'll lay off. Kevin Gregg managed to get through an inning without giving up any runs, though a wild pitch scared me for a moment; he really doesn't have any idea where that splitter is going to end up. The Kevin Gregg Chowder and Marching Society has their banners folded and continues to wait for the pitcher we all thought he might become. No surprise that the Angels are calling up one or more rookies from the farm to fill in for Escobar, in the meantime.
In general, it was good that the Angels could at least elicit a split with a mediocre team -- and how much progress does that represent from their 119-loss 2003? -- like the Tigers. Had it been 6-4, I would have been busting loose.
It's too early to be standings-watching, but here I go anyway: with a 5-2 loss to Minnesota, the Rangers are now a game and a half back of the Angels.
Braves 5, Dodgers 2
A game where the Dodgers did nearly everything right, constantly pressuring the Braves' Tim Hudson, yet they just couldn't seal the deal with RISP. A good part of that was due to the trio of Oscar Robles, J.D. Drew, and Jeff Kent, who collectively stranded ten batters.As for Yhency -- yeah, well, careful what you wish for. Erickson was actually good enough that I would consider having him pitch again.
As I write this, the Dodgers have fallen into third place, a game back of the Diamondbacks, who are in sole posession of first. The second-place Pads rocked the Fish for ten in the seventh today, beating Florida 12-4 in their first-ever home sweep.
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