Saturday, July 09, 2005 |
Regression Test: Mariners 10, Angels 4
The game, per se, was horrible from the Angels' point of view. Washburn was effective through five, imploded in the sixth, and Randy Winn proceeded to rip Joel Peralta a new one into the right center stands. Peralta's early season success has come undone pretty quick, as he's surrendered nine runs over his last 5.3 innings. The Daily Breeze may have been kidding when it labeled him a one-pitch pitcher, but it sure didn't look like that last night. Peralta now joins Kevin Gregg in the category of "guys you wouldn't want with you in a foxhole" category.
Gregg had another typical bad outing, giving up two earned runs over two innings. He didn't even bother to hide his grip before throwing -- a meaningless act anyway, because all he ever threw were split-fingered fastballs. It's amazing how fast he went from hero to zero, and this year's efforts to fix him by way of Salt Lake don't seem to have worked too well.
The Angels' offense stumbled, mainly due to a lack of timely hitting, but also it should be noted due to some bad baserunning. One thing I enjoy going to games with Rich is that I always learn something about baseball as practically applied. In particular, one play in the bottom of the eighth stands out, something Rich derisively labeled as a "sucker play" that Anderson fell for hook, line, and sinkerball: with men on the corners, one out, Izturis struck out. Catcher Pat Borders intentionally threw high -- but not too high -- to second baseman Jose Lopez shortstop Mike Morse. Anderson, fooled into thinking the ball was about to go into centerfield, scooted to home plate -- where he was a dead duck. Without Rich there, I would have thought that was just a lousy throw.
So, just take that "s" off the word "scrappy", and you've got last night's game in a word.
And by the way, I got off a few pictures.
: 7/09/2005 03:32:00 PM
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