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Saturday, September 10, 2005 |
Getting Your Money's Worth: Angels 6, White Sox 5
As crazy tight as this race has been, the Angels sure didn't miss any tricks today. It wasn't anybody's best game, but this one felt like a playoff game, probably because if the Angels do make it to the postseason, there's a good chance they'll see the Chisox.
Neither Buhrle nor Washburn had their best stuff, and so the score ended up tied into extra innings. Even Bobby Jenks had to make a turn -- three scoreless innings worth -- against the Angels, blanking his old club; Garret Anderson couldn't turn on his fastball, which leads me to believe there's even worse, if you can believe it, coming ahead. The Angels will need an outfielder or three with some pop, not to mention a fully functional Dallas McPherson.
In the end, the game came down to three crucial plays:
- In the bottom of the eleventh, with Donnelly pitching, Juan Uribe singled to left. With absolutely no room for error, Juan Rivera fielded the ball and gunned down Aaron Rowand at the plate.
- In the top of the twelfth, Vlad hit a long flyball he was certain was out of the park. Vlad started his home run trot, but Chicago centerfielder Aaron Rowand recovered the long double -- prompting Vlad to pour on the speed, and barely getting in to second.
- On the next at-bat, Bengie Molina used his lack of speed to lull the Chisox into a game-losing mental mistake. Thinking he had several geologic epochs to make the play at first, 3B Pablo Ozuna took his time -- really took his time -- and Vlad tore around the corner to score, just barely getting under the tag of A.J. Pierzynski.
Comments:
Going to school in Northwest Indiana, me and a buddy were able to make the trip to Chicago. Let me tell you that it was quite possibly the best baseball game that i've been to. At times it was painful to watch and I thought the Angels would lose but somehow they kept getting though jams. I will say that Stoneman made a big mistake in letting Jenks go. He pitched an impressive 3 innings. The Vlad play at home was certainly a gutsy move and it looked as though he would be tagged out. Overall it was great game and hopefully they can gain momentum from the win
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: 9/10/2005 12:57:00 AM
: 9/10/2005 12:57:00 AM
Is it just me, or did it look like Vlad should have been called out for being off the basepath? I thought it was an insanely crazy thing to even try, and he only got away with it because he was so far off the line that AJ couldn't stretch to reach him.
Granted, what I saw was the MLB.com highlight video clip on the web, which didn't show him until he was halfway between third and home, so...
Granted, what I saw was the MLB.com highlight video clip on the web, which didn't show him until he was halfway between third and home, so...
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