6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog: Series: Angels 4, Blue Jays 3

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Sunday, September 10, 2006

Series: Angels 4, Blue Jays 3

The Angels won despite lousy fielding from both Chone Figgins (who had the evident excuse of losing a third out in the sun) and Garret Anderson (who did not); the bats, still apparently on Xanax, squeaked out just enough to get the win, including a home run and a single by Mike Napoli, his first multi-hit game since July 15, and his second homer of the series. The most important moment of the game was Garret Anderson's line drive that appeared to hit Toronto starter (and recent Cy Young Award winner) Roy Halladay on his pitching elbow. That brought in Josh Towers, who pitched better than his 9.48 ERA would have indicated, but not by a whole lot.

None of it would have made a difference if not for Jered Weaver and the bullpen holding down the Jays; Weaver gave up three runs and missed a quality start by one out thanks to Figgins losing a flyball in the sun. With the often combative Mark Wegner behind the plate (his MLB.com bio says he "participates ... in ProLife activities", from which you can draw your own conclusions), a number of players looked backwards with their eyes rolled, at least, and Troy Glaus got himself ejected. Wegner's strike zone did seem a little inconsistent, but Weaver didn't help by throwing wide more than I'm used to seeing him do. So the Angels — barely — beat the Blue Jays, who had two hands tied behind their backs. I can't remember the last time the Angels took a series against Toronto, and so, hurray.

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