Thursday, May 10, 2007 |
Two Games
Grady Little Never Learns, Does He? Marlins 3, Dodgers 0
The Meat-Tray, this good? It's hard to believe; his start ends his day with a 2.13 ERA. Believe it or not, that would only make him seventh in the NL, behind such dubious luminaries as Brad Penny, Tim Hudson, Jason Marquis — and the much more estimable Jake Peavy of the Padres.The hairs on the back of my neck started going up after Hanley Ramirez's booming sixth inning double to deep left center. Lowe is supposed to be a groundball pitcher, and long flyballs that go thud against the outfield wall are a sure sign he's losing it. It turned out I was right, eventually; even though Dan Uggla flied out, it was eventually Josh Willingham's three-run walkoff shot that did in the Dodgers. You could just see it coming.
Jose Molina, Thief: Angels 8, Indians 0
If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.I didn't write anything about yesterday's thrilling 3-2 come-from-behind victory because, hey, I was bushed; and I'm mostly there right now. But what a game for the Halos, eh? A real walloping of a fairly young and inexperienced pitcher, Jeremy Sowers, who hasn't done a lot to justify his rotation spot so far this year.— Revelation 3:3
The Angels got the best performance from Kelvim Escobar we've seen in a very long time, a complete game shutout of the powerful Cleveland lineup, going the distance in a game that ended on a dramatic smash to third. Rookie Matt Brown came up with the ball in his debut game and threw a BB to first to nail Jason Michaels by less than a step.
Gary Matthews, Jr. homered again, his second in two days, a three-run shot in the fifth that really busted the game open. Robb Quinlan had just driven in a pair with an RBI single, and the whole five-run rally happened with two outs. Eric Wedge let Sowers continue to take the pounding through the fourth, when the Angels scored another run off him in a manner most improbable: Jose Molina and Reggie Willits executed a double-steal that resulted in Molina scoring from third. It's the sort of thing that's just so audacious you don't even begin to imagine it; certainly Sowers didn't, and neither, apparently, did his catcher, Victor Martinez.
But with so much offense going on, some of the lesser stories have a chance of escaping notice, and one of them was Chone Figgins doubling. He actually went 2-4, playing third and batting last, but it was the best outing we've seen from him so far. Notably absent was Shea Hillenbrand, whose services have been suspect so far; he also sat out Wednesday's victory, leading to obvious speculation about when he'll be DFA'd. I don't think he's as bad as he's played so far, with the caveat that he is aging.
Labels: angels, dodgers, indians, marlins, recaps
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