Wednesday, June 27, 2007 |
Lame X 3: Royals 1, Angels 0
The Angels out-hit the Royals 10-5, but because the Angels' only extra-base hit was Chone Figgins' bloop double, the Angels never cashed in any of their multitudinous baserunners.
The one good thing to come of this was an excellent start by Jered Weaver, but it doesn't mask the facts that (a) the offense stinks, and (b) the offense has masked some pretty abysmal pitching over the last couple weeks (see also, the Astros and Pirates series). Maybe the other good development, if you can call it that, was Casey Kotchman failing to make a third groundout when he came up as a pinch hitter. He reminded me of his early-season struggles, bouncing to right in recent AB's in previous games, but at least he made an out somewhere besides an infield glove this time.
Best to forget about this garbage as soon as possible.
Update: Best news all week: the Angels will DFA Shea Hillenbrand on Friday. Why Friday? Why not now?
Something else I forgot to mention in that Times game recap above: Reggie Willits and Mr. Wall had a rude introduction, and Willits left the game with a bruised knee. He'll have precautionary x-rays.
Update 2: Incidentally, the sweep of the Angels ensured the Royals a winning month of July, the first winning month they have had in four years. The Royals won the season series 5-2; the last time the Angels lost the season series to Kansas City was in 1996, when the 70-91, fourth-place Angels went 4-8 against the 75-86, 5th-place Royals.
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