Saturday, July 14, 2007 |
Accentuate The Positive: Angels 2, Rangers 1
The game moved pretty smoothly through the first seven, with Kelvim Escobar matching (and ultimately besting) Millwood, but once things proceeded to the relievers, it slowed to a crawl. Luckily, we were spared extra innings by Casey Kotchman coming through with a walkoff single in the bottom of the ninth to follow up Gary Matthews, Jr.'s leadoff double, and thus the Angels advance to 54-35; with Boston's 6-5 loss to Toronto, it ties them for best record in the majors, and thanks to a 6-3 win by Detroit over Seattle, the Angels get a little breathing room from a suddenly scary Mariners team.
Update: Via BTF, a Dallas Morning News story about Mark Teixeira's return possibly killing Sammy Sosa's future playing time. Sosa has had a terrible July (.111/.111/.111 with no extra-base hits and no RBIs). If his slumping continues, he's likely to find himself back of the depth chart behind 27-year-old Jason Botts, hitting .320/.430/.560 for AAA Oklahoma.
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