Tuesday, August 21, 2007 |
The Mother Of All Blowouts: Angels 18, Yankees 9
GA ripped a two-run homer in the third and a grand slam (the eighth of his career, and apparently now owning the franchise lead in that department) in the sixth, and that was all it took to get to 10 RBIs and the franchise lead. Maicer Izturis scored four runs, Howie Kendrick went 4-for-5, and just about everything that could go right for the Angels did, even discounting a bad four-run third Kelvim Escobar burped up right after his offense gave him a five spot.
Escy put up zeroes thereafter, and the Angels gave the game to Marcus Gwyn, who was fine until the ninth, when he gave up a couple home runs to Wilson Betemit and A-Rod for four runs. Nevertheless, he did manage to finish the game without burning through another pitcher, something the Angels need to watch.
Other players to get 10 or more RBIs in a single game in the Retrosheet era:
Reggie Jackson, June 14, 1969, 10 RBI(The complete list can be found here.) Coincidentally, Anderson made the last out of the game. Congratulations, Garret!
Fred Lynn, June 18, 1975, 10 RBI
Mark Whiten, September 7, 1993, 12 RBI
Nomar Garciaparra, May 10, 1999, 10 RBI
Alex Rodriguez, April 26, 2005, 10 RBI
Update: Figgins left the game with a sprained left elbow following a checked swing. He is day-to-day.
Update 2: The announcers also said this was the most runs the Angels have ever scored against the Yankees.
Update 3: Jon Weisman introduces us to a piece that ran in the Daily News on December 12, 1989, about a young high school point guard named Garret Anderson.
Update 4: Also, it occurred to me that Marcus Gwyn earned his first major league save under the three-inning-rule.
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