Tuesday, May 01, 2007 |
Triumph Of The Willits: Angels 7, Royals 5
This pace just isn't likely to continue, just as Robb Quinlan's slump isn't, nor 0-4 Chone Figgins', nor Garret Anderson's .162 average with runners in scoring position. I plan on thoroughly enjoying Willits' streak while it lasts.
Bartolo Colon had his B stuff and maybe his C or D command, but he held tough through five, struggling badly in a four-run third where he gave up a three-run homer to Mark Teahen. Teahen proved in 2006 that he wasn't the sack of wet mice some people thought he was; at one point he looked like an early flameout, but as he demonstrated tonight, Teahen can go yard, and so Bartolo goes chastened into that good night.
Bart's real burning question is how many more of these kinds of games he's going to have, as is, to perhaps a more limited degree, Scot Shields. Shields pitched a scoreless eighth, but was effectively wild, giving up a walk and a hit; we've seen him be better and expect it, a little less tomorrow than today.
Chone Figgins gets a bye for his 0-4, maybe even through a month or more of this, but I applaud Scioscia burying him at the bottom of the lineup.
The Angels started the day 15-11, tying the franchise record for wins in April and equalling their 15-11 start in 1998; only the team's 15-8 start in 1979 and 15-10 record in 1989 had fewer losses. The Angels have now won 10 of their last 12. It's good to be winning.
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