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Sunday, May 01, 2005Finale at the Homer DomeToday's Matchup: Bartolo Colon (3-2, 3.73) vs. Johan Santana (4-0, 3.55)
I am not feeling well, so I probably won't live blog this sucker. The Angels face last season's Cy Young winner for the first time this year. In other words, their offense's goal should be about 3 runs (especially after the last two games). This means that Colon has to throw up one of his stellar performances, which may he may be close to reaching that stage of the season considering most of the runs he gave up against the Yankees came on Alex Rodriguez home runs, and the Twins do not have any Alex Rodriguez'. UPDATE: Well, the Angels won 2-1. They had 5 baserunners (2 hits, 2 walks and reached on an error), with 2 being caught stealing. Fortunately, two of the three that weren't caught stealing were home runs. Meanwhile, Colon pitched a gem, going 7.1 innings with 7 Ks, 2 hits allowed and throwing only 85 pitches. He absolutely should not have been taken out with a man on first and one out in the 8th (Shields replaced him). He had been so dominating, you need to give him a chance to finish the game. However, I do agree with the decision to remove Shields as soon as he loaded the bases that same inning, which Frankie promptly turned into a double play. The only run given up was also a solo home run, allowed by Frankie on the first at bat in the 9th. Also, Merloni, Quinlan, and Rivera started, with Merloni getting hurt in the 4th. |
