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Wednesday, June 01, 2005Angels 10, White Sox 7I saw my second Angels game in three days today. The first one was the Memorial Day Massacre, where the Angels snatched victory from the jaws of defeat only to have it snatched back. Today, the Angels strung together some hits and were able to pick up 10 runs. I never realized how lefty heavy their lineup can be with Vlad out, as they had a switch hitter batting left against the starter, then four lefties, then righty-lefty-righty-lefty. This makes for prime opportunity to use a left handed specialist, which the Sox did with Kevin Walker in the 7th inning. Fortunately, it backfired and the pitcher gave up a leadoff walk to Figgins, then singles to Ersty and Finley, a fly out to GA, and a double to Dallas. Walker was charged with two more runs when Luis Vizcaino gave up a single to the first righty in the lineup, Bengie Molina. In other news, Kotchman does not yet have a hit this season, but he did have a successful sacrifice (although if the 3rd baseman was on the bag it would not have been successful) in the 9th which helped lead to two runs. Also, the Angels became the first team to score off of Sox closer Dustin Hermanson, with two insurance runs in the 9th. Finally, Frankie K made his first appearance off the DL and was a bit wild. He ended up giving up a double and walked 3 (including the Big Hurt with the bases loaded and a 4 run lead...probably the smartest walk of his career). However, even an uncontrolled Frankie K can confuse batters enough that he picked up 3 K's. |
