Pearly Gates is...Quick ReferenceRecent postsLinksRichard's other blog:Hall Of Fame:
The "Real" Media:
Halosphere:
Minor League Affiliates:
Other Baseball Blogs:
Other Random Crap (in a good way):
Soccer:Archive
Blog*Spot ArchivesContactRichard Ceccarelli Josh Mandir |
Sunday, June 19, 2005Week in Review: June 13 – June 19Overall Record: 39-29
Games Ahead 1.5
Week Record: 3-3
Pace: 93-67
Record after 68 games: 2002: 39-29 2003: 34-34 2004: 37-31 Opponents: vs. Washington June 13-15 (1-2), vs. Florida June 16-18 (2-1) Hot: The Impaler is still smoking hot, going 11-25 with 3 HRs this week, including both the game-tying and game-winning home runs on Saturday. Erstad has continued his hot hitting, extending his streak to 19 games. DaVanon hit well in sparse time this week, picking up a game-winner on Friday and making a lot of great catches in Wednesday’s loss. AK has been absolutely ridiculous for a couple weeks now, and Cabrera is starting to heat up, although he seemed affected by the fracas on Tuesday, committing two errors, both of which led to runs. The starting pitchers are still stellar, giving up just 6 runs in the 5 games of the week before Santana blew up on Sunday. Other than Shields’ performance after the incident, the bullpen has performed quite well. Not: The only really slumping hitters right now seem to be Bengie and McPherson, although McPherson has been slumping badly. Of course, the offense had been pretty terrible from the pine tar incident until Sunday’s game, but that was largely due to leaving a lot of people on base. This includes a couple of bases loaded incidents with less than two outs that could have led to game tying or and/or winning runs. As far as pitching goes, well, Santana just didn’t have it Sunday and Donnelly has to be listed here for cheating. Coming up: The Angels face the Rangers 7 times in their next ten games. These will be important in deciding who is in the driver’s seat for the division. The Angels have faced Young, Park, and Rogers this year and so nothing should be a surprise there. The Dodgers may be the first team they face that is below .500 since they swept KC May 27-29. The Angels have faced Penny and Lowe already, but not Weaver. Will Jeff’s brother be in the stands that night? It is not too long of a drive from Rancho Cucamonga. Opponents coming up: vs. Texas (37-30), vs. Los Angeles (33-35) Probable Starters: Byrd vs. Young, Colon vs. Park, Washburn vs. Rogers, Lackey vs. Weaver, Santana vs. Penny, Byrd vs. Lowe |
