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Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Does Rich Harden replace the Angels bats with smoke?

I guess Rich Harden basically dominates the Angels. In two games, he has pitched 16.2 innings and given up just 8 hits, 5 walks, and 1 run, while striking them out 16 times. And the run did not come until the Angels just had a single out left in the game, when Finley singled, then moved to second without the catcher trying to get him and then Molina singled to knock him in. Only Figgins has reached base against him more than twice (on a hit in the first game and two walks in this game).

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Harden's turned a lot of bats to smoke this year. Adding in tonight's game, here's his numbers for the year:

85 1/3 IP, 56 H, 74 K, 27 BB, 20 ER.
2.11 ERA, 0.97 WHIP, 7.8 K/9, 2.7 K/BB, 0.4 HR/9.
Opposing hiters are .185/.252/.275 off the kid.

posted by Anonymous Anonymous @ 10:32 PM
Exactly, Nathan. I was gonna say "Or maybe Harden is really good."

posted by Blogger Joe @ 10:34 PM
I realize that. He has just been especially good against the Angels.

posted by Blogger Unknown @ 10:43 PM
I'm going to go with the "he's just that good" theory. Though he did catch the Angels at a good time this go-around, what with Vlad and Garret (could he have looked any worse than he did tonight?) scuffling.

posted by Blogger Richard @ 1:15 AM
What's with GA swinging at every single pitch thrown lately? All pitchers have to do lately is throw it low and away and it's a guaranteed whiff.

posted by Anonymous Anonymous @ 10:09 AM