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Wednesday, August 31, 2005Liveblogging: How The West Was Won, Part XIV6:39 PDT: Tonight's lineups:
Note the absence of Robb Quinlan - practically the only Angel who's hitting at the moment.ATHLETICS ANGELS Kendall, C Figgins, CF Ellis, 2B Cabrera, SS Chavez, 3B Anderson, LF Johnson, 1B Guerrero, RF Payton, CF Erstad, 1B Hatteberg, DH B.Molina, C Kielty, LF Kotchman, DH Swisher, RF Izturis, 3B Scutaro, SS Kennedy, 2B Blanton, P Lackey, P 6:42 PDT: And Erstad batting 5th? I hope Vlad has comfortable shoes... 7:02 PDT: Hud: "John Lackey is the perfect man to break the Angels' losing streak." Isn't that what he said about Bartolo last night? 7:21 PDT: Promising start - Halos have the bases loaded for The Punter. 7:24 PDT: Any other player in baseball. Anybody but Bengie Molina, and the Angels would be up 1-0 in the first. Though, you have to tip your cap to Mark Ellis - it was an excellent throw. 8:15 PDT: As if you needed another reason to hate the A's, Jay Payton cleats Maicer Izturis on an incredibly dirty play at second. Asshole. 8:21 PDT: Angels lead after 4 1/2, 2 - 0. 8:24 PDT: Blanton has already collected seven strikeouts in the fifth inning. You're not going to hack your way out of this slump, boys. 8:26 PDT: Make that eight... 8:27 PDT: Sietz: Payton's gotta go down... And he's gotta down hard. Fastball right between the numbers.Agreed. But he's due up fourth in the next inning, so it might not be feasible at the moment. 8:33 PDT: Wrong dude, John... 8:45 PDT: Lackey's bending, but not breaking. 4 walks, 90+ pitches, but no runs. 8:52 PDT: I'm going to give this post a bump, as it's still in progress. 8:54 PDT: The 7th will likely be Lackey's final inning. So we're going to call on the bullpen to protect a two-run lead for two innings. Not a comforting thought. 9:00 PDT: It's Shields on for the 8th. I sense adventure... 9:16 PDT: And the wheels come off. Shields is, predictably, wild. A bad 0-2 pitch to Hatteburg brings in the A's first run, and a hit batter loads the bases for Swisher. 9:18 PDT: Swisher drives it to the track, but GA gets under it for the final out. Damage minimized. It'll be a *gulp* one-run lead looking toward the Angels' half of the 8th and Frankie beyond. 9:42 PDT: Interesting as always, but Frankie manages to close it out, 2-1 for the Angels. One game back, 30 to play. Comments:Frankie's breaking ball seemed to be located a bit better than the last few times I had seen him. And he was fooling the A's batters into swinging at it, usually the hardest part of his job. I didn't understand benching of Quinlan. I just picked him up in a fantasy league thinking he would be getting regular playing time. Players can't get in a groove without AB's against gaame pitching. Batting practice just isn't the same. |
