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Monday, August 08, 2005Week in Review: August 1-August 7Overall Record: 64-47
Pythagorean Record 64-47
Games Ahead 0
Week Record: 4-2
Pace: 93-69
Record after 111 games: 2002: 66-45 2003: 53-58 2004: 61-50 Opponents: vs. Baltimore (2-1), vs. Tampa Bay (2-1) Hot: The team's bats have heated back up a bit, with Vlad, who has broken out of his slump with 3 doubles and 2 home runs and 9 hits on the week. DaVanon went 3-6 and walked four times in limited action... he now has more walks than strikeouts on the season (36-34). Mighty Casey came out of the minors scorching, banging 3 home runs and 4 hits in 10 at bats and walking 3 more times. Finley deserves a mention here, if only because he sat out most of the last half of the week. The mighty bullpen trio of Shields, Gregg, and Peralta combined for 11 Ks, while giving up just 3 hits and 1 walk in 10.1 innings. Colon pitched 14 innings this week, picking up 13 Ks and giving up just 3 runs, 2 off of solo home runs. Santana pitched a pretty stellar game, giving up just two earned runs, but errors hurt him and he lost the game because of poor situational hitting. Lackey also pitched another solid game, although he gave up 3 walks for the first time since June 18th. Not: Figgins did not hit well, picking up only 6 hits in 28 at bats and getting caught twice in 3 SB attempts. The other half of Finley is that he went 2-12 on the week. The only other particularly bad hitter on the week was AK, who went 4-16, but did have 3 walks and 1 steal. The only pitchers that didn't do that great were Bootcheck, who followed up a spectacular outing at Yankee Stadium by giving up 10 hits and 6 runs in 3.2 innings to the Devil Rays and Frankie, who actually only pitched 1 inning, but gave up a solo home run therein. Coming up: Washburn is eligible to come off of the DL this week (I think before the Oakland series even begins, but will probably make his return against Seattle) and Dallas will probably come off of it as well. I expect Erstad to be DL'ed (if he is not sufficiently better) and Bootcheck to be sent down. I even have a feeling (no doubt completely erroneous) that Erstad will be DL'ed and by the time he comes back, Finley will either have proven to be of some value or gotten rid of. This series with Oakland is about as key as an early August series can be. If the Angels win it, it can pull the momentum away from the A's, while an Oakland victory would force the Angels to begin chasing for the first time all season. The last time these teams had games this meaningful the Angels won four in a row to pull out the division title. The Seattle games represent a chance for the Angels to pick up revenge on the team that started the unraveling of the big lead. Opponents coming up: at Oakland (64-47) August 9-11, at Seattle (47-63) August 12-14 Probable Starters: Lackey vs. Harden, Santana vs. Zito, Byrd vs. Saarloos, Colon vs. Moyer, Washburn vs. Harris, Lackey vs. Meche |
