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Monday, August 22, 2005Week in Review: August 15-August 21Overall Record: 71-53
Pythagorean Record 73-51
Games Ahead 2.5
Week Record: 3-4
Pace: 93-69
Record after 124 games: 2002: 74-50 2003: 60-64 2004: 70-54 Opponents: vs. Toronto (1-2), vs. Boston (2-2) Hot: The guys hitting well right now are Bengie (8-22), Ckotchy (pronounced Scotchy) (7-23 with a HR), and Juan Rivera (2 HRs). AK and OC each stole 3 bases without being caught and Vlad gets a pass (6-23, 7 BBs, 5 IBBs) because he was pitched around so much. Saunders made his major league debut and gave up just 2 runs in 7.1 innings, but was unable to get a win because Frankie BB blew the save. Santana started two of the Angels wins and is showing a lot of guts: he had the Red Sox completely shut down through 7 innings before tiring a bit in the 8th. The other starters, Wash, Colon, Lackey, and Byrd, all held their own, putting the Angels in a position to win every game if their offense could have been a bit better. Yan and Gregg shut teams down over 6.1 innings and Shields gave up just 1 run over 4 innings (which, of course, earned him a loss). Not: Finley went 3-20 with 1 BB and 5 Ks, and this includes last nights two hit game. It has been 3 weeks since I called for the nuclear option and I cannot help but feel that Scioscia feels that the double is the start of Finley getting hot...if he gets hot, that is good, but I have serious doubts. It is more likely that the two hit performance is really just masking stats that are becoming more and more miserable every week. Finley deserves a permanent spot here. Ztu is the only other regular that batted poorly, going 2-12. Frankie had one bad outing, but it caused a loss (in a way that Shields' did not really cause a loss. Byrd also turned a 0-0 pitcher's duel into an almost certain loss when he gave up a 3 run HR to Renteria in last night's game, but he did pitch great before then. Coming up: The Angels are thankfully finished with Toronto, a team they just cannot seem to beat. They also were able to come away padding their lead slightly, despite their poor record, so these are good things. Also, GA should be back this week, which could mean Erstad to LF or CF and possibly Finley to the bench (well, we can hope). This should also be the Angels' easiest set of series until mid-September when they face Seattle, Detroit, Texas, and Tampa Bay in succession. Meanwhile, Oakland plays Detroit and Baltimore, leading into the second to last Angels-A's series of the season next week, making this the last week before the stretch run. Opponents coming up: at Baltimore (60-63) August 23-25, at Tampa Bay (51-73) August 26-28 Probable Starters: Washburn vs. DuBose, Colon vs. Bedard, Lackey vs. Lopez, Santana vs. Fossum, Byrd vs. Waechter, Washburn vs. Hendrickson |
