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Sunday, August 14, 2005Week in Review: August 8-August 14Overall Record: 68-49
Pythagorean Record 69-48
Games Ahead 1
Week Record: 4-2
Pace: 94-68
Record after 117 games: 2002: 69-48 2003: 54-63 2004: 64-53 Opponents: at Oakland (1-2), at Seattle (3-0) Hot: Vlad took over this week, going 11-22, with 5 home runs, 13 RBI, 3 steals, and 2 outfield assists. AK was 8-20, Bengie was 7-18 with 2 home runs, Juan Rivera was 6-14 with a home run, and Figgy was 10-26 with a homer and 3 steals (although he was caught once, as well). Byrd, Colon, and Santana all pitched great games and deserved wins, which only Colon picked up. They gave up 2 earned runs in 20 innings and went 1-2 in their starts. Lackey also pitched one great game, but pitched another game that was pretty mediocre tonight. Meanwhile, the dynamic relieving duo of Yan and Gregg combined to pitch 5 scoreless innings. Not: Finley returned to "playing" this week and was 3-24. In addition, he successfully was the last out of an inning each time he came up to bat in tonight's game (including a double play). Get this man out of the lineup! Erstad has slumped a bit of late, and went 6-23 with 8 strikeouts and ended many an inning right in front of Vlad. The relief pitching largely stunk. They gave up all but 1 run against the A's (10 runs in 6.2 innings) and cost the series win against Oakland. They came back much stronger against Seattle, but Donnelly still allowed two inherited runners to score. Also, the team defense was largely bad this week, with just about everyone making some kind of fielding mistake at some point. Coming up: The Angels face Toronto again this week. Toronto is one of only two teams to sweep the Angels this year (they got their revenge on the other, Seattle, this weekend). Also, the Angels face Boston, who they haven't faced since early June. Both teams have changed pretty significantly due to injuries (and recoveries) since then. The Angels biggest change is that Vlad is back, while the Red Sox have changed their pitching staff a lot... to be honest, I am just completely guessing on the probable starters list down there. Let me call again, for the team to free Steve Finley! Meanwhile, Jeff Mathis was called up for the Seattle, but has gotten minimal play time (a couple innings at the backstop and a single at bat). I was always under the impression that you only called prospects up if they were going to play everyday (and non-prospect minor leaguers if you just needed a bench spot). This goes for Kotchman, as well, as he has only seen action in about half of the games since he was called up. Opponents coming up: vs. Toronto (61-56) August 15-17, vs. Boston (68-47) August 18-21 Probable Starters: Santana vs. Chacin, Byrd vs. Downs, Washburn vs. Tower, Colon vs. Clement, Lackey vs. Wakefield, Santana vs. Arroyo, Byrd vs. Gonzalez Comments: |
