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Monday, September 19, 2005Week in Review: September 12 - September 18Overall Record: 84-65
Pythagorean Record: 86-63
Games Ahead: 2
Magic Number: 12
Week Record: 3-4
Pace: 91-71
Record after 149 games: 2002: 94-55 2003: 70-79 2004: 84-65 Opponents: at Seattle (0-3), vs. Detroit (3-1) Hot: Juan Rivera gets top honors in batting this week, going 9-18 with a double, a home run and 2 walks. Vlad is a close second, going 10-24 with 2 doubles, 2 home runs, 4 walks, and a steal. AK was 8-24 with 4 doubles. Byrd was awesome this week, giving up just 2 earned runs in 14.2 innings (scattering 15 hits and 2 walks), but was only able to go 1-1. Steve Finley Award: Finley was 0-10 with 2 strikeouts...quite the week. Erstad went 4-24 with 5 strikeouts (batting behind Vlad mostly). The other guy behind Vlad, was Bengie, who was 4-18. And the guy in front of Vlad, GA, went 7-29, although he did have 3 doubles and 7 RBI. A special mention should go to Figgy's baserunning, who was thrown out thrice in 4 tries. Both Lackey and Colon collapsed, although Lackey was able to make it 7 innings to help the Angels to a win. Saunders couldn't make it to the 3rd in his start. The bullpen is still gasping for its breath. Coming up: The Angels face Texas for the first time since June, which was when the Texas crumble began. Texas has not had a realistic shot at the playoffs since about the end of July and will be playing mostly for revenge on the Angels for killing their season that was so filled with promise. Then the Angels face Tampa Bay, who swept them the last time they met. As a matter of fact, the only teams that have swept the Angels are Seattle (twice), Toronto, and Tampa Bay. Meanwhile, the Angels are currently taking their last day off and are using it to remove Saunders from the rotation and without forcing anyone to pitch on short rest. Opponents coming up: vs. Texas (75-75) September 20-22, vs. Tampa Bay (62-88) September 23-25 Probable Starters: Colon vs. Dominguez, Lackey vs. Loe, Santana vs. Rupe, Byrd vs. Fossum, Washburn vs. Waechter, Colon vs. Hendrickson |
