Angels 8 Indians 5- Cactus League Game

by Rev Halofan on Mar 26, 2009 4:30 PM PDT in Angels Postgame

Final Cactus League Score: Angels 8, Indians 5

Nick Adenhart pitched 6 innings, allowed 5 hits, 1 earned Run and had 3 strikeouts as the Angels beat the Cleveland Indians 8-5 in Cactus League action.

This was the 21st Spring Training Win for the Angels. Not counting the scab-hire season of 1995, the record for Spring Training victories is 26 wins, held by the 1997 Florida Marlins (who went on to win the World Series that season). Here come the Angels, whose offensive outburst against Cleveland's presumed #4 starter Scott Lewis included a back-to-back-to-back HR outburst form Bobby Abreu, Vladimir Guerrero and Torii Hunter.

Hunter showed no ill effects from having a flyball bounce off his face yesterday - he went to the hospital for precautionary tests but was released. Back in the lineup today, he went 3 for 4 with a run-scoring double in the first inning and a solo HR in the 7th in addition to that trifecta solo homer in the 3rd.

Poll

Panther of the Game:

Nick Adenhart

64 votes

Torii Hunter

71 votes

135 votes | Poll has closed

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Hula Dula

Adenhart was nails today but Torii had 10 total bases! Ballplayers will go entire careers without getting 10 bases in a game.

by V-Hawk Angelorum on Mar 26, 2009 4:54 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

haahha....should we make a list of players who went their entire career under 10 bases??

Has Hillenbrand gotten past ten bases yet?

by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Mar 26, 2009 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions

i was there

adenhart looked great and torii’s bat was locked in as well. I’d give it to nick though for avoiding a total meltdown even with the wind blowing out and all the dumb errors

by ihearhowie2.0 on Mar 26, 2009 5:02 PM PDT reply actions

atta boy Nick.......

props to Hula Dula….the baseball rula.

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by norcaliangelsfan on Mar 26, 2009 6:26 PM PDT reply actions

I gotta give it to Nick for being nails even when his fielders were failing him.

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by TheOptimist on Mar 26, 2009 7:19 PM PDT reply actions

If the fielders are doing their jobs, Nick pitches 6 innings of shutout ball IMO.

But two homer games are awful rare… hmmm. It’d be different if one of them was a three-run shot I guess. I gotta go with Nick.

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by Zu Long on Mar 26, 2009 9:33 PM PDT reply actions

wow

i just got to see the highlights of the back-to-back-to-back homers, and i can not believe how much better Vlad looks! his swing looks like it did back in 2004, and he was rounding the bases without a limp! i can’t get over how much better he looks so far. that makes me excited for the season…

and Adenhart had a good game too, from everything i’ve read. only a week and a half left…

Kotch would've had that.

by howiestheman on Mar 26, 2009 10:46 PM PDT reply actions

TWO, count 'em, TWO ESPN Top Plays

Catching SC just now … Angel Castillo’s diving catch #7 and the b-2-b-2-b HR’s by Abreu, Vlad, and Hunter was #5.

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by Downing Rules on Mar 26, 2009 11:54 PM PDT reply actions

i have to go with Adenhart

if Hunter didnt make that error he gets it (i know the wind was bad but it was in his glove) and Adenhart should have had like 6 or 7 K’s but the ump sucked and he had a good play bare handing the ball and throwing it to 1st

by Vladd#27 on Mar 27, 2009 2:09 AM PDT reply actions