Angels Throw It Away In Seattle
by WiHaloFan on Apr 14, 2009 6:41 PM PDT
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PrintFinal Score: Los Angeles Angels 2, Seattle Mariners 3 (10 innings)
In what's becoming an early season theme, the Angels were unable to score with 2 outs. Leaving a total of 7 runners in scoring position and a total of 11 runners left on base, the Angel offense wasted a good outing by #7 starter Shane Loux. Making his first major league start since August 27, 2003, Loux allowed just 2 runs over 5.1 innings, scattering 5 hits and issuing 3 walks.
Also wasted in the game was a dominating 3 innings by Darren Oliver. Rumored to be moving into the Halo rotation, Oliver entered the game in the bottom of the 6th, stranding Griffey, Jr. who had walked to lead-off the inning. Oliver then worked out of a small jam in the 7th when Kenji Johjima led off with a single to center and was bunted over to second. The inning ended when Yuniesky Betancourt grounded out and Endy Chavez flew out. Looking like he still had plenty left in the tank, a good sign if a move to the rotation is in his future, Oliver struck out the side in the 8th inning before giving way to Scot Shields in the 9th..
All the best pitching in the world will go to waste unless the Angels start getting the timely hits. Having scored 4 or less runs in five of their first seven games, the Halo offense sputters with runners on base. Other than a monster home run to leftfield by Torii Hunter (his 2nd of the year), the Angels' bats have remained silent when it counts. Howie Kendrick stranded 5, three of which came from an inning-ending strike out with the bases loaded in the 5th inning, and Kendry Morales failed to drive in any runs with the based loaded in the 8th when he popped out weakly to second to end the inning.
Relieving Oliver in the bottom of the 9th, Scot Shields allowed a lead-off double to Franklyn Gutierrez to open the 10th. Betancourt laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt along the third base line, which Shields threw into right field allowing Gutierrez to score the winning run.
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K-mo gets my vote.......
love the guy…….but he’s gotta start hitting with people on base………
Same with the rest of the O………I feel like the team is 0-2000 with RISP and 2 outs this year……..
Get em tomorrow.
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 14, 2009 6:45 PM PDT reply actions
great point
Rest in Peace Adenhart
by princeton11loveshalos on Apr 14, 2009 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions
OH........silver lining.......
D-nasty with his awesome job in relief……..
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 14, 2009 6:45 PM PDT reply actions
tell me more...
.. about this thing you call “run support”
by clover_black on Apr 14, 2009 6:48 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
It's where...
…I mean it’s when…um… it works like this…I meant to say…when the offense…that would be when we are at bat…they..um…
TRUMP.
It was great to see Loux perform well
Maybe its his story, but I always find myself pulling hard for that guy
Sean Rodriguez...the Rodriguez for a new Millennium
Run Support
I find your ideas intriguing and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
Angels fan since '67
In the silver lining department...
…I’m going to continue my jag of praise for Legs Figgins. Two more walks today put him at ELEVEN in seven games. Tied for the MLB lead in walks. Gotta like that.
BOTG - Angels Bats
seriously, where’s the spring training balls raining down all over the place?
Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!
Left em with the Cacti.........
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 14, 2009 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions
If we had the bats moving in the right direction,
it never would have come down to Shields pitching/having the opportunity to give the fans behind first base a ball
RIP Nick
not gonna beat anyone scoring 2 runs.........very often
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 14, 2009 7:00 PM PDT up reply actions
77-85
projected angels record if this keeps up
our bullpen has clearly regressed which was what let us score less than 5 runs a game and our hitting id just as shitty. it is a joke to score 3 runs against silva. it own tbe much easier than this all year. if we dont start hitting, we wont win the west. simply put. brandon wood needs to come inject some life into this lineup. anything other than status quo. please.
"This is real life. This isn't about baseball. This is his whole life, he had his whole life ahead of him. He's only 22, he's still a kid. He was a great kid, he was funny, he was very popular in the clubhouse and off the field. People loved him."
RIP NIck Adenhart
by TheAngelsAngels on Apr 14, 2009 7:02 PM PDT reply actions
not to nitpick or anything.....
but they only scored 2 off silva
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 14, 2009 7:13 PM PDT up reply actions
Well...
it would be a joke to score three runs. And a funnier one at that, as we’d at least win the game.
Randall T. Longwith, DUI Attorney for Andrew Gallo: you are the very scum of the earth and a disgrace to your alma mater as well as your species.
If Brandon Wood is the answer, what was the question?
OR if Brandon Wood is the answer, we really are in deep doo doo.
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Apr 14, 2009 7:28 PM PDT up reply actions
I think the team needs to have batting practice
RIP Nick
by ladybug on Apr 14, 2009 7:09 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
How do you get a rec for this?????
“I think the team needs batting practice”…and you get a rec? W-T-F??
Uh…OK…
I think the pitchers need to throw more strikes and less balls. One rec please…
I think the offense needs to hit more home runs. Another rec please…
Oh…I modify the above… I think the Angels need to hit at least 4 home runs per inning. One more rec please…no…make that 2 more rec’s!!!
You have GOT to be kidding me!!! Are you rec’ing yourself…paying someone???? Hmmmmm?
by sothball on Apr 14, 2009 7:42 PM PDT up reply actions 3 recs
does it matter?
"This is real life. This isn't about baseball. This is his whole life, he had his whole life ahead of him. He's only 22, he's still a kid. He was a great kid, he was funny, he was very popular in the clubhouse and off the field. People loved him."
RIP NIck Adenhart
by TheAngelsAngels on Apr 14, 2009 7:46 PM PDT up reply actions 4 recs
...and then you get a rec for that????? This system is rigged!!!!!
by sothball on Apr 14, 2009 8:43 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
*rec'd ^^^
any more cheese to go with that whine?
RIP Nick
by ladybug on Apr 14, 2009 10:18 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
to paraphrase a line from Erin Brockovich.......
“They’re called boobs, soth”
RIP Nick
by ladybug on Apr 14, 2009 8:15 PM PDT up reply actions 2 recs
I'll give you both a rec. Just because.
Whatever dude.
by Mayheminthehood on Apr 14, 2009 8:19 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh sure...
THERE’s a courageous stand…I’ll rec ladybooger for CHEATING…and I’ll rec anyone that calls her on it.
Then..to top it ALL off…she rec’s your comment!!!
It’s the devil I tell ya…the DEVIL!
by sothball on Apr 14, 2009 9:25 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Softballs? Ouch!!!!
They would’t be so soft if people would quit trying to kick me there. Damn!
Besides, I didn’t believe I was calling you any names…merely describing an apparent…uh…medical condition (God bless you).
And don’t think for a moment this will distract from the investigation into rec’s for dollars…or other “favors”. The rec police are onto you…
I heard someone is waving some green around in here?
Randall T. Longwith, DUI Attorney for Andrew Gallo: you are the very scum of the earth and a disgrace to your alma mater as well as your species.
BOTG = HK, for his continuation of striking out on down and away pitches in key situations.
Same crappy swings at crappy pitches as the DS
by Big Bad, 'Vlad'! on Apr 14, 2009 7:11 PM PDT reply actions
This game just got worse and worse.
I’m worried about this season.
The time is out of joint; oh cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right.
by chairmanofthebar on Apr 14, 2009 7:19 PM PDT reply actions
SCOTNAK
Any sympathy on me for forgetting to submit my guesses via the new format? I actually selected my 3 choices in the drop down boxes, but forgot to hit the gosh darned submit button. I did post in the comments though.
If not, shame on me for being a dumbass.
by Big Game Hunter on Apr 14, 2009 7:28 PM PDT reply actions
This is going to be a long season...
even when we get back our pitchers because they cannot hit. Maybe and hopefully soon we change things up. But great game by Loux.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart you will forever be missed...
I will say it again: this team does NOT look like they have finished with ST.
I suspect that those players who WERE successful is using ST to get their prep work in were on the wrong roster.
2 F'n runs
7 men left on base in the last three innings. blame goes to anyone with a bat in their hand
#34 Nick Adenhart always an Angel
the annoying part is that the mariners actually think that they are legit
they scored 2 freakin runs off a pitcher who wasn’t even in baseball two years ago
#34 Nick Adenhart always an Angel
True
But the even more “legit” Angels scored 2 freakin runs off of The Burger Chef.
by Rachmaninoff on Apr 14, 2009 8:22 PM PDT up reply actions
got me there. That was an extremely poor performance by the Angels offense
I learned my lesson. Just because the Mariners lost 100 games with the same staff they have this year I shouldn’t assume they will do the same this year.
#34 Nick Adenhart always an Angel
I see the point you were getting at, too...
But keep in mind that Bedard was unhealthy for much of last year. Also, the M’s don’t have to consider putting Miguel Batista back in the rotation this year, which should help, too. Most importantly, though, the flyball pitchers (Washburn, Silva, RRS) are going to get a lot more outs from an OF which traded in Raul Ibaniez’s glove for Endy Chavez’s…not to mention the effect of getting a solid CF. All the same, no argument that many Ms fans are predicting stuff that’s way over the top due to the 6-2 start…but the rotation is indubitably better off. And did I mention getting rid of Sexson and Vidro? ;)
by Rachmaninoff on Apr 14, 2009 8:54 PM PDT up reply actions
so what you are saying is:
The Mariners staff was so bad last year that they have no where to go but up, and so many players and front officer personnel were canned that the 09 roster is so different we don"t know what to expect.
#34 Nick Adenhart always an Angel
Not quite
The rotation was a combination of Suck, injury, and Felix with no run support. With an emphasis on the Suck. No shocker to anybody that a healthy Bedard is a heck of a lot better. Silva is still a wildcard at best. Washburn is replacement level, provided that he gets good defense. So, a combination of quantifiable improvement in defense, a healthy #2, and a healthy dose of “nowhere to go but up.”
by Rachmaninoff on Apr 14, 2009 9:26 PM PDT up reply actions
As to if they're "legit"
Ask again in 20 or 30 games. For now, projecting off of 1 week of play is just stupid, whether you’re looking at the 1st-place Blue Jays, Padres, or ~.500 Angels, Yankees, or Red Sox. Except the Nationals. Nobody should possibly be as bad as them.
by Rachmaninoff on Apr 14, 2009 9:28 PM PDT up reply actions
No excuse for Shields throwing the ball to first like that.
At least I am hopeful that Loux did pretty well today. The hitting will probably come along.
Not the First Time
Shields has thrown one away to lose. IIRC, he did it at least one other time, in Oakland I believe.
that was frankie
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on Apr 15, 2009 12:48 PM PDT up reply actions
no
frankie dropped the throw back from the catcher. Shields fielded a bunt attempt and threw it into right field, allowing the winning run to score. In April of 2005.
Not the first time
Then Angels have thrown one away to lose in Seattle. Of course, the time I’m thinking of it mattered a heckuva lot more.
Let's do this for Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, and Henry Pearson.
This was shades of '95.
Okay, no, it wasn’t even a tenth as bad as that, but how do you miss the throw to first base on that play?
Randall T. Longwith, DUI Attorney for Andrew Gallo: you are the very scum of the earth and a disgrace to your alma mater as well as your species.
Voted Shields
but tie with Howie.
Sorry to Figgy who is getting on consistently and being left there. Nice job Fig man.
Angel Pitching (Adenhart), Angel Defense - get past that.
Voted Howie
but tie with Shields.
Randall T. Longwith, DUI Attorney for Andrew Gallo: you are the very scum of the earth and a disgrace to your alma mater as well as your species.
Man, what's that smell?...
Looks like Shieldsy left something on the mound.
God needed a starter. RIP #34
Does it smell worse then
what Kendry, Howie and Naps left in the batters box?
#34 Nick Adenhart always an Angel
Well I don't ever want to consider myself an expert. but...
yeah the three amigos were overpowering in terms of stench.
God needed a starter. RIP #34
I'm almost glad I missed the game.
It is good to hear Loux had a pretty good game. Well get em’ tomorrow.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
Did I do something wrong?
I thought I might play the points game this year, when I have the opportunity to weigh in, but I don’t see me and my two theoretical points here…
"I've got more action than my man John Woo
And I've got mad hits like I was Rod Carew" - Shure Shot, The Beastie Boys
You can't blame Shields on this one
even though I’d like to.
I voted for Morales, but I could’ve easily voted for HK.
LOB is a killer. Same complaint I had last year…
I have nothing important to say.
Today you needed an "all of the above option", plus Vlad.
I am a fair weather fan so the Angels better win!
How many were LOB
I had to go to work early today, couldn’t watch the game. I’ve seen the highlights ( for lack of a better word ) was it that bad?
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
Welcome to Angel Stadium. May I take your order?
Yes, Hi. I’d like to order one Brandon Wood please. Yes, I would like fries with that. Thank you
RIP Nick. We will miss you!
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