Angels Beat Red Sox In Extra Innings; Santana Makes Debut
by WiHaloFan on May 14, 2009 4:48 PM PDT
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Final Score: Angels 5, Chowds 4
In a game that saw 5 Angels relievers and Ervin Santana's 2009 season debut, Jeff Mathis won it with a 12th inning single scoring pinch-runner Reggie Willits. The Angels bullpen held the Red Sox to one run over 7 innings, the one run given up by struggling Scot Shields, giving the Red Sox new life with a run in the 8th.
Santana was inconsistent in his debut, giving up 3 runs, 7 hits and 3 walks through 5 innings (92 pitches; 52 strikes, 40 balls). However, he showed he is still able to get the strikeout as he sat down 5 Sox, including David Ortiz with the bases loaded to end the 4th inning.
Torii Hunter, Erick Aybar, and Bobby Abreu each hit triples in the game, while Hunter was a homer shy of the cycle, driving in 3 runs. The big hit came off the bat of Mathis in the 12th ending the game and giving the Halo's the series win. The RBI single was Mathis' second run driven in in the game, as he'd previously tied the game in the 7th with a sacrifice fly to score Aybar.
The Angels' bullpen, after a season of struggles, held the Red Sox scoreless in extra-innings, including Jason Bulger getting out of a bases loaded two out jam in the 12th by striking out Dustin Pedroia and getting David Ortiz to ground out to first. With the bases jammed ground out, Ortiz added 3 more runners left on base, giving him 12 in the game, including 3 strikeouts.
The win gives the Angels an 18-15 record, a game-and-a-half behind division leading Texas Rangers, who the Halos face this weekend in Arlington.
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Jeff Mattress.....
for finally ending that…….
Thank you good sir.
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on May 14, 2009 4:49 PM PDT reply actions
plus.......
he’s totally gonna get laid now.
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on May 14, 2009 4:52 PM PDT up reply actions
Thanks Jeffy
But my panther has got to go to HULA DULa..dude was nails on offense and defense and that play he made in the 11th, holy shit!
R.I.P. Nick, you are missed!
i dunno mathis has hit quite a few in the clutch
and just because hula dulas average is panther doesnt mean we shouldn’t vote for his average.
Driven into right-center field, Erstad says he has it...the Angels, world champions!
Well than any time he gets a hit much less an RBI he will get my vote.
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
That's what he do, every day.
Jeff came through in the ultimate clutch situation when nobody else quite could.
I am The Iron Man.
Intense
If I could vote all 4 for Panther, I would. Had to close my eyes and click.
Shields needs to get his shit together.
Worst tat’s I’ve ever seen…
www.bestbeatingheart.com
by BrentSchmidt on May 14, 2009 4:58 PM PDT up reply actions
Army guy alert, where's pendletonmike? LOL
They are not the best I have ever seen either but they seem to fit Santana’s personality.
I am The Iron Man.
I’m an army guy, but not pendletonmike… and I hope he’s an army guy stationed there and not a marine, otherwise he may not like that nick name for him, lol.
www.bestbeatingheart.com
by BrentSchmidt on May 14, 2009 5:16 PM PDT up reply actions
Panther = Torii
Bulger got himself into trouble to get himself out of. But the whole pen played well tonight.
How does Torii win the Panther?
The defensive and the offense put together make his contribution worth more than the rest of the team combined.
He drove in the first three runs and made an amazing game saving catch in center.
WTF?
Play Wood already. Willits sucks.
by hauldog on May 14, 2009 4:58 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I've got to vote for Bulger
but what a great team effort
NA, #34 SP, LAA
Light up the Halo for Nick!
Hula Dula extra innings rula
Was awesome, but Mathis won the game today, and Bulger managed to not lose. Co-Panthers perhaps?
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
Mathis is the emotional vote
Had you guys waited until tomorrow, you’d realize the Hula Dula is the Panther Tru-a!
Tru-a?
Yeah I struggle.
RIP Nick Adenhart 4/9/09
I gotta give it to my boy Mathis
Called a great game (14 K’s), made a good borderline great play in the top of the 12th, and had the game winning hit.
R.I.P. King Ad-Rock #34
Yea, I'm the only one not to get a point yesterday!
I so rock.
Not.
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game, the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us."
My first 3!!!!
It’s about time…. Soon, I shall climb to the top and I shall CRUSH YOU ALL!!!!!!!
[laughter type="maniacal-mad-scientist]
BWAHAHAHAHHA!!! HAH HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
[/laughter]
Angels fan since '67
hey scott
i didn’t get any points, and i was the first to turn in my picks.. any idea what happened?
World Series '09 - In Memory of #34 Nick Adenhart!
I watched this in a bar with nothing but frat-boy Sux fans...
Felt damn good to walk out of there after four ice-teas and a near heartattack.
Do it for Nick '09
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on May 14, 2009 5:48 PM PDT reply actions
Figures they'd win it the instant I look away from the computer.
GO HALOS!!!!!!!!!
Let's win one for Nick
Maxie big
The blown holds, leads and save opportunities.
YOU DON'T KNOW THE POWER OF THE DARKSIDE.....
Darren Oliver
I voted for Mathis, but Oliver’s 5K in 2 innings deserves at least to be considered for Panther, He whiffed the entire middle of their order. Darren Oliver!
The HK-47 hitting droid is the finest line drive machine ever built
by RallyMonkey5 on May 14, 2009 9:16 PM PDT reply actions 2 recs
I agree.......
and had the game ended in 9 I would have voted for him.
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on May 14, 2009 9:27 PM PDT up reply actions
I was gonna say that
Write in vote for D.O. is his era below 1.00 yet? Can we. How long would he have to pittch like this to become our closer?
I agree with that little guy named Dustin...
“That was a great play,” Pedroia said. “That’s why he’s got a truckload of Gold Gloves [eight]. He saved the game for them and kept them going. That’s why he’s the best.”
God needed a starter. RIP #34
Older Sox fans...
…were less drunk than the young guys usually are, but they were just as obnoxious.
They bitched about every call that didn’t go their way.
They cussed out their players if they didn’t do what they expected.
One guy was so upset Francona brought in Okajima, he stormed out of the stadium, throwing F-bombs all the way.
I guess you can sober up but you can’t stop being an A-Hole.
those are called MASS-HOLES
Make some noise already people. Come on!
by Downing Rules on May 15, 2009 3:00 PM PDT up reply actions
Jeff Mathis
Lets not forget the fact that if Rivera had not singled first then the pinch runner, who knows what might have happened. So I give Rivera credit for starting the sequence of events.
Good Job Angels
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