Guerrero Starts the Fireworks Early; Angels Get the Win

by scottnak on Jul 4, 2009 11:22 PM PDT in Postgame Report Comment 5 comments

Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Ervin Santana, right, and his wife Amy watch their one-year old son Jonathan, left, play during the Independence Day fireworks after the Angels-Orioles baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday, July 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

4 months ago: Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Ervin Santana, right, and his wife Amy watch their one-year old son Jonathan, left, play during the Independence Day fireworks after the Angels-Orioles baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday, July 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Mark Avery)

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Final Score: Angels 11, Orioles 4

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Looks like I wasn't the only one who was having fun today! Certainly the angels made this game quite a fun one.
Angels fall into a 4-0 deficit, only to start a rally of unanswered runs!

By the 5th we creep up to a 1 run deficit,
By the 7th we take the lead (thanks to a ball that somehow found its way inbetween two Orioles)
And when we hit the 8th, the Angels never looked back! (Wasn't that homerun by Vladimir Guerrero a beaut!)

What better way to cap off the 4th than with a win in your pocket and some fireworks?

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4th of July Panther goes to...

Vlad (HR!)

96 votes

Rivera (Go-ahead Run!)

19 votes

O'Sullivan

9 votes

Bulger

18 votes

142 votes | Poll has closed

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All About The Long Ball

by eyespy on Jul 4, 2009 11:42 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Are you sure that's Santana's kid?

I've got nothing.

by bc56274 on Jul 5, 2009 12:13 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

I was glad to see both Rivera and Vladdy come back with clutch hits....

especially after they both killed rally’s with their GIDP’s………..thats the kind of approach the whole team needs to have……….if you screw up one AB try to make the next one count for something positive……

Nice job boys.

Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009

by norcaliangelsfan on Jul 5, 2009 12:58 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs