Ervin Santana Completes a Gem, Angels Win 6-0
by WiHaloFan on Aug 11, 2009 9:21 PM PDT
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PrintFINAL SCORE IN ANAHEIM: Angels 6, Rays 0
Forget the Mike Napoli bobbleheads, it was Bizarro Night at the Big "A". From the 2008 version of Ervin Santana dealing nasty pitches from the mound, to the bases loaded double off the bat of Jeff Mathis, the Halos showed that the bottom of their line-up can be just a potent as the top and middle.
43,000+ fans might have been at the game to receive their Napoli bobbleheads, but they left shaking their own heads out of the amazing night from Santana and Mendoza Boys. Using just 97 pitches, and inducing 3 double plays, Santana earned his third career shutout blanking the Rays on three hits while striking out six.
Reggie Willits (.219) broke open the scoring with a two-out single to center, scoring Kendry Morales and Jeff Mathis. An inning later, and also with two outs, Jeff Mathis (.213) cranked a drive off the left field fence just missing the Angels' first grandslam of the year.
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And now a full 5 games up on Texas!
Years later, Clutch still needs to chill.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart, #34.
Our next to last series of the season...
is a 4 game series with the Rangers…so I’m hoping we keep that 5 + game cushion as long as possible.
Do it for Nick '09
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Aug 11, 2009 9:30 PM PDT up reply actions
VOODOO!!!!!
The time is out of joint; oh cursed spite, that ever I was born to set it right.
by chairmanofthebar on Aug 11, 2009 9:22 PM PDT reply actions
Love the clutch hits from Jeff and Reggie, but you gotta give Ervin this one.
#34 Forever
Plugging the upside since 2006.
Never give up, never surrender!
voodoo pitched great
but I’m still tasting that crow that Sucky…I mean Mathis cooked up for me
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
ervin no doubt
WE WILL WIN WITH WHAT WE GOT.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart, Marquis Cooper, Steve McNair, and Frank Grimes, or Grimey, as he liked to be called
Who wants to bet Aybar's catch doesn't get mentioned in the Web Gems?
#34 Forever
Plugging the upside since 2006.
Never give up, never surrender!
watching it now...
it got added at the last minute.
Do it for Nick '09
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Aug 11, 2009 9:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Holy crap, I'm wrong. Last minute addition at the end of the show, nice.
Well played, ESPN.
#34 Forever
Plugging the upside since 2006.
Never give up, never surrender!
I don't think BBTN's on till tomorrow. SC comes on at 10 pacific midnight central.
#34 Forever
Plugging the upside since 2006.
Never give up, never surrender!
No bet. I already said that in the game thread.
But I bet it winds up as the CapitalOne play of the game on MLBN.
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
Can't disrespect the CGSO
Even if Ervin did get massive amounts of defensive help.
~Till the Halo burns out...
Yeah, but he also helped himself a lot, those were pretty much tailor made DP balls.
He did get excellent D from Erick and Figgs late, though.
#34 Forever
Plugging the upside since 2006.
Never give up, never surrender!
True. I shouldn't really say "massive."
He had, what, 7 K’s on the night?
~Till the Halo burns out...
6Ks! More Ks, more fun!
With apologies to the Six Flags guy
Angels baseball. We do what we must, because we can -- HaloDutch
"You know when I said I'd let you score tonight? I lied."
by Big Easy Halofan on Aug 11, 2009 9:26 PM PDT reply actions 15 recs
sickkkkkkk
2009 Angels Season: Let's Do This For Nick
by trojanangelfan on Aug 11, 2009 10:47 PM PDT up reply actions
"Don't bother the Rays .... They're DEAD tired."
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Aug 11, 2009 11:05 PM PDT up reply actions
Pure awesomeness
WE WILL WIN WITH WHAT WE GOT.
R.I.P. Nick Adenhart, Marquis Cooper, Steve McNair, and Frank Grimes, or Grimey, as he liked to be called
by JoseGuillenSux on Aug 12, 2009 11:55 AM PDT up reply actions
let off some STEAM Bennett !
Meet me @ the budweiser patio
by BigBangRobbDawgg on Aug 12, 2009 12:04 PM PDT up reply actions
Santana is the most neurotic pitcher...
im stoked we won but this great game then shitty game stuff is pissing me off.
Do it for Nick '09
by BryanHarvey'sMoustache on Aug 11, 2009 9:28 PM PDT reply actions
Good Day in Angel history today
VooDoo seems to be back with the CG victory
Now 5 games up on the Rangers that lost today
Kevin Youkillus getting body slamed
someone needs to find a picture
with youk in mid-flight after porcello threw him down
R.I.P. #34
R.I.P. JJ
W6G...Go Halos!!
Between the mammoth head
the over-aggressive, testosterone over-compensation, and the sudden MASSIVE spike in SLG% over his career minor/major league career numbers in the last couple seasons, Youkilis is my new favorite roid/PED target.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Aug 11, 2009 9:40 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
we have a problem
mlb tonight (and im pretty sure it was mitch williams) just referred to alexei ramirez as the cuban missle
that is kendry!!
we cant let this happen
R.I.P. #34
R.I.P. JJ
W6G...Go Halos!!
You don't like Mitch much.
In Remembrance of Nick Adenhart, Courtney Stewart, Henry Pearson. Heal soon Jon Wilhite.
I want Andrew Thomas Gallo to be a pinata, and the Angels supply the bats...
Oh, and W6G.
And Alexei isn't really even that great
in fact, he’s quickly becoming rather overrated.
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Aug 11, 2009 11:57 PM PDT up reply actions
does it mean anything
that mathis caught the gem from ervin?
or is cera and what not all nonsense?
R.I.P. #34
R.I.P. JJ
W6G...Go Halos!!
he always catches Santana
so that means he’s been there for the implosions as well. i think it was just that no one was hitting ervin’s slider tonight and he had great location.
RIP #34
Go to each pitcher's Baseball Reference page, click on "Career Splits," and at the bottom....
… you’ll find their stats w/ different catchers.
Mathis' CERA w/ Lackey & Saunders is historically indistinguishable from Napoli's
However, he’s much better w/ Ervin. Though I haven’t looked closely to see whether that’s true year in & year out, or due to him just catching more starts when during Good Ervin stretches.
Missed most of the game
what was Erv’s velocity on the night?
by Caseys Kiss of Death on Aug 11, 2009 9:35 PM PDT reply actions
Not quite that high
He was sitting 92 – 94 on the TV gun, which is certainly better than what he’d been getting. He did touch upper 90’s a couple of times.
I feel the need, the need...for speed!
I never saw anything over 94 on the scoreboards.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Aug 11, 2009 11:07 PM PDT up reply actions
image fail
R.I.P. #34
R.I.P. JJ
W6G...Go Halos!!
by sctrojan13 on Aug 11, 2009 9:44 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Agreed
Was at the game tonight and thought throughout the night who would be most deserving on Panther. After Willits’s hit I thought him. Then Mathis’s double and now it’s him. Once the game ended you had to really think Ervin so I really would say All of them deserve it.
we still own him 5 million for next year
by Phineas_Fogg on Aug 11, 2009 10:42 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
What's the word on Izzy?
Any updates on how bad the elbow is after getting HBP? Is this a day-to-day thing, or is he going on the DL?
by Fan Since 1981 on Aug 11, 2009 10:35 PM PDT reply actions
was at the game today....
… and I couldn’t believe what was happening in front of me… Ervin was lights out and he just seemed so confident, very refreshing, 3 points for me!
Panther = Ervin no doubt
I hope Izzy is OK and is Speier being DFAed??
Going again tomorrow, hoping to break out the brooms
2009 Angels Season: Let's Do This For Nick
by trojanangelfan on Aug 11, 2009 10:54 PM PDT reply actions
Speier is already gone as reported by 44fanpost at 8:00PM.
DFA.
As for Ervin, I have been fortunate enough to witness both of his CGSO’s. Awesome.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Aug 11, 2009 11:09 PM PDT up reply actions
nice...
on both accounts
2009 Angels Season: Let's Do This For Nick
by trojanangelfan on Aug 11, 2009 11:12 PM PDT up reply actions
i guess somebody told
ervin that i have class in the morning, cause that game was over EARLY. however, because of the traffic (thats right, i stayed the whole game), i still didn’t get back to the IE til 10:30..
GREAT game to be at, btw!
World Series '09 - In Memory of #34 Nick Adenhart!
"El Meneo" shook it all night long...
Ervin the Tampa Bay Ray Exterminator for Hire.
Let the Halo power flow...
by HALO N BRIMSTONE on Aug 11, 2009 11:09 PM PDT reply actions
was at the game tonight in decent seats
to watch Ervin totally dealing. What a great game to go to…
…and from those that saw it on TV, was Aybar’s play in the 9th as epic as it looked in person? All I have to say is wow…
Napoli IS the power bat in 2009. Watch.
Just got back from the game.
Took me a while to get home…long story. But frickin’ Ervin pitching a complete game was exactly what I wanted. Even Mathis’s bases-clearing double didn’t get the reaction that Aybar’s catch did. Wow, what a dive. I had no idea Ervin was pitchiing a complete game until the 9th inning. Hilarious. Great game, unbelievable output by the unlikeliest guys. Go Angels. That is all.
Let's win one for Nick
lol price, re: mathis
“I’m embarrassed. I mean, the guy’s hitting .210.”
i was at the game tonight
great game! huge crowd tonight, too… especially for a Tuesday night game. everyone around us was pissed that Naps didn’t play, considering it was HIS bobblehead (did anyone tell Soth?)
Santana looked like he forgot how bad he was. he didn’t give no credit to nobody. ;)
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
He should be
giving some cred to the D. No CGSO is possible with a great D.
With that being said, I want to see a 27K game.
Mathis had a big hit and all...
…but seriously, Mike Napoli doesn’t get to play on his own bobblehead night? Man, that shit is cold. Ice cold.
that was cold
and with the night Mathis had all I can picture is one of those chevy logos taking a piss on a ford logo…errr Mathis pissin’ on a Napoli bottle head.
TonZ-of-GunZ
SWEET
El Meneo is back in action.
Voooo MudaTruckin Doooo for the POTG. He is back baby!
Put Kendry Morales at 1B, and move Sean Rodriguez to 3B......NOW LETS GO WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
panther to Voodoo no doubt
shutting down the Ray’s offense is impressive to say the least. Here’s hoping izzy just got bruised.
Meet me @ the budweiser patio
by BigBangRobbDawgg on Aug 12, 2009 12:08 PM PDT reply actions
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