John Lackey Suffers Angels Comedy of Errors; Rangers Derek Holland Dominant
by Rev Halofan on Aug 9, 2009 3:05 PM PDT
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PrintFinal Score in Los Angeles of Anaheim: Rangers 7, Angels 0
The Angels had as many hits as they had errors Sunday afternoon and it added up to a thumping at the hands of the suddenly playoff-viable Texas Rangers. The Dallas Nine saw starter Derek Holland carry a no-hitter into the 6th inning, while a splendid early pitching performance by John Lackey was disrupted on errors so tragic that they must be classified as comedy. Lackey made a great effort, striking out 8 while throwing over 130 pitches.
Mike Scioscia gave three tired Angels a rest against his team's closest division opponent. A slumping Chone Figgins, a lukewarm Kendry Morales and a tepid Mike Napoli watched the game from the shade of the dugout and 2 of 3 saw their replacements choke the simplest plays of the century. Quinlan could not cover 1B to save his behind and Abreu snapped his glove closed before the ball had arrived on the next play.
The only Angels highlight was the return to the mound of Jose Arredondo from the minor leagues. Well... there was that solo homer he surrendered late in the game, but he did have 2 strikeouts in 1.2 IP. Baby Steps!
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Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on Aug 9, 2009 3:07 PM PDT reply actions
Lackey deserved much, much better support than he got.
THIS… IS… ANAHEIM!!
by opiejeanne on Aug 9, 2009 5:38 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
This was a hard call
But Mathis gets it for the pitch out fail, the throw into center field, and the catcher’s interference
I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
Co-Blowhards of the Game for all except Lackey, (Soth included.)
Let the Halo power flow...
by HALO N BRIMSTONE on Aug 9, 2009 3:09 PM PDT reply actions
Soth is BOTG
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
BOTG Soth
but I’ll go with Mathis from the available options
Tell your statistics to shut up
by HaloDutch on Aug 9, 2009 3:11 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
There should an All of the Above option!!
But I voted for Q… Would have also liked to vote for Scioscia!!
Just Another...
Soth gets BOTG
Yesterday Soth made a genius decision that deviated from his general gameplan of having relievers throw an inning a piece by having a dominating Jepsen start the 9th and pitch to Andruw Jones.
Then he wakes up today and decides that Mathis and Q need to play?
Morales has a 978 OPS in August and it’s a day game so the ball flies out if you make good contact. See Teagarden’s homer in the 8th.
Napoli has a 1100+ OPS against lefties and had just had the day off yesterday.
GFG Soth, GFG.
Agreed
I just don’t understand Scioscia’s willingness to surrender this game (and the series) in exchange for resting a few regulars. Sure it’s a day game, but they played a day game yesterday too, so they had the normal recovery time; they don’t play again until tomorrow night, and they don’t even have to travel. This was the most important game the Angels have played in awhile, a win just about kills Texas’s hopes of a division title, but a loss gives them a small amount of hope. Sitting Figgins, Napoli, and Morales at the same time (and relying on Guerrero, Kendrick, and Quinlan in the middle of the order) ended this game before it started. Poorly managed, poorly played.
And what is the cause of Mike Scioscia’s irrational mancrush on Jeff Mathis? He does absolutely nothing well. He doesn’t hit, he doesn’t field, he doesn’t throw guys out. “Managing a pitching staff” and “calling a good game” are skills that do no exist. Has the “catching guru” not noticed that because of his poor defensive catchers, opponents run on his team better than his team runs on their opponents? Napoli’s bat is worth it, but the Angels have not had a reliable defensive catcher since they traded Jose Molina for a blade of infield grass.
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
i think its from homer the smithers
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 9, 2009 9:42 PM PDT up reply actions
I will agree with this........
Texas has some good young pitching right now.
Godspeed Nick - RIP - 1986-2009
by norcaliangelsfan on Aug 9, 2009 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions
horseshit
botg to Scioscia for not trying to play a game of baseball. OK we got our asses kicked and handed in by a rookie left-hander but more props to him. WE NEED TO PLAY BETTER. End of story.
Don't call me Desmond
Soth must have been comfortable with a 3.5 game lead.
That said, those errors were inexcusable. If you can’t make plays like that, you have no business playing in the Major Leagues. Soth put his trust in those guys, and they let him down. BOTG for Abreu. He’s a veteran and a starter, for crying out loud.
Let's win one for Nick
Q is the worst corner defender I've ever seen
if we offer him arb I’ll tear out what little is left of my hair
So, I missed the the last 6 innings of the game
I see 3 errors, but i’m going to guess there were many more that didn’t go as errors?
Things can turn around in a hurry, I don’t think that playing the scrub lineup works against an offense like texas, especially when that scrub lineup includes some horrible fielders.
At some point you have to treat the second place team that’s chasing you as a game that’s important, today it didn’t look like it, at least not on the lineup card or the 3 innings I saw.
Can’t wait to watch the rest of the game :(
I voted quinlan, i will always vote quinlan when given the option … until we are allowed to vote for scioscia.
by Quinlan's Goofy Swing on Aug 9, 2009 4:22 PM PDT reply actions
Non-error bad plays
1) Two outs, top of the 4th, runner on first. Hank Blalock grounds into the hole between first and second. Robb Quinlan makes a go of it, then backtracks to cover first base just as John Lackey shows up to cover. Howie Kendrick double-clutches, runner is safe on a bang-bang play. Ruled a hit. Next batter hits the fly ball that Abreu drops, scoring two.
2) Leadoff hitter in the top of the 5th, the banjo hitting Elvis Andrus, hits a lazy fly ball to mid-shallow centerfield. It hangs up there a while. Matthews and Abreu, both of whom were playing Andrus in the Anaheim Hills, arrive late. Ruled a single, Andrus later scores.
3) Forget what inning, but Mathis makes a snap throw down to first, and would have had a slim chance of getting the runner had the ball not clanged off of Quinlan’s glove. No harm done, but it was ugly.
4) 7th inning, one out, Julio Borbon at first. He’s attempts a steal of second, but it’s a pitchout! Only Mathis airmails it, forcing Aybar to leap & not make the tag.
5) 7th inning, Borbon at second, Murphy hits a warning track fly ball to center that Gary Matthews does about two complete body turns on, before stumbling like a jackass & then stabbing his glove up in desperation. Counts as a “double,” putting runners at second and third. Runner from third later scores.
+1
#’s 1and 5 above were easily as bad as official “errors”. Those 2 led to 3 runs, and changed the complexion of the game.
This game was as bad as the game against Tampa Bay in late May that led to a Scioscia tirade, and spurred the recent excellent play.
Memo to Mike
When your starting rotation is in shambles, having your most reliable starter trow 131 pitches in a game with no offense form your bats is DUMB. DUMB DUMB DUMB.
http://inplaynoouts.blogspot.com/ - A blog about teams I like, written by me.
#34
by Carl Johnson on Aug 9, 2009 4:30 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
The bullpen appreciates it, though.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Aug 9, 2009 10:16 PM PDT up reply actions
they wont when they have another scrub in the rotation
with lackey either on the dl or getting short starts out of him when it matters
R.I.P. #34
R.I.P. JJ
W6G...Go Halos!!
Lackey isn’t going to get injured. He has 6 days until his next start. Relax. That’s what John’s going to do the next several days.
And now Ca1ifornia Angels is happy — Scioscia is letting the starters go longer. So, now it is the folks on the other end of the spectrum’s turn to complain about “pitchers could get injured.”
Sciosc knows what he’s doing. Give him the benefit of the doubt. He’s in the locker room.
The pitchers are professional ballsy gamers, not a bunch of molly-coddled babies.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Aug 9, 2009 10:26 PM PDT up reply actions
Lackey quoted...
as saying “I felt fine” and he really did not want to come out of the game. “I wanted to see the 8th inning.” He sounded almost pissed off that he was taken out of that game.
Now, I do not condone giving in to crybabies, but I think Scioscia deferred to Lackey on this one and left him in the game based on John’s insistence that he felt fine.
I love this team.
by Downing Rules on Aug 10, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions
Things I learned from the Diamond Club, home plate.
1) Those seats are comfy!
2) More beer delivered to me? Yes please.
3) Sunburn hurts, should have taken Rev’s advice and invested in more.
3 errors were pretty horrible on their own. But they shouldn’t take away from the gem that Holland pitched. Radar gun, 79…….then 92. Excellent! I don’t care how many errors we had this game, he was getting the win.
Lets go WIN against Maddon’s Rays.
What do you need a fancy suit for, Charlie, you ain't got no job to wear it to.
He was going to win
But this team could’ve done a little better and not looked so foolish out there.
NA 34
I blame Soth.
Why give Napoli two days off and let Mathis the playing time. Yeah he got a hit big whoop. He looks like a little leaguer out there. Also, K-Mo finally gets a couple hits from the right side and now he sits him for Quinlan!!! Quinlan!!! Come on Soth I know it is only August but man Texas has owned us and now we are just giving them more confidence against us. Ok I’m done, lol. Let’s go get some Rays!
First we had a Salmon and now we have a Trout, let's see the same results.
hey Bobby...
Kotch would’ve had that.
but seriously, it was a FAIL of a game today. turn the page, come back tomorrow.
Thank you, Nick Adenhart. You will always be remembered. #34
BOTG: The Angels
For not taking care of business against their closest division opponent this year. These are the games where they need to step up and bring their A-game for, but they are instead just bending over and taking it in the rear.
NA 34
by blochead on Aug 9, 2009 9:05 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
it was funny to me
to hear the rangers announcers call rivera lucky when he threw young out in the 5th
so thats where the ranger fans get it from rolls eyes
R.I.P. #34
R.I.P. JJ
W6G...Go Halos!!
f*ck them that was pure skill
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 10, 2009 9:49 AM PDT up reply actions
Bummer.
Owned by a rookie who was on his game. The offense was hacking early and often. I think that they needed to be a bit more passive against Holland. But, they played into his hands by hacking quickly. I think I saw that he had only 45 pitches through the first 5 innings! Yikes!
It’s cool, let’s allow Texas some fun right now, but we can pull the rug out from under them at the right time … right at the end of the season.
I love this team.
I can see Mike sceming
Let the Rangers win a few games while the Red Sux are getting their heads stomped in by the Yanks…
What happens at the end of the season? Yankees vs Rangers in the first round while we play whoever sucks the least in the central.
Good job Mike.
I have nothing important to say.
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