John Garland, our off-season pitching pickup, pitched longer (8 IP) than I thought he would, and wow, only let up 6 hits, 1 walk for only 1 earned run).
But additionally, the Angels hitters cranked 15 hits, which is impossible to "scatter". That is, 4 innings of 2 runs scored, and one inning of 1 run. They used small ball and power:
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| LA Angels | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG |
| Figgins, 3B | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .333 |
| Matthews, DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | .222 |
| a-Rivera, PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Guerrero, RF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .500 |
| Willits, RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Anderson, LF | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .333 |
| Hunter, CF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .000 |
| Kotchman, 1B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .556 |
| Kendrick, 2B | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .444 |
| Napoli, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
| Izturis, SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .125 |
| Totals | 43 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 25 | |
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Kotchman and Napoli went yard, while doubles abounded for Vlad, GA, Figgins, and Kendrick.
I'm surprised at Torri Hunter who stands out as 0.000 and last night left 5 on base. He'll come around though. And no Aybar yet? Izturis at .125 should mean Aybar tonight, but we'll see.
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