Live by the Ninth, Die by the Ninth

Two games ago, Torri Hunter goes yard with 3 on base to win. 

How about this boxcore!

LA Angels	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG
Figgins, 3B	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	.379
Matthews, LF	2	1	1	0	3	0	1	.344
Guerrero, RF	4	1	2	0	1	1	3	.281
Anderson, DH	4	1	0	0	1	0	4	.273
Hunter, CF	5	2	3	5	0	1	0	.333
Kotchman, 1B	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.286
Kendrick, 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429
a-Aybar, PH-SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	.100
Napoli, C	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.227
Izturis, SS-2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	.143
Totals	33	6	9	5	8	4	15
a-Grounded out for Kendrick in the 4th.
BATTING HR: Hunter 2 (4, 8th inning off Betancourt, 0 on, 0 out; 9th inning off Borowski, 3 on, 1 out). TB: Matthews; Guerrero 2; Hunter 9; Kotchman; Aybar; Izturis. RBI: Hunter 5 (8). Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Guerrero 2; Aybar; Anderson 2; Izturis. GIDP: Matthews; Izturis. Team LOB: 10. BASERUNNING SB: Hunter (1, 2nd base off Carmona/Martinez), Kotchman (1, 2nd base off Carmona/Martinez), Figgins (3, 2nd base off Carmona/Martinez), Izturis (1, 2nd base off Carmona/Martinez), Aybar (1, 2nd base off Betancourt/Martinez). CS: Matthews (1, 2nd base by Perez/Martinez). FIELDING Outfield assists: Guerrero (Peralta at 3rd base). DP: (Napoli-Izturis).

Now they lost last night, in kind of the same thing.  Well, K-Rod was unavailable, so maybe 80% of us would say it wouldn't have happened if he was pitching the ninth.  But take it as it comes and Cleveland's Travis Hafner pulls off a watered-down Torri Hunter to do us in.

Santana was fine for the start, and I'm sure he's upset about the loss, but here's the pitching line from last night:

LA Angels	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Santana	6.0	6	2	2	3	5	0	3.00
Oliver (H, 3)	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.91
Speier (BS, 1)(L, 0-1)	1.1	1	2	2	1	1	1	9.00

Note I never like to see a pitcher enter the 8th inning who also pitches in the 9th inning.  It's just long on a closer to go more than 3 outs.