The Angels pushed themselves back up to .500 and a tie for first place with three straight wins over the Mariners. It helped that we got back Vlad Guerrero and he did his thing but the AL West is definitely an unusual place. The Mariners were in first earlier in the week and now they’re in last and with no teams over .500, you have just a two team seperation between first and last place.
The Angels got their share of offense in all three games but Friday’s was the highest scoring. Vlad Guerrero made his return and he went three for five with a homerun. Mike Napoli also hit a homerun and Garrett Anderson went two for four with an RBI and three runs in the 8-4 win. Joe Saunders picked up the win and he improved to 2-0. He gave up seven hits and two runs in six shutout innings.
Saturday’s game was the closest and it was also the return of Bartolo Colon. He gave up just one run on seven hits with one strikeouts in seven solid innings. The pen gave up five runs, which was a bit disconcerting but they didn’t blow the lead. Vlad Guerrero hit homerun number five and he drove in two runs in the 7-6 win.
Ervin Santana got it done yesterday to finish up the sweep. He gave up one run on six hits and a walk with five strikeouts in seven solid innings and he improved to 2-2 on the season. Vlad Guerrero picked up two more hits and he scored and drove in one while Garrett Anderson drove in two in the 6-1 win.
The Tigers come to town for two games with the first one being tonight. Jered Weaver will face Mike Maroth in the opener. I like our chances in that one.
