The Angels have been clinging to contention for quite some time and it looks like it’s time that they’ve run out of. Oakland has been red hot and the Angels have only been okay. They’re now 7 1/2 games, which is almost insurmountable especially considering how well Oakland has been, and they’re closer to the Mariners in last place then they are to the A’s in first.
On Monday, the Angels ran into Felix Hernandez. When you don’t score and only rack up five hits, you’re not going to win. A great start by Kelvim Escobar went to waste. He gave up two runs on seven hits with nine strikeouts in the complete game.
Jered Weaver lost his second game on Tuesday. He gave up three runs in first inning and it was 6-1 at one point before the Angels made it close with a 6-4 final. Garrett Anderson and Rob Quinlan both homered and Macier Izturis made two errors.
John Lackey got the team back on track last night. He was okay in 6 1/3 innings and that ended up being good enough. Anderson hit homerun number 15 and Howie Kendrick drove in two in the 5-3 win.
Next up is three against the Tigers. Detroit still has the best record in baseball, but they’ve been struggling so it’d be nice if we could take at least two of three.
