Sunday: 3-0, + 4 units. Finally showed some discipline and stayed with only my top play.
Monday:
Texas-1(-107) 4 units
Texas-1/2. First 5 innings. One unit. Santana, like Jonathan Sanchez, should probably be pulled from the rotation. He has been truly awful: 4 Ks in his last 4 starts. 21 IPs, 21 runs, 5 HRs. He seems to have completely lost his fastball command and his off speed pitches are flat. Texas just ripped into him last week and they were slumping at the time. Even better, the Angels are now in a slump, as seen by their Tampa series. Every kind of pitcher the Rays threw at them was effective. Hard throwers, soft tossers and everything in between. The bottom of the lineup has been very unproductive. Texas will be up for this game being that this their number one rival. The Angels also miss their gold glove SS Aybar and I'm not sure Vernon Wells is that much help.
Oswalt has had a sore back but not a bad one. He usually pitches well coming off some down time, and has a great repertoire of pitches, including a wide range of speeds. Most of the Angels have not faced him or very little. Only Pujols has seen him a lot. Benching Josh hamilton for a game and shaking up the lineup Sunday might be the impetus for the Rangers upping their game. They still have a deadly lineup if even 4 or 5 guys are hitting well. Both Bps are good, and Ogando is effective in long relief.
Monday:
Texas-1(-107) 4 units
Texas-1/2. First 5 innings. One unit. Santana, like Jonathan Sanchez, should probably be pulled from the rotation. He has been truly awful: 4 Ks in his last 4 starts. 21 IPs, 21 runs, 5 HRs. He seems to have completely lost his fastball command and his off speed pitches are flat. Texas just ripped into him last week and they were slumping at the time. Even better, the Angels are now in a slump, as seen by their Tampa series. Every kind of pitcher the Rays threw at them was effective. Hard throwers, soft tossers and everything in between. The bottom of the lineup has been very unproductive. Texas will be up for this game being that this their number one rival. The Angels also miss their gold glove SS Aybar and I'm not sure Vernon Wells is that much help.
Oswalt has had a sore back but not a bad one. He usually pitches well coming off some down time, and has a great repertoire of pitches, including a wide range of speeds. Most of the Angels have not faced him or very little. Only Pujols has seen him a lot. Benching Josh hamilton for a game and shaking up the lineup Sunday might be the impetus for the Rangers upping their game. They still have a deadly lineup if even 4 or 5 guys are hitting well. Both Bps are good, and Ogando is effective in long relief.