Angels Dust

After losing series to Tampa Bay, Minnesota, Oakland and Seattle, the Angels finally recorded their third series win since the All-Star break. Although he did not record a quality start, Joe Saunders pitched solidly enough, keeping the Angels in the game. Eight hits and four runs aren’t Cy-Young material, but you can’t expect a guy like Saunders to dominate a team like the Red Sox. However, if you have to give up a home run to a Boston hitter, catcher Doug Mirabelli isn’t the one you want to hit it. Ah well, it didn’t matter in the end. However, if Saunders deserves some praise, then Chris Bootcheck certainly does so, too. Pitching two and two thirds of an inning, Bootcheck gave up just one hit and allowed the Angels to pull away. Bootcheck is no Shields or Speier, but he is a huge improvement over Kevin Gregg (who, btw, is defying reality by pitching pretty well out of the Marlins’ pen). When Gregg came into a game with a lead, you were biting your nails as walks and wild pitches allowed the other team to crawl back into it. I’m so glad that these times are over.
The only drawback of this victory is that it allowed the Yankees to gain a game on the Red Sox and while the Rev is right to point out that Boston is an “Evil Empire Pretending to be Underdogs“, I still prefer them over the Yankees a million times.

And one for the road: Kevin Gregg’s pitching stats for the year

W L  ERA  G SV SVO   IP  H  R ER HR BB SO
0 4 3.19 54 23  25 62.0	47 23 22  5 29 59

Who is this guys and what has he done to the with Keving Gregg???