Gameday Thread: 5/11 Angels vs. Cardinals: Ryan gets a start

[jsnpritchett]

That didn't take long.  That bottom 3 in particular is cringe-worthy.

Angels:

1. Yunel Escobar (R) 3B

2. Kole Calhoun (L) RF

3. Mike Trout (R) CF

4. Albert Pujols (R) 1B

5. C.J. Cron (R) DH

6. Geovany Soto (R) C

7. Johnny Giavotella (R) 2B

8. Shane Robinson (R) LF

9. Brendan Ryan (R) SS

Shoemaker on the mound

Cards:

1. Matt Carpenter (L) 3B

2. Stephen Piscotty (R) RF

3. Matt Holliday (R) DH

4. Brandon Moss (L) LF

5. Yadier Molina (R) C

6. Matt Adams (L) 1B

7. Randal Grichuk (R) CF

8. Kolten Wong (L) 2B

9. Aledmys Diaz (R) SS

Jaime Garcia on the mound.

[Blarg]

Even with all of the injuries the starting 5 lineup is pretty much intact.

[Angels#1Fan]

Hopefully the Angels can get the car turned around tonight.

Shoe..you must keep the ball down or it will be another short night.

Go Halos!

[CaliAngel]

Hopefully Shoemaker can come out and give us a quality start. No runs in the 1st inning would be nice, and maybe we can jump on top in the bottom.

[Jason]

1 minute ago, Angels#1Fan said:

Hopefully the Angels can get the car turned around tonight.

Shoe..you must keep the ball down or it will be another short night.

Go Halos!

You mean Titanic?

[Angels#1Fan]

No..I mean the car.

[eligrba4ever]

GO ANGELS!!!! Go Matt Shoemaker!!!

The man known by some as The Cobbler needs to stitch together a winning effort tonight and snap a four-game skid.

Shortstop of at least this week Brendan Ryan brings his close-to-retirement AAA bat to the 9-hole for the Halos and his undisputedly fine glove to Angels Stadium.

Mike Trout brings his undisputedly great bat to the 3-hole again. Now we are all waiting for the $30 million man who is assigned to hit fourth to hit with consistent authority.

[Tipist]

9 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

GO ANGELS!!!! Go Matt Shoemaker!!!

The man known by some as The Cobbler needs to stitch together a winning effort tonight and snap a four-game skid.

Shortstop of at least this week Brendan Ryan brings his close-to-retirement AAA bat to the 9-hole for the Halos and his undisputedly fine glove to Angels Stadium.

Mike Trout brings his undisputedly great bat to the 3-hole again. Now we are all waiting for the $30 million man who is assigned to hit fourth to hit with consistent authority.

I'm still waiting for him to hit, period. Once (if) that happens, maybe then we can wait on authority, and then finally consistent authority. 

[The God of Runs]

10 runs minimum will be score by the Halos tonight.  So, expect the promo for the Halos scoring 10 runs, whatever that may be

[CaliAngel]

If Pujols hasn't figured it out by now, he ain't gonna. He's been with us for enough years to see that his power is gone and yet he still insists on pulling the ball and swinging for the fences. We might see shades of his former self every so often in streaks, or maybe he'll have one "hot" month, but unless he adjusts his swing and approach based on the lack of power he now has, he's never going to be the batter Arte is paying him to be.

[daygloman]

Go Halos!

[Jobu]

1 hour ago, cezero said:

You all will love his DeNiro impression. 

Our players don't have fun. 

[tomsred]

Time for Shoe to turn things around.  A little harsh Cali to say Pujols' power is gone.  He just came off a 40 HR year, and he is on pace for 30 plus this year.  Yeah, with regard to batting average it's not pretty, but his legs and age won't support much better there anymore.  He can still be effective if he can step it up some though.

[Ohtaniland]

How many home runs will Albert attempt to hit tonight?

I say at least 4.

[daygloman]

Play ball.

[AngelsLakersFan]

Seemed like a Bronx cheer for the first out there

[AngelsLakersFan]

Jeez, Escobar trying to take Pujols out

[jsnpritchett]

Nice first inning for Shoe.  Keep it up.

[Quinlanforthewin]

Shoemaker has proven time and time again he is not a MLB pitcher.  Rather give Nate Smith a chance. 

[Jason]

Shoemaker is just not a good pitcher

[jsnpritchett]

16 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Nice first inning for Shoe.  Keep it up.

Guess not.  Dude's a bum.

[AngelsLakersFan]

At least we get to listen to Gubi read off the graphics so we don't have to look at this train wreck.

[Quinlanforthewin]

Just horrendous location...Right down the middle on that pitch

[daygloman]

Looks like we're gonna get bent over the mailbox again.....................................

Gad!

I just got word of a death in the family, just moments ago tool!

[Jason]

Kendrick would be better than Shoe