Gameday Thread (4/6/24): Red Sox @ Angels: Detmers on the mound

[HeavenlyHalos]

Only three hits and one walk allowed by the pitching tonight. No errors from the defense either so only four base runners with only one XBH. Nice to see after they gave up 5 home runs last night.

[Duren, Duren]

Never in doubt! 

All pitching was dominant. Opportunistic offense. 

These are the type of building blocks for a positive season. 

[Angels85]

bullpen was solid and game ball DETMERS!!

[Chuck]

Woooo

 

[JAHV76]

LTBU! Nice come back win Detmers with 12 strikeouts was dealing and the bullpen closed it out!! 

[HeavenlyHalos]

Houck was great in his first start but last year, his first as a full-time starter, he had a 5.01 ERA. with a 1.37 WHIP. Here's hoping we get that version tomorrow.

[Chuck]

 

[Chuck]

Estevez looked great in the 9th!

Detmers is legit!!

Let’s go!!

[Salty Shakas]

Great win by the Halos! Light it up!!!!

[HaloOnFire]

Team is showing some grit!

[Duren, Duren]

Hopefully they take the series and keep the momentum rolling.

Unfortunately MLB Extra  innings isn't televising it. They only show a maximum of 11 games at a time. That ain't one. Next Angel broadcast is Tuesday.

[Angels85]

let's take the series tomorrow. we should've one yesterday but came back strong today..tommorow day game bats will be alive. need a solid start..who's pitching tommorow?

[angelsfan100]

Get the dub tomorrow and we are in business

[TroutField]

24 minutes ago, Angels85 said:

let's take the series tomorrow. we should've one yesterday but came back strong today..tommorow day game bats will be alive. need a solid start..who's pitching tommorow?

Silseth vs Houck

[T.G.]

More of that please. 

[ThisismineScios]

Hope we see Adell tomorrow. Glad to see Moniak drawing some walks. More he shows he can do that, the more he will get better pitches to hit. 

Not really understanding the Hicks thing. He's getting a lot of rope for a guy that has two young, out-of-options hungry guys behind him. Almost like the roles should be reversed--the young guys feeling the pressure of a vet looking to steal their time. He's not hitting and has struck out a ton. 

[Don]

I hope this is a sign of Detmers developing into a true front of rotation guy rather than just a couple good starts. He was great tonight. He put his fastball where he needed to and the change and curve were both fantastic. If he can do that consistently we might have something special on our hands.

[EDinTUSTIN]

1 hour ago, Chuck said:

Estevez looked great in the 9th!

Detmers is legit!!

Let’s go!!

Detmers has always had the talent and the stuff. If he has a breakout season, that will be huge for us. In my opinion, for what it's worth, he has the best stuff of the entire rotation. He just needs to trust his talent. I also think we have greatly improved the coaching for the pitching staff.

[EDinTUSTIN]

38 minutes ago, Don said:

I hope this is a sign of Detmers developing into a true front of rotation guy rather than just a couple good starts. He was great tonight. He put his fastball where he needed to and the change and curve were both fantastic. If he can do that consistently we might have something special on our hands.

No question about it, Don.

[Erstad Grit]

[tdawg87]

Detmers, I....

[Ron Mexico]

If Nolan keeps struggling at the plate at what point do we consider sending him down or do we just keep him up and let him bat 100 ?

[tdawg87]

14 minutes ago, Ron Mexico said:

If Nolan keeps struggling at the plate at what point do we consider sending him down or do we just keep him up and let him bat 100 ?

I think this is why we could have used Belt. Or fucking any infield depth. But nah.

But let's be fair, Nolan's BABIP is .063. He's put the ball in play 16 times and has 1 hit (HR don't count toward BABIP). That's just...unfair. And he's hitting the ball the same as he did last year. 

Also, he's had 32 plate appearances. That's not even remotely a fair sample size to start thinking about replacing him. He still has 8 walks to 6 K's. The hits just aren't falling in yet. 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

It's nice that season ticket holders didn't sell their tickets to Sox fans, because of the home opening weekend...

[Erstad Grit]

1 hour ago, Ron Mexico said:

If Nolan keeps struggling at the plate at what point do we consider sending him down or do we just keep him up and let him bat 100 ?

I said that concern in the off-season and got ripped here