Hitting in the clutch is Halo's downfall all season

[ghoetke]

How many time have they had runners reach third with less than two outs and not converted. Both Calhoun and Trumbo K'd on pitches out of the strike zone in the ninth tonight and in Trumbo's case the ball was at cap level. He has never learned the strike zone.

[Angel Oracle]

This team is a bunch of bitches in clutch spots!

[YouthofToday]

No, lack of talent is.

[gurn67]

Had to check to see if this post was from 2010, 2011, 2012 or 2013.

[Brandon]

Soshs fault

[WallyWorld]

i wouldn't call it clutch hitting, so much as situational hitting.  Guy on 3rd, less than 2 outs, major league hitters should be able to get him home.  Our hitters look like they have no gameplan or even awareness of the situation when they're up at the plate.

[tomsred]

You all realize that the Angels are hitting .264 with RISP, that's 9th out of the 30 teams in MLB, and .002 percentage points behind the Oakland Athletics (and .010 ahead of the Dodgers), correct?  I'm not saying that's terrific, but it's not as dire as you are making it sound.

Edited September 27, 2013 by tomsred

[Adam]

They've scored plenty

[VariousCrap]

Adam is right.  The Angels are 5th in the AL in runs scored.  Scoring runs has not been the issue.

 

Pitching has been the issue.

[YouthofToday]

You all realize that the Angels are hitting .264 with RISP, that's 9th out of the 30 teams in MLB, and .002 percentage points behind the Oakland Athletics (and .010 ahead of the Dodgers), correct? I'm not saying that's terrific, but it's not as dire as you are making it sound.

Why are you destroying Scioscia's narrative with your facts?

[tdawg87]

They have been pretty crappy with situational hitting this year, but they've scored more than enough runs to compete. The pitching is the reason for their "downfall".

[EDinTUSTIN]

Had to check to see if this post was from 2010, 2011, 2012 or 2013.

lol

[WallyWorld]

last night is a perfect example.  in one inning they had 3 hits and a walk and failed to score.  Later in the game it was tied in the 9th and they had a runner at 3rd with 1 out and failed to get him in.  Sure enough they lost the game in the bottom half of the inning.  

 

is 5 runs enough to win a lot of games? Sure.  Does Michael Kohn absolutely suck and deserve a ton of the blame? Sure.  But think how much the complexion of that game might have changed if the Angels had been able to execute pretty basic situational hitting and push another run or two across.

 

What I'm saying is, yes, if you had to boil it down to the team's single biggest problem, it would be pitching.  But their awful situational hitting should not be ignored and is absolutely a contributing factor to their suckiness this year (and years past).

Edited September 27, 2013 by WallyWorld

[eaterfan]

Hitting or pitching - it doesn't matter. Good pitching is allowing fewer runs than your opponent did and good hitting is scoring more than your opponent did. The Angels could improve in all facets of the game.

 

That being said... it has been pointed out that the Angels were slightly above average hitting w/RISP. You can take last night's game as an example but there are plenty of other games where the Angels hit well w/RISP. And there are plenty of examples where the Angels have stranded other team's runners on 3rd with less than one out (well maybe not, the pitching was terrible).

[TroutAdell]

Don't leave out the horrendous defense as a factor also.

....Couldn't beat the AL West teams especially The Rangers and Lastros.

...Lack of Bullpen quality

....Blanton and Hansen

[Troll Daddy]

No, lack of talent is.

RBI's are a false stat ... right?

[Angel Oracle]

This team against AL West teams is an absolute EMBARRASSMENT to MLB!