CaliAngel

1 minute ago, Angels 1961 said:

Where are people who said Soriano should stay in BP.

I don't recall anyone saying that after his first relief appearance this year.

Any day the Angels win is a great day!

Light that baby up!

So nice to finally see some clutch hits with RISP, and some great starting pitching for a series win!

That will work!

Couldn't have asked much more from Soriano.

Say what you will about Washington, I'm a big fan of these 1 on 1 interactions he has with the players in tight situations, whether they work or not.

Here we go Soriano! Let's finish this outing of the season strong!

And a relatively quick 7th for Soriano.

Great way to respond after the Halos take the lead.

With the low pitch count, I'd give him another inning!

3 minutes ago, DMVol said:

What was Moniak thinking going to 3rd? Cost us a run. 

Not just 1, but probably 2, by not only making an out that kept him out of scoring position, but with now 2 ours instead of 1, taking a sacrifice away from the batter after Rengifo with him standing on third.

Just absolutely boneheaded.

And immediately Moniak costs us a run with a Rengifo triple!

Finally! The bats come alive!

PILLAR!

We finally have a lead!

And of course, Moniak biffs it with stupid baserunning.

Oh thank god!

What do we have, an 0-20 streak with RISP?

Of course it fouls off Thaiss' bat when it should have been a hit by pitch.

And now it hits his hand.

What the fu** is up with this team and bunting? Absolutely atrocious.

7 minutes ago, Jason said:

Do you have co-workers that have one primary job and still suck at it? 

Sure, but we're not talking 1 or 2 or 3 people, we're talking an entire organization who has consistently sucked at situational hitting for almost a decade now.

1 minute ago, Jason said:

What do you expect from sub mediocre hitters?

You'd think if your only job is to play baseball every single day for 6-7 months out of the year, at some point you'd see an upward trajectory of situational hitting improvement.

RISP is where Angel at-bats go to die.

Jesus.

Again, NO ball out of the infield with Adell on second base and 1 out. Just absolutely awful situational hitting.

Just now, Angelsjunky said:

Soriano has thrown 32 strikes out of 43 pitches...does he usually throw such a high percentage of strikes?

He's definitely been getting better with each start, it seems. But this is the first time I recall seeing such a high strike/ball percentage well...from any of our pitchers this season...

Adell base hit! Man he is so much better this year! 115 off the bat!

I see the Angels bats are still cold...have we at least been hitting the ball hard? Or are we whiffing?

Silver lining is we won't have another opportunity to go 0-fer with a runner standing on 2nd.

ugh

13th baby!

How do you watch the best pitch of the at bat when you've got 2 strikes on you.

I don't know if there's a stat to reference, but we have to be amongst the worst bunting team in MLB.

I feel good about this inning for the Halos.

Need to see a Pillar PH.

Yank Cimber earlier in the game after a quick 1-2-3, but keep Estevez in for a 2nd inning after he struggled in the 10th.

Choice decision making.

Once again...runner on 2nd to start the inning...ball doesn't leave the infield...