Heaven On Earth: A Los Angeles Angels Franchise

[jonathonb15]

Series Preview:
(9-9) at (13-7)

Projected Pitching Match Ups

Game 1
(CLE) Anthony Reyes (1-0) - 3.24 ERA - 7 K's

(LAA) Jered Weaver (1-1) - 3.62 ERA - 22 K's

Game 2
(CLE) Jeremy Sowers (2-0) - 5.71 ERA - 4 K's

(LAA) Scott Kazmir (2-2) - 5.79 ERA - 20 K's

Game 3
(CLE) Fausto Carmona (0-3) - 8.05 ERA - 12 K's

(LAA) Joel Pineiro (1-1) - 3.86 ERA - 27 K's

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Angels Sweep Tribe; Winning Streak Now 7

Anaheim, CA: The Indians came into this series with 3 straight losses while the Angels came in with 4 straight wins. Something had to give... Right? Wrong. The Angels were clearly the dominant team in this series outscoring the indians 19-7. They did have some trouble in game one as it had to go 11 innings, but Matsui was able to come up clutch again and get a walk-off two run homer to win the game 6-5. Game 2 saw Joe Saunders going a complete game allowing only one run and the Angels provided the necessary offense to get the 5-1 win. Game 3 was not competitive at all. Pineiro had his first complete game of the year and the Angels' offense exploded with 8 runs to blow out the indians and secure the sweep with an 8-1 victory.

Game 1:

MLB Scoreboard | Cleveland Indians (9-9) at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (13-7)

April 26, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extra Innings	R	H	E
Cleveland Indians	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	12	0
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	15	2
WIN: Fernando Rodney (1-0) LOSS: Kerry Wood (0-1)

Cleveland Indians

Hitters	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Brantley	6	0	2	0	0	1	.333
Cabrera	5	0	0	0	1	3	.000
Choo	6	2	3	1	0	0	.500
Branyan	6	0	1	0	0	3	.167
Hafner	5	1	1	1	0	1	.200
Peralta	5	1	1	1	0	2	.200
Valbuena	5	0	1	0	0	1	.200
Crowe	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333
Sizemore, PH	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.000
Santana	2	1	1	2	1	0	.500
LaPorta, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Redmond	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	46	5	12	5	3	11
BATTING: 2B: Hafner, Sizemore HR: Choo, Santana RBI: Choo, Hafner, Peralta, Santana 2 GIDP: Choo

Cleveland Indians

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Reyes	4.0	10	4	4	0	0	4.35
Wright	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	2.70
Lewis	4.0	1	0	0	0	3	5.02
Wood (L, 0-1)	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	2.84
Totals	10.0	15	6	6	0	3

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Hitters	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Aybar	5	0	2	0	0	0	.400
Hunter	5	0	1	1	0	0	.200
Rivera	5	1	1	0	0	1	.200
Quinlan	5	1	2	0	0	0	.400
Matsui	5	2	4	3	0	0	.800
Kendrick	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Napoli	4	0	2	1	0	1	.500
Willits	4	1	1	0	0	0	.250
Wood	3	1	2	0	0	0	.667
Morales, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	41	6	15	5	0	3
BATTING: 2B: Napoli HR: Matsui RBI: Hunter, Matsui 3, Napoli GIDP: Aybar, Rivera, Kendrick
BASERUNNING: SB: Aybar CS: Aybar
FIELDING: E: Kendrick, Wood

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Weaver	7.0	9	4	4	2	7	3.93
Jepsen	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	3.37
Rodney	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	2.07
Totals	11.0	12	5	5	3	11

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Game 2:

MLB Scoreboard | Cleveland Indians (9-10) at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (14-7)

April 27, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland Indians	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	0
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	X	5	10	1
WIN: Scott Kazmir (3-2) LOSS: Jeremy Sowers (2-1)

Cleveland Indians

Hitters	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Choo	4	0	0	0	0	3	.000
Cabrera	4	0	0	1	0	0	.000
Sizemore	4	0	1	0	0	1	.250
Branyan	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Hafner	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250
LaPorta	3	0	0	0	1	2	.000
Peralta	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Redmond	3	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Valbuena	3	1	2	0	0	1	.667
Totals	32	1	4	1	1	9
BATTING: 3B: Valbuena RBI: Cabrera

Cleveland Indians

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Sowers (L, 2-1)	6.0	6	2	2	1	0	5.01
Sipp	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	1.84
Perez	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	5.68
Totals	8.0	10	5	5	1	1

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Hitters	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Wood	4	0	1	0	0	1	.250
Quinlan	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Willits	4	1	3	1	0	0	.750
Morales	4	1	1	2	0	0	.250
Matsui	4	1	2	0	0	0	.500
Kendrick	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Napoli	4	1	1	2	0	0	.250
Abreu	3	0	1	0	0	0	.333
Izturis	1	1	1	0	1	0	1.000
Rivera, PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Totals	33	5	10	5	1	1
BATTING: 2B: Abreu HR: Morales, Napoli RBI: Willits, Morales 2, Napoli 2 HBP: Izturis
BASERUNNING: SB: Willits, Izturis
FIELDING: E: Kendrick

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Kazmir (W, 3-2)	9.0	4	1	1	1	9	4.45
Totals	9.0	4	1	1	1	9

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Game 3:

MLB Scoreboard | Cleveland Indians (9-11) at Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (15-7)

April 28, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland Indians	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	7	0
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	0	1	1	1	3	2	0	0	X	8	12	0
WIN: Joel Pineiro (2-1) LOSS: Fausto Carmona (0-4)

Cleveland Indians

Hitters	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Choo	4	0	2	1	0	1	.500
Cabrera	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Sizemore	4	0	1	0	0	1	.250
Branyan	4	0	0	0	0	1	.000
Hafner	3	0	1	0	0	1	.333
Peralta	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Brantley	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000
Valbuena	3	1	2	0	0	1	.667
Santana	3	0	1	0	0	2	.333
Totals	31	1	7	1	0	10
BATTING: 2B: Valbuena, Santana 3B: Valbuena RBI: Choo GIDP: Branyan, Peralta
BASERUNNING: CS: Sizemore

Cleveland Indians

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Carmona (L, 0-4)	4.2	9	6	6	0	1	8.74
Wright	1.1	3	2	2	0	0	3.68
Sipp	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	1.62
Totals	8.0	12	8	8	0	3

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Hitters	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Aybar	4	1	2	1	0	0	.500
Hunter	2	0	1	2	0	0	.500
Rivera	4	1	2	2	0	0	.500
Morales	4	1	1	0	0	1	.250
Matsui	4	2	3	2	0	1	.750
Wood	4	0	0	1	0	1	.000
Mathis	4	1	1	0	0	0	.250
Abreu	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Izturis	4	2	2	0	0	0	.500
Totals	34	8	12	8	0	3
BATTING: 2B: Morales, Izturis 3B: Matsui HR: Rivera, Matsui RBI: Aybar, Hunter 2, Rivera 2, Matsui 2, Wood SF: Hunter 2

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Pineiro (W, 2-1)	9.0	7	1	1	0	10	3.16
Totals	9.0	7	1	1	0	10

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Angels Take Series 2-1; Now On Top of AL West

Anaheim, CA: The Angels are starting to look like a dominant club and took their momentum into this series. Although they were unable to win the first game, they were able to rally back and win the last 2 to take the lead in their division. In the first game of this series, the Angels had a 1 point lead heading into the bottom of the 9th, but they were unable to close out the game as Bulger took the loss 4-3. In the second game, Smoltz put together another strong performance and was able to get his 4th win of the season in a great 8 strikeout performance. In the final game, Weaver had some trouble and gave up 5 runs over 6.1 innings, but Jepsen and Fuentes were able to hold the Tigers and the offense came through to give the Angels the 7-6 victory to take the series.

Game 1:

MLB Scoreboard - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (16-7) at Detroit Tigers (11-12)

April 30, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	11	0
Detroit Tigers	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	12	0
WIN: Zach Miner (1-1) LOSS: Jason Bulger (1-2)

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Hitters	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Aybar	4	0	1	0	1	0	.194
Hunter	4	0	1	0	0	0	.412
Rivera	4	1	1	1	0	0	.409
Morales	4	0	0	0	0	1	.347
Matsui	4	1	2	0	0	0	.425
Kendrick	4	1	2	1	0	0	.297
Napoli	3	0	2	1	0	0	.353
Abreu	4	0	1	0	0	0	.152
Izturis	4	0	1	0	0	0	.215
Totals	35	3	11	3	1	1
BATTING: 2B: Matsui, Kendrick HR: Rivera RBI: Rivera, Kendrick, Napoli SF: Napoli
BASERUNNING: CS: Aybar

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Saunders	7.0	8	3	3	0	6	2.18
Bulger (L, 1-2)	1.1	4	1	1	1	1	4.29
Totals	8.1	12	4	4	1	7

Detroit Tigers

Hitters	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Raburn	4	0	2	1	0	1	.277
Jackson, PR	1	0	1	1	0	0	.166
Ordonez	4	1	1	0	0	0	.277
Cabrera	3	0	1	1	1	1	.258
Damon	4	0	0	0	0	2	.243
Guillen	4	0	0	0	0	1	.268
Santiago	4	2	2	0	0	0	.327
Sizemore	4	0	2	1	0	1	.264
Laird	4	0	1	0	0	0	.233
Inge	4	1	2	0	0	1	.216
Totals	36	4	12	4	1	7
BATTING: 2B: Raburn 3B: Ordonez, Sizemore RBI: Raburn, Jackson, Cabrera, Sizemore GIDP: Ordonez

Detroit Tigers

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Bonderman	6.0	8	3	3	0	0	3.37
Coke	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0.67
Miner (W, 1-1)	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	1.68
Totals	9.0	11	3	3	1	1

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Game 2:

MLB Scoreboard - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (16-8) at Detroit Tigers (12-12)

May 1, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	9	2
Detroit Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	9	0
WIN: John Smoltz (4-0) LOSS: Armando Galarraga (2-2) SAVE: Fuentes (5)

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Hitters	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Aybar	4	1	3	1	0	1	.222
Hunter	3	0	0	0	1	0	.397
Rivera	3	0	2	1	0	0	.417
Morales	4	0	0	0	0	0	.333
Matsui	3	1	1	0	1	0	.422
Kendrick	4	1	1	1	0	0	.294
Napoli	3	0	0	1	0	0	.338
Abreu	4	0	1	0	0	0	.156
Izturis	3	1	1	0	0	0	.222
Totals	31	4	9	4	2	1
BATTING: 2B: Izturis 3B: Kendrick RBI: Aybar, Rivera, Kendrick, Napoli SF: Rivera, Napoli GIDP: Izturis
BASERUNNING: SB: Aybar 2 CS: Aybar
FIELDING: E: Aybar, Morales

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Smoltz (W, 4-0)	7.0	7	2	2	1	8	2.53
Rodney (H, 2)	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	1.80
Fuentes (S, 5)	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	5.40
Totals	9.0	9	2	2	1	10

Detroit Tigers

Hitters	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Damon	4	0	1	0	0	3	.244
Raburn	4	0	0	0	0	2	.264
Ordonez	4	0	2	0	0	0	.287
Cabrera	4	0	1	0	0	2	.257
Guillen	4	0	0	0	0	0	.255
Diaz	4	1	1	0	0	1	.209
Santiago	4	1	3	1	0	1	.353
Everett	4	0	0	1	0	0	.200
Inge	4	0	0	1	0	0	.200
Totals	35	2	9	2	1	10
BATTING: 3B: Santiago RBI: Santiago, Everett GIDP: Raburn, Guillen

Detroit Tigers

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Galarraga (L, 2-2)	5.0	6	4	4	0	0	5.26
Miner	1.0	1	0	0	2	0	1.54
Coke	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0.55
Totals	9.0	9	4	4	2	1

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Game 3:

MLB Scoreboard - Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (17-8) at Detroit Tigers (12-13)

May 2, 2010	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	11	0
Detroit Tigers	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	6	12	1
WIN: Kevin Jepsen (2-1) LOSS: Joel Zumaya (0-4) SAVE: Fuentes (6)

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Hitters	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Aybar	5	1	2	0	0	0	.232
Hunter	5	1	0	0	0	0	.375
Rivera	4	1	3	3	0	0	.431
Morales	4	1	1	1	0	0	.330
Matsui	4	1	1	0	0	0	.415
Kendrick	4	1	2	0	0	0	.304
Napoli	4	1	1	0	0	1	.333
Abreu	3	0	1	3	0	0	.161
Izturis	3	0	0	0	1	0	.210
Totals	36	7	11	7	1	1
BATTING: 2B: Rivera, Abreu HR: Rivera, Morales RBI: Rivera 3, Morales, Abreu 3 SF: Abreu
BASERUNNING: SB: Aybar CS: Izturis

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Weaver	6.1	11	5	5	0	9	4.42
Jepsen (W, 2-1)	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	2.91
Fuentes (S, 6)	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	5.86
Totals	9.0	12	6	6	0	11

Detroit Tigers

Hitters	AB	R	H	BI	BB	SO	AVG
Jackson	5	1	2	1	0	2	.191
Ordonez	5	1	1	1	0	3	.282
Cabrera	5	1	1	1	0	0	.254
Damon	4	0	1	0	0	1	.244
Guillen	4	2	2	2	0	0	.266
Santiago	4	1	1	1	0	1	.347
Diaz	4	0	1	0	0	1	.212
Everett	4	0	1	0	0	2	.202
Inge	4	0	2	0	0	1	.233
Totals	39	6	12	6	0	11
BATTING: 2B: Cabrera, Inge 3B: Guillen HR: Ordonez, Guillen RBI: Jackson, Ordonez, Cabrera, Guillen 2, Santiago
BASERUNNING: SB: Damon
FIELDING: E: Santiago

Detroit Tigers

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Verlander	6.2	7	4	3	1	1	5.40
Perry (BS, 1)	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	3.63
Zumaya (L, 0-4)	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	10.38
Miner	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1.50
Coke	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0.51
Totals	9.0	11	7	6	1	1

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Series Preview:
(18-8) at (16-9)

Projected Pitching Match Ups

Game 1
(LAA) Scott Kazmir (3-2) - 4.45 ERA - 29 K's

(BOS) Josh Beckett (3-2) - 3.31 ERA - 34 K's

Game 2
(LAA) Joel Pineiro (2-1) - 3.16 ERA - 37 K's

(BOS) John Lackey (3-2) - 5.28 ERA - 30 K's

Game 3
(LAA) Joe Saunders (3-0) - 2.18 ERA - 25 K's

(BOS) Jon Lester (2-2) - 4.15 ERA - 32 K's

Game 4
(LAA) John Smoltz (4-0) - 2.53 ERA - 37 K's

(BOS) Clay Buchholz (3-2) - 5.40 ERA - 22 K's

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Big Trade Possibly Coming

Anaheim, CA: We have big new for Angels and Giants fans. We have just learned that the Angels have offered starting pitcher Jered Weaver to the Giants for Barry Zito. Both of these guys have struggled so far this year and Weaver asked to be traded after being irritated at the management this year. He said, "I don't feel the people in this organization trust me to get the job done. I am getting removed before I want to when I know I can keep going." The Angels responded by going after a guy that they think they can get turned around and throw right into the rotation. We will keep you updated as we hear the news.

Update: It has been confirmed that the trade has been accepted. Zito is expected to make his first start as an Angel against Boston in the third game of the series.

[Buckeye]

Nice start dude this is awesome!

[jonathonb15]

Quote: Originally Posted by Codyjohnpaul

Nice start dude this is awesome!

Thanks man. Great to see someone is following.

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Frandsen Called Up

Anaheim, CA: Scioscia has seen enough of Brandon Wood and Maicer Izturis at third base. He has decided to bring up Frandsen from AAA Salt Lake and insert him into the number 9 batting spot. Scioscia stated

"We will not just leave someone in the spot if they are not earning it. All of our players need to perform at the level we expect them to perform and if they don't, then they will be sat down. Does this mean they will lose their job permanently? No. If the guy that steps in for them isn't doing their job then someone else will get a chance. Nobody is going to just keep their job because of who they are."

Izturis was only hitting .230 this year.

This also means that Abreu could be facing some trouble if he doesn't pick it up. Abreu has the lowest average on the Angels and their has been some talk that Willits could step in if Scioscia wants to pull the trigger.