LA Is now back tied with Houston in the AL West, while the Rangers are just 6.5 games behind those two. Martinez trailing them two back of the lead.
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“It actually calmed me down a little bit”, Trout said of the wrist scare. But his 2012 season ended poorly.
Pujols got his 100th career steal.
Right-hander Spencer Patton (1-0) earned his first major-league victory. Designated hitter Prince Fielder, who was hit by a pitch to begin the inning, scored when catcher Tomas Telis was hit with the bases loaded. While the physical comparisons and assessment of talent continue to link Trout with Mickey Mantle, is Trout anywhere near as clutch with runners on-base as The Mick was? It was his 11th homer in July, one more than his previous best for any month (July 2012). Trout now ranks ahead of Mantle at fifth on that same list with almost half a season left to be played still.
Trout, who won his second straight All-Star Game MVP award a week ago, said he felt an aching discomfort while walking after waking up Tuesday. Neither Pujols nor Calhoun had an RBI on Sunday. The Angels have worked mostly with Kole Calhoun, Erick Aybar and Johnny Giavotella in the lead off spot this year. The No. 9 hitter in the lineup has collectively gotten on-base at a. 286 clip in 2015, fifth highest in the AL.
[Check out Big League Stew on Tumblr for even more baseball awesomeness.]. This was the first homer allowed by Santiago since June 22, a feat that has beefed up his AB per HR numbers to gorgeous heights. Manager Mike Scioscia and trainer Rick Smith went out to check on him and determined that he could stay in the game. Of his 82 career homers, 51 (or 62%) have been solo shots.
Diamondbacks 3, Brewers 0 – Jeremy Hellickson threw six strong innings, Chris Owings drove in two runs with a pinch-hit, two-out double, and host Arizona took three of four from suddenly punchless Milwaukee, shut out in consecutive games for the first time this season. Trout established the standard in his 97th game. He is a career. Street only allowed one base runner, a two-walk to Miguel Sano, but he recovered to field a surprise two-out bunt by Plouffe which saw Street bolt off the mound to field the bunt and make a ideal throw to Albert Pujols to pick up his 25th save in 28 chances. His predecessor has 12, 53 and 190, respectively, with Mantle having 14 years of service time over Trout.
5 runs, 3 hits, 1 error, 0 left on. Instead, Trout’s slugging ways are instead more aptly compared to someone like Rickey Henderson. It happens often over the course of the season, but this time, there’s a slight difference. He hit 81 of them leading off a game, an all-time mark that may never be surpassed.
The Los Angeles Angels dropped the final game of a 3-game series with the Minnesota Twins 3-0 Thursday afternoon, despite another strong outing by Garrett Richards who took the loss despite pitching 8 solid innings giving up three runs on five hits. Mantle’s 536 will be an interesting one to keep an eye on.
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While the Rangers have interest in acquiring a right-handed bat, they are not interested in a reunion with Jeff Francoeur, a contributor on the 2010 World Series team who his having a nice comeback season in Philadelphia. I’m a ground-ball pitcher; it’s no secret.
