The Angels enter the home stretch of the season as one of the best teams in the league while playing in the toughest division in baseball. They had won 4 in a row before Huston Street blew the save in the 9th inning Sunday. The starting pitching staff has posted a solid 2.05 ERA in the last 7 games. C.J. Wilson has had his share of struggles this year, but did look good in his last outing while allowing 2 runs in almost 7 innings against the Phillies. As long as he doesn’t get “blown up” the Angels will have enough fire power to come out of this one on top.
Josh Hamilton received a day off yesterday so he should be fresh and ready to go. Both he and teammate Mike Trout have great career numbers at Fenway Park. They’ll be facing Brandon Workman, who is 1-6 with a 4.45 ERA on the season. Workman had shown glimpses of strong pitching earlier in the season. Things have dropped off significantly and now he’s taken the loss in 6 straight outings. He missed his last start due to fatigue and also leaves most of his pitches up in the zone. That’s a bad combination against an Angel’s lineup that will take advantage of mistakes and tee off on balls up in the zone.
I’ll call the starting pitching a wash due to how bad Wilson had been prior to his last outing. Big offensive advantage to the Halos though. If we throw in the fact that Boston has nothing to play for while the Angels are in a race for the division, a significant edge goes to the visiting squad. Take the Angels.
The Angels enter the home stretch of the season as one of the best teams in the league while playing in the toughest division in baseball. They had won 4 in a row before Huston Street blew the save in the 9th inning Sunday. The starting pitching staff has posted a solid 2.05 ERA in the last 7 games. C.J. Wilson has had his share of struggles this year, but did look good in his last outing while allowing 2 runs in almost 7 innings against the Phillies. As long as he doesn’t get “blown up” the Angels will have enough fire power to come out of this one on top.
Josh Hamilton received a day off yesterday so he should be fresh and ready to go. Both he and teammate Mike Trout have great career numbers at Fenway Park. They’ll be facing Brandon Workman, who is 1-6 with a 4.45 ERA on the season. Workman had shown glimpses of strong pitching earlier in the season. Things have dropped off significantly and now he’s taken the loss in 6 straight outings. He missed his last start due to fatigue and also leaves most of his pitches up in the zone. That’s a bad combination against an Angel’s lineup that will take advantage of mistakes and tee off on balls up in the zone.
I’ll call the starting pitching a wash due to how bad Wilson had been prior to his last outing. Big offensive advantage to the Halos though. If we throw in the fact that Boston has nothing to play for while the Angels are in a race for the division, a significant edge goes to the visiting squad. Take the Angels.
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