Saturday, March 7, 2009

October 19, 2007 Angels 3, Indians 2 (Angels win series, 4-2)




With the hometown faithful at the Big "A" watching, the Los Angeles Angels win the American League pennant and head to the World Series with a thrilling 3-2 win over the Indians. All of the scoring today was in the first inning, as you can see here:

*** TOP OF INNING 1 ***
0 G.Sizemore 6- 8 11 2 Single b-1
0 1 1 Stolen Base 1-2
0 2 1 Caught Stealing 2-o
1 C.Blake 6- 6 15 1 Single b-1
1 1 T.Hafner 1- 5 6 3 Double 1-3 b-2
1 23 V.Martinez 1- 6 5 Double 3-H 2-H b-2
1 2 R.Garko 3- 9 4 Strike Out b-0
2 2 J.Peralta 4- 5 4 Strike Out b-0
*** BOTTOM OF INNING 1 ***
0 C.Figgins 1- 7 6 Walk b-1
0 1 O.Cabrera 6-10 6 Fly Out b-0
1 1 G.Anderson 5- 7 4 Single 1-3 b-1
1 1 3 V.Guerrero 6- 3 5 Single 3-H 1-3 b-1
1 1 3 C.Kotchman 1-11 6 Strike Out b-0
2 1 3 M.Napoli 3- 7 9 5 Double 3-H 1-H b-2
2 2 H.Kendrick 6- 8 11 1 Single 2-o b-1

Francisco Rodriguez will be awarded the AL Championship Series MVP trophy, as he had a save in game 1 and 6, along with a win in game 2 and allowing one run and striking out 6 over his 4 1/3 innings of work in the series.

The Angels will have the home field advantage for the World Series due to the American League's win in the All-Star game, with the Series set to begin on October 24th in Los Angeles against either the Mets or Braves. Cy Young award winner John Lackey is tentatively scheduled to get the start for the Angels in game one of the Series.


Strat-O-Matic Report






BOXSCORE: 2007 Cleveland Indians At 2007 Los Angeles(AL) Angels 10/19/2007

Indians AB R H RBI AVG Angels AB R H RBI AVG
G.Sizemore CF 4 0 1 0 .270 C.Figgins 3B 3 1 1 0 .250
C.Blake 3B 4 1 1 0 .188 O.Cabrera SS 4 0 2 0 .349
T.Hafner DH 4 1 2 0 .364 G.Anderson LF 5 1 2 0 .239
V.Martinez C 4 0 2 2 .265 V.Guerrero RF 4 1 2 1 .286
R.Garko 1B 3 0 0 0 .258 C.Kotchman 1B 4 0 0 0 .257
J.Peralta SS 4 0 0 0 .250 M.Napoli C 3 0 1 2 .188
T.Nixon LF 3 0 1 0 .217 H.Kendrick 2B 3 0 1 0 .278
C-C.Gomez PH 1 0 0 0 .000 N.Haynes DH 4 0 1 0 .167
K.Lofton RF 2 0 0 0 .389 R.Willits CF 4 0 2 0 .290
A-A.Cabrera PH,2B 1 0 0 0 .063
J.Barfield 2B 2 0 1 0 .333
B-F.Gutierrez PH,RF 1 0 0 0 .294
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 33 2 8 2 Totals 34 3 12 3

A-Pinch Hit For Lofton In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Barfield In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Nixon In 9th Inning

Indians......... 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 0
Angels.......... 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 12 0

Indians (5-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Westbrook LOSS(0-1) 5 2/3 9 3 3 2 5 0 111 4.38
A.Fultz 0 2/3 2 0 0 1 0 0 17 0.00
J.Lewis 0 2/3 1 0 0 2 2 0 12 6.75
R.Betancourt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0.00
Totals 8 12 3 3 5 7 0

Angels (7-4) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Weaver* WIN(1-1) 5 7 2 2 1 6 0 93 2.76
C.Bootcheck HOLD(1st) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 9.00
D.Oliver HOLD(2nd) 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 26 0.00
F.Rodriguez SAVE(4th) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 1.29
Totals 9 8 2 2 1 11 0

ATTENDANCE- 42,458 DATE- Friday, October 19th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
T- 3:05
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 5 Angels:13
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 0 Angels: 1
DOUBLES- T.Hafner(4th), V.Martinez(2nd), J.Barfield(2nd), M.Napoli(1st)
STOLEN BASES- G.Sizemore(3rd), C.Figgins(3rd)
CAUGHT STEALING- G.Sizemore
WALKS- R.Garko, C.Figgins-2, O.Cabrera, V.Guerrero, H.Kendrick
HIT BY PITCH- M.Napoli
STRIKE OUTS- G.Sizemore-2, C.Blake, T.Hafner, R.Garko-2, J.Peralta-3, T.Nixon,
F.Gutierrez, C.Figgins-2, C.Kotchman, M.Napoli, H.Kendrick,
N.Haynes, R.Willits
GIDP- R.Garko
WILD PITCHES- D.Oliver

The Los Angeles(AL) Angels edged the Cleveland Indians at Angels Stadium by
the score of 3 to 2.

Jered Weaver*(1-1) pitched well enough to earn the win. He went 5 innings
allowing 7 hits and 1 walk. Weaver* racked up 6 strikeouts. Neither team
managed to score after the 1st inning.

Francisco Rodriguez recorded his 4th save. Jake Westbrook(0-1) ended up with
the loss. He was hit hard and gave up 9 hits and 2 walks in 5 and 2/3
innings.









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