| John Lackey, on three days rest, pitches exactly how you would expect a Cy Young award winner to, holding the Braves scoreless until starting to run out of gas in the 7th inning. It didn't matter by that point, as the Halos had already built up a 5-0 lead. Lackey even helped with the bat, getting a 3rd inning single. A much different looking Angels lineup with the lefty Chris James on the mound, and it seemed to work. The lineup that the computer manager threw up I just kept, and it scored runs in all kinds of different ways. Garrett Anderson and Erick Aybar hit back-to-back homeruns in the 2nd inning (for Aybar, only his 3rd at-bat of the playoffs!) to put the Angels up 2-0. In the 3rd, singles for Lackey, Orlando Cabrera and Vlad Guerrero knock Lackey home for a run and a 3-0 lead. In the 4th with James gone at this point and Tyler Yates on the mound, Anderson strikes again as he walks, ends up at third on two consecutive groundouts, and scores on a wild pitch for the 4-0 lead. Not done yet, in the 7th Reggie Willits singles, steals second and third, and is knocked home on a Howie Kendrick single for the 5-0 lead. The Braves finally get to Lackey for a run in the 7th, and with two outs in the 9th Yunel Escobar gets a solo homer off Chris Bootcheck with two outs, and Francisco Rodriguez strikes out Kelly Johnson and gets the save. Ervin Santana, skipped for this start, will get the start in game 5 for the Angels against the Braves' Buddy Carlyle. Carlyle got the start in game 1 and the tough-luck loss as he only allowed one earned run. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2007 Los Angeles(AL) Angels At 2007 Atlanta Braves 10/28/2007
Angels AB R H RBI AVG Braves AB R H RBI AVG
R.Willits CF 5 1 1 0 .283 K.Johnson 2B 4 0 1 1 .226
O.Cabrera SS 5 0 1 0 .302 E.Renteria SS 4 0 0 0 .377
H.Kendrick 2B 5 0 1 1 .264 O.Villarreal P 0 0 0 0 .000
V.Guerrero RF 4 0 2 1 .288 C.Jones 3B 4 0 1 0 .444
M.Napoli C 3 0 0 0 .167 M.Teixeira 1B 4 0 3 0 .351
G.Anderson LF 3 2 2 1 .281 B.McCann C 4 0 0 0 .333
C.Bootcheck P 0 0 0 0 ---- A.Jones CF 4 1 1 0 .250
F.Rodriguez P 0 0 0 0 ---- J.Francoeur RF 4 0 1 0 .186
E.Aybar 3B 4 1 2 1 .333 W.Harris LF 3 0 1 0 .292
R.Quinlan 1B 4 0 0 0 .000 C.James P 0 0 0 0 .200
J.Lackey P 3 1 1 0 .333 A-M.Prado PH 1 0 0 0 .250
C-N.Haynes LF 1 0 0 0 .190 T.Yates P 0 0 0 0 ----
C.Paronto P 0 0 0 0 ----
R.Mahay P 0 0 0 01.000
B-Y.Escobar PH,SS 2 1 1 1 .500
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Totals 37 5 10 4 Totals 34 2 9 2
A-Pinch Hit For James In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Mahay In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Lackey In 7th Inning
Angels.......... 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 5 10 0
Braves.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 2 9 0
Angels (9-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Lackey WIN(4-0) 6 2/3 7 1 1 2 6 0 98 1.54
C.Bootcheck HOLD(2nd) 2 2 1 1 0 3 1 30 5.14
F.Rodriguez 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0.96
Totals 9 9 2 2 2 10 1
Braves (9-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.James LOSS(1-2) 3 5 3 3 0 1 2 51 4.34
T.Yates 3 2 1 1 1 2 0 39 1.74
C.Paronto 0 2/3 3 1 1 1 0 0 26 6.35
R.Mahay 0 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6.75
O.Villarreal 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 6.97
Totals 9 10 5 5 2 3 2
ATTENDANCE- 47,342 DATE- Sunday, October 28th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- Angels: 7 Braves: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Angels: 1 Braves: 0
HOME RUNS- G.Anderson(4th), E.Aybar(1st), Y.Escobar(1st)
STOLEN BASES- R.Willits-2(4th)
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Yates
WALKS- M.Napoli, G.Anderson, K.Johnson, W.Harris
STRIKE OUTS- R.Willits, H.Kendrick, M.Napoli, K.Johnson-2, E.Renteria-2,
C.Jones-2, M.Teixeira, A.Jones, J.Francoeur, M.Prado
GIDP- E.Renteria
WILD PITCHES- T.Yates
The Los Angeles(AL) Angels defeated the Atlanta Braves by a score of 5 to 2 at
Turner Field.
Los Angeles(AL) had 2 runs cross the plate in the 2nd inning. Los Angeles(AL)
had 10 hits for the night. John Lackey(4-0) went 6 and 2/3 innings allowing
1 run for the victory. Chuck James(1-2) was given the loss.
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