Angels put Rox back in place
I know that’s a little rough – but it’s kinda the truth. After getting absolutely hammered by the Rockies in the series opener, the Angels came back with a vengeance. Tuesday’s game was close, but riddled with mistakes, and Wednesday’s game was a classic old-timey butt-whoopin’. The thing that bothered me about Tuesday was not so much the 2 misplays by Stewart (not to minimize the damage of those plays), but the inability of the Rockies to bring home the runner in scoring position. Even in the 9th against Fuentes, they put a runner on and couldn’t get the job done.
Then there’s Wednesday. I know Marquis got absolutely hammered – but I really think that was just an off game. I have several friends that are hard-core Cubs fans, and they all say the same thing – Marquis is brilliant when he’s on, but gets shelled when he’s not – no middle ground. So I’m not too concerned about him. What does concern me is that Ubaldo and Marquis both lose, and now we have to grit our teeth and hold our breath while Hammel and De La Rosa take the mound for the next couple games. I really don’t want to see Matt Holliday bomb the Rox, but I think it might happen.
What’s intriguing to me is that the Rockies lineup is built much like an AL lineup, especially when they get to use the DH… it looks like a really good fit in the AL. But the last couple nights, they simply couldn’t get the job done.
We all know the Rockies pitching woes will continue until they can get another arm in the bullpen. For that matter, I think Fogg needs to be starting in the 5th spot and send De la Rosa to clean up sunflower seeds in the bullpen. But if they can’t keep putting runs across when the opportunities are there, this team will die a slow painful death. It was the bats that got this whole hot stretch started, and it will have to be the bats that keep it going.
