Halos Talk: Your Los Angeles Angels Blog

James Shields got the best of the Halos in game 1 of the series. His one hitter definitely outdid the Halos batters and out pitched the staff.  Angels starter Jon Garland allowed no runs and four hits in eight innings. Game two on Saturday,

Per mlb.com: Jered Weaver yielded eight runs on 10 hits in 3 1/3 innings, and the Angels went on to drop the series finale to the Royals. Mike Napoli crushed a two-run home run in the seventh. Garret Anderson hit a solo shot, his third homer in three days.

What’s got into GA’s vitamins lately? His high powered offense took over tonight as the Halos defeated the Royals 5-3. GA proved as the total offense as he homed, went 3-5, and had 5 RBI’s. Adenhart struggled and Oliver got the victory. Game 3 in KC tomorrow night…

Ervin Santana pitched his way to 6-0 tonight as he defeated the Texas Rangers 4-0. It was a fabulous game and he is pitching 300% better than last year. Only 12,000 in attendance in Arlington tonight. ESPN has the recap.

Incredible and tough game today. Saunders had a rough outing along with Steve Traschel with Balitmore. A long game combined with a hitters ballpark allowed for a high scoring affair. Steve Traschel had a hard time dealing with the Halos batters as Torii Hunter and other took their turns hitting it out of the ballpark. A cool but windy Angel Stadium allowed for a hitters game. An attendance of 39,273 at the ballpark today. Halos travel to KC tonight for a game tomorrow.

Recap of Today’s Game

Excellent game today and pitched well by Jon Garland. The Angels used a two-run rally in the sixth inning, and eight strong innings from right-hander Jon Garland, to beat the Orioles, 3-1, on Saturday afternoon. The Halos take on Baltimore on Sunday as Joe Saunders (5-0) pitches against Steve Trachsel (1-3). Should be a great matchup.

AP Preview Of Todays Game

A few changes in their lineup helped sparked the Baltimore Orioles to a big win in the opener of their 10-game road trip.

After recording just their sixth win in the last 20 games in Anaheim, the Orioles continue their three-game series with the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday.

Baltimore (16-13) opened its trip on Friday with a 4-3 win over the Angels (18-13), who are tied with Oakland and Boston for the best record in the American League. The Orioles, who begin a three-game series against the A’s in Oakland on Monday, avoided matching a season high with their third straight loss.

Baltimore came into the series after losing two of three at home to Tampa Bay. The Orioles had played their previous seven games on the road, winning two of three in Seattle, then going 1-2 with a suspended game in Chicago against the White Sox.

All the traveling didn’t hurt Nick Markakis and Melvin Mora on Friday. The two each drove in a pair of runs and Markakis homered for the fifth time this season.

Baltimore manager Dave Trembley shuffled his lineup in order to inject some life into an offense that had been held to three runs or fewer in four of five games entering Friday.

Trembley moved Markakis up to the second spot and batted Mora third. He also moved Aubrey Huff into the cleanup role and dropped struggling Kevin Millar down two spots to sixth.

Millar is 4-for-35 in his last nine games, dropping his average to a season-low .209.

The Orioles improved to 8-2 in one-run decisions after going 13-31 in those situations last season.

“We haven’t been swinging the bats great as a team, so he mixed it up and we were able to push enough runs across,” said left fielder Jay Payton, who had two hits and a run scored on Friday.

The Angels’ loss on Friday was their third in the last five games. They are trying to avoid losing three straight for the first time this year.

Los Angeles made it 4-3 in the ninth when Torii Hunter scored on a fielder’s choice. The Angels put runners on second and third with one out, but George Sherrill retired pinch-hitter Juan Rivera and Reggie Willits for his 11th save, tying the Angels’ Francisco Rodriguez for the major league lead.

Los Angeles looks to bounce back on Saturday when it faces Baltimore’s Daniel Cabrera (2-0, 4.14 ERA).

Cabrera, who finished 2007 losing his final six decisions, allowed two runs and four hits in 6 1-3 innings on Monday against the Chicago White Sox. The game was postponed after 11 innings because of rain.

Baltimore was 5-0 in his first five starts this season.

Cabrera is 2-3 with a 6.55 ERA in six career starts against the Angels, losing his last two appearances against them.

The Angels counter with Jon Garland (3-3, 5.94), who struggled in his last outing, allowing seven runs and 10 hits in six innings of a 14-2 loss to Oakland on Monday. The right-hander struck out five, but walked three and gave up two home runs.

“I was getting behind and they were hitting the ball. That’s all I can say,” Garland said. “I felt I had pretty good pitches. The ball was put in play and it rolled their way.”

Garland has won his last four starts against the Orioles. He is 5-2 with a 4.50 ERA in seven career starts and two relief appearances against them.

Tough game tonight as the Halos lost to the Orioles 4-3. Baltimore was too much for them tonight. Jered Weaver (2-4) gave up four runs and six hits over seven innings, struck out six and walked two. Torii Hunter had a fabulous game as he went 3-3. Tomorrow night is game 2 of the series.

Rookie Nick Adenhart took the mound tonight for the halos and it was a rough beginning for this rookie. He looked wild on his debut and not a lot of overall control on his pitches. Oakland had 20 hits during the game, a majority of those singles. 3 Halos pitchers battled the A’s and unfortunately in deafeat. Baltimore’s in town tomorrow.

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