Angels 9; Dodgers 0

This should have been up last night, but I was too damn tired. I had to pack up my office for a move in the morning, I walked 18 holes in the afternoon, sat in traffic for two hours on the way home, and had to watch the game on the computer, so I was pretty beat.

The Angels made the most of their opporutunities, coming up with a bases clearing triple (Figgins would later score on a sac fly), and a grand slam in the two instances where they loaded the bases. They were facing a guy who has struck out fewer hitters than have homered off of him this season. That's not a good stat if you're a pitcher.

Good Washburn was on the mound, throwing seven strong innings before mysteriously coming off the mound after tossing a couple of warm up pitches in the 8th. Apparently just a little tightness, and he shouldn't miss a start.

And Ron Roenicke. Ron, Ron, Ron.....What were you thinking?!?! Vlad was out by a ton while trying to score from first on a Steve Finley double in the fifth. I haven't seen the tape, so it's possible that Roenicke wasn't actually sending Vlad, but rather just waving his arms hysterically from the shock of seeing Steve Finley hit a double. Regardless, Vlad was out by about 15 feet, tried to slide around the tag, and landed funny, as one is likely to do when he's 6'3" and 230 lbs. He's out for the weekend, and maybe longer. Hell, maybe there's a bright side. He hasn't exactly been lighting it up lately. Maybe he takes a week off and recharges, maybe some minor inuries heal, and maybe being in the lineup every day help Rivera heat up a bit. He has two home runs in the last week or so, which is two more than Vlad in that time.

There probably won't be much of a recap of today's game. For the reason, see the post above, unless you're reading this in the brief period between the time this post is published and before the next post is written, in which case you should click back in about 10 minutes.