Not what one would call a shining debut. Santana went 4 innings, allowing 6 earned runs on 8 hits, 3 walks, and one strike out. Ben Broussard and Travis Hafner hit home runs, with Broussard's completing a cycle in the first inning after Grady Sizemore tripled, Coco Crisp doubled, and Hafner singled. He was not getting the benefit of a large strike zone, forcing him to work behind early, and he paid for it. He has excellent velocity, and appears to have a good breaking pitch, but he needs to work on the movement on his fastball.
Coincidentally, his former namesake has also been very disappointing tonight. Johan Santana allowed three runs in the first inning of the game between the Blue Jays and Twins. That's bad news for the Guzzlers, as I rely on big points from Santana every week. I'll be lucky to get ten out of him tonight.
Kevin Gregg showed that the Angels were really no better off going with option B, coming in and giving up 2 runs on 3 hits in his first inning (it's the top of the 6th as I write this). The offense hasn't really come through in clutch situations so far. Of course, as I write that, Molina drives in a run while McPherson gets himself thrown out at on a close play at third base. Not a good night for the rookie, who also struck out on a pretty bad check swing call.
It becoming increasingly apparent that the team that won five stragight was an anomoly. They're back to being the team that can't win more than two straight. This is going to be a very frustrating season. Fortunately, the rest of the division is crappy too.
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