No clutch hits for Angels
The Angels were 1-for-10 with runners in scoring position in Saturday's defeat to the Dodgers, raising old questions about offensive continuity. With Chone Figgins and Howie Kendrick on the disabled list, the Angels haven't been able to find an offensive flow.
"We taolked about it for the last couple of weeks," manager Mike Scioscia said. "Right now we're in a lull. We're not driving the ball like we did earlier in the year. We're not setting the table and when we do set teh table we're not getting the situational hitting. This thing will turn around.
"We're very capable of scoring 10 runs like we did this week against the White Sox. But we need that consistency, getting two runners on every inning, pushing the envelope. We can't do things we like to do in our running game because we haven't set the table like we like to."
I get tired of this excuse. So Figgins and Kendrick are on the DL. They still have Vlad, Garret, Torii and Gary. Can't those guys earn their millions? I don't see any of them playing injured. Just start hitting. The batting order shouldn't matter. The other players in the lineup shouldn't matter. Start having better at-bats. There's no crying in baseball. The Dodgers seem to have injuries too. Rafael Furcal is on the DL yet the Dodgers scored six runs today.
They'll be fine. The Halos should get more ABs for Willits and Rivera. Thank goodness for Kotchman this year. Do you think the Angels will try to sign him long term like other teams have done (Longoria, Kazmir, Hanley Ramirez)?