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Hannahan up...
Ground out ends the inning.

Duncan hit quite a few homers in spring training but still had a sub .200 batting average, something like .150 !?!?! Hope Damon can respond.

We lose 4-2 No homers in last 9 games. Situational hitting has been pretty bad. Pitching Ok considering.

Re: GameTime!™
by loufla » Thu Apr 26, 2012 3:46 pm
We lose 4-2 No homers in last 9 games. Situational hitting has been pretty bad. Pitching Ok considering.

Lou--- It appears we are not the only team with these problems

ST. PETERSBURG --

Angels manager Mike Scioscia dismissed any tension between himself and Torii Hunter after Hunter hinted at the lack of execution following the team's 3-2 loss to the Rays on Wednesday night.

"Torii has no issue with strategies or anything," Scioscia said. "He didn't come to me about anything."

After suffering their third straight loss for the third time this season, Hunter made some comments about the Angels' state of existence.

"We're just going through the motions right now," Hunter said Wednesday. "We need to go out there and do what we're supposed to do, what we're capable of doing."

Hunter specifically mentioned key situations, including when the Angels failed to manufacture a run after putting the first two batters on in the second inning in Wednesday's game.

"You mean if we bunted in the second?" Hunter said when asked about early executions. "What can we do? All we do is play the game."

Hunter did not make himself available to speak with reporters on Thursday.

The Angels began four of the first five innings with a baserunner, but failed to produce a run after going 0-for-6 in that situation while leaving four stranded. Heading into Thursday's contest against the Rays, the Angels rank near the bottom of the American League with a .236 average with runners in scoring position (37-for-157).

"There's a level of execution that has to happen with this team, and these guys understand it," Scioscia said. "We've talked about situational hitting, getting on base and making things happen. It's important to all of us. We all see it.

"Everybody on the staff understands a need for the situational component of our game, getting runners over from second to third, being able to execute the hit and run, getting the ball on the ground, taking advantage of our team speed. We need to play at a higher level, and this team will."

Situational hitting, execution, and fundamentals have long been my pet peeves about this team.

I still think the managers are responsible for controlling the flow of the game through strategy. A manager's responsibility is being able to put his team in a position to win ballgames. It's up to the players to execute.

We'll be fine and will surprise against The Angels.

Those low life's from KC got us out of focus.

No homers in last 9 games

That's weird: first we set some sort of team second best record with homers in the first 8 or 9 games of the season and now none in the next nine. Bet that sets some sort of record.

With Choo out again, Cunningham plays RF and hits 9th with his OPS of 559, slightly below Brantley's 579 (I need a lot of convincing that Michael belongs at the top of a big leauge lineup: please start convincing me today Michael) and well above Kotchum's 497 who has redefined the role of a 1st baseman to a solid gloveman; ever hear of good field no hit 1st baseman before?

We are stranding runners all over the place. 2-0 Angels in the 7th.

7 hits, 4 walks, no runs. GEEZ !

Brantley doubles in Kotchman 2-1 now.

GO TRIBE!

Got one now!

Kipnis, after what had to be a frustrating evening ,singles in the tying run. 2-2 as we go to the 8th.