Mark Trumbo hit his 4th home run in as many games, Mike Trout hit a 2-run double, but it wasn't enough to overcome an early hole set by the home run king, Ervin Santana.
Ervin Santana now leads the league in most home runs given up this season with 15. He and Scioscia tried to argue that its because Santana is aggressive and throws the ball hard. Yeah, it's okay to be aggressive, but creativity is more important when you're not missing bats. Santana needs to start pitching smarter. End of discussion.
Bullpen woes have all but disappeared during the 8 game win streak, but they came back in the form of Hisanori Takahashi. The middle-reliever came in to shut down the Yankees, but instead gave up a triple and a sacrifice fly to put the Angels down in the whole again. That's just devastating after you've been battling back from a 5-1 deficit, but hey, it happens.
Angels will face the Texas Rangers this weekend, and you can bet that I'll be there. Texas is coming off a couple of embarrassing losses to the Seattle Mariners, so you know they're coming to town with something to prove.
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