Yesterday, we witnessed yet another eighth inning meltdown by our bullpen. Dan Haren pitched another solid game for the Angels and still came up short. Howie Kendrick and Alberto Callaspo gave him some run support in the top of the inning, but reliever Kevin Jepsen let one slip through by allowing three runs.

Finally, we scored a run. The Angels went homerun happy in the top of the 6th gave Ervin Santana some run support. Santana had a solid outing, and newly promoted closer Fernando Rodney was able to give the Angels their 64th win of the season.

For a second, I had questioned why Juan Rivera hadn’t played for five days. On Friday, he reminded me why he was riding the pine…
The Rangers have really struggled this month, and are currently 8-11 in the month of August, giving the Angels every opportunity to take first place.

The Angels are now 0-8 against the Boston Red Sox this year after a 6-0 loss yesterday at Fenway Park. And it’s not that the Angels didn’t have their chances. The Angels had a man on second base three times within the first five innings.

WOW! Did Torii get fired up or what? He’s suspended for four games, but we won the series against the Detroit Tigers. And that’s what we needed: a little passion. As a result, Jered Weaver pitched an awesome game, Fernando Rodney had a solid inning, and Brian Fuentes secured his 21st save of the year with two strike-outs.

We had a total of 18 players on base yesterday (17 via hits and a Rivera walk), but we were only able to bring in 7 runs. The game looked like it was out of reach in the after Ervin Santana was yanked in the fourth for allowing 9 earned runs