A day after knocking around Lackey the Jays are shut down by Garland, who went the distance. Garland gave up just 6 hits and 1 run while only needing 98 pitches to go the distance. This coming after Garland had thrown 115 pitches in 5 innings (44 of which came in the 1st inning) his last time against TOR.
I think the low pitch count is a sign of the different hitting philosophy of Gaston and Tenace. I’ve noticed it since they took over that the opposing starting pitcher’s pitch counts have not been rising as quickly.
It was not a good start from Litsch. It looks as though teams are starting to get to him and they are not leaving the runners on base anymore. All told he gave up 6 runs on 8 hits in 5.1 IP.
I have to say that was a weak attempt by Barajas at blocking the WP in the 6th w/the bases loaded. It is just another of the things that Zaun does better, but is hard to quantify. There have been several times where Barajas has looked lazy when trying to block balls in the dirt, not to mention some of the relay throws he has dropped.
How the Angels have kept Juan Rivera on the bench for the majority of the yr is beyond me. It is why I never understood the Hunter signing since they already had 4 OF’s (Rivera, Guerrero, Matthews, Anderson) and even a good 5th OF in Willits. Maybe they will play Rivera more given Matthews struggles this yr but they still have 3 more yrs left on the ridiculous 5 yr $55 million contract they gave Matthews. Wouldn’t Rivera look good as the Jays LF. I know Lind is up and playing well but you can alternate them in LF and DH as well as give the occasional day off to Wells/Rios (defensively at least). Let’s face it Stairs had a great comeback yr last yr but he is 40 yrs old and he is clearly not getting the job done this season.
Just have to add this, there is absolutely no excuse for Rios getting doubled off on the Wells flyball in the 9th when you are down by 6.
Let’s check the stats:
NAdv: Wells (5), Guerrero, Rivera
P-NAdv: Litsch 2 (5), Garland
WG: Litsch (3)
ME(r): Rios (5)
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