Halos Talk: Your Los Angeles Angels Blog

For the first time in many years, the Halos knocked out 3 separate three run HR’s and defeated the Yankees on Thursday night. It was a tremendous effort from the Halos as Tori Hunter, Vladamir Guerrero, and Juan Rivera all took Andy Pettite to the showers. It was a 12-6 victory as Jon Garland advanced to 10-6 with the win, holding the Bombers to three runs across six innings.

The Halos have sweeped the Boston Red Sox now in two straight series, both home and away. As the Halos took the series on Thursday over the now Manny-less Red Sox, it was the first road sweep at Boston since 2001. The Halos are now in New York to see if the Yankees can give them a battle since apparently the Red Sox weren’t in the mood to play.

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John Lackey won his first game of the year on Tuesday as the Halos beat up on the Blue Jays 3-1. It was the opening game in Toronto as Lackey took the mound in his second start of the year. He pitched 7 innings and left it to Shields and Frankie to close it out. Game two on Wednesday.

The Angels went 2-1 on the weekend series with the Dodgers and it was a hot weekend to play baseball at the stadium. Saunders got the victory on Friday, Santana took the loss on Saturday, and Weaver got the 10-2 victory on Sunday. Joe Torre bringing his losing record to the stadium and losing is always a good thing.

Frankie gave up the winning run in the game as the Halos lost 4-3. Jim Thome singled in the winning run. Thome stroked a 1-0 pitch to right field. He was 0-for-13 in the series before getting his third hit in 21 at-bats on the road trip.

The Dodgers come into town on 5/16 to start the interleague season agains the Halos. Should be a great matchup as Joe Torre makes his inaugural visit to Angel Stadium as the skipper of the Big Blue.

Carlos Quentin had a field day with 5 RBI’s against the Halos as the Halos fell 6-1. Jose Contreras pitched a wonderful game against the Halos giving up one run. Lackey pitched 7 innings, gave up 6 hits and pitched a decent game in his first game back.

Jared Weaver pitched a great game tonight as the Halos won 2-0 over the White Sox. It was a scoreless battle through seven innings and the Angels pulled through with 2 in the 8th to win. Tough no decision for Weaver in this one. Game 3 tomorrow as John Lackey gets the ball for the first time this season. Go Lackey!

Vladamir Guerrero homered tonight as the Halos took about the White Sox in game one of the series. It was a quick victory for Nick Adenhart as after the victory, Adenhart was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake. It hopeful that John Lackey will pitch Wednesday night for his first start of the year.

Ervin Santana pitched a valiant game against the Rays but it wasn’t enough. A hard hitting Rays team took it to the Angels and swept the home series against them. Next stop, home against the White Sox.

It’s kind of tragic karma that the Halos would lose to Tampa Bay in the second game of the series by the same score as yesterday. Scott Kazmir of the Rays pitched tremendously as he punched out the Halos batters one by one and pitched 6 scoreless innings. Joe Saunders took his first loss of the year today. Hopefully the Halos can win game 3 of the series tomorrow as Ervin Santana takes on Andy Sonnanstine. A 6-0 pitcher (Santana) vs a 5-1 pitcher (Sonnanstine). Should be a great matchup.