Ervin SantanaWho? Santana. What? Santana. Really? Santana. I'm in denial.
Prior to tonight, Ervin Santana had two starts in Boston and never got to the 5th inning. He had started two games, lasted 8.0 innings and had an era of 12.38.
Without completely acknowledging what happened tonight in Boston, I'll just say that the last time Santana allowed only one run on the road was last season. September 24th at Oakland. The last time he allowed one run or less outside of California was June 6, 2006 at Tampa Bay.
Juan Rivera After going 4-for-10 in 3 games at Single-A Rancho Cucamonga, outfielder Juan Rivera is continuing his rehab assignment at Triple-A Salt Lake.
In his first game yesterday he started in right field and was 0-for-2 with a walk. Tonight he went 1-for-4 with a walk as the clean up hitter. He singled home Nick Gorneault in the 8th inning for his lone rbi.
The Angels plan for Rivera to use Salt Lake as a spring training period for him and don't expect to call him up for another 10-14 days.
Howie KendrickHowie is also doing a rehab assignment at Salt Lake although, unlike Rivera, he should be back up any day now. Tonight was his 5th game with Salt Lake and he went 1-for-6. Including tonight, he is 6-for-21 (.286).
Although, he is probably ready to be called up, I would like to see him get a few more games under his belt at Salt Lake. Two reasons. First, Maicer Izturis has been playing well in Howie's place. Secondly, when Howie returned in May from a broken finger, he returned too soon. He hit 5-for-40 in his first 12 games back.
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