Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Good Grief, Not Another Complete Game

Add Josh Beckett to the list.

That's now 5 consecutive post season games where the Angels have not seen a reliever.

Beckett only threw one complete game all season and it was an 8-inning 1-0 loss at Cleveland.

Daisuke Matsuzaka starts in Game 2 of the series on Friday. He too has only thrown one complete game this season. Does he dare be the pitcher who breaks the streak?

I'm not sure what to think. I'm not ready to jump off the bridge and call Mike Scioscia the Marty Schottenheimer of baseball, but unless they show some offensive signs of life on Friday, the powers behind "Angel Baseball" might want to revamp the blueprint.

Consecutive post season complete games thrown against the Angels

Josh Beckett 10/3/07 - Boston 4, Angels 0
Jose Contreras 10/16/05 - White Sox 6, Angels 3
Freddy Garcia 10/15/05 - White Sox 8, Angels 2
Jon Garland 10/14/05 - White Sox 5, Angels 2
Mark Buehrle 10/12/05 - White Sox 2, Angels 1

In the 5 games the Angels have a total of 24 hits - 4.8 per game.

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