Notes from today's game.
Reggie Willits continues to hit. His three hits boosted his average to .421 and his ops to .976. He only has 38 at-bats so it's not time to anoint him as the starting left fielder, but he has filled in well for Garret Anderson.
Shea Hillenbrand still stinks. He has one extra base hit (a double) this year in 84 at-bats. Last year in 530 at-bats, he had 49 extra base hits (27-2b, 1-3b, 21-hr). This year, 1 xbh per 84 ab, last year 1 xbh per 11 ab. He has to snap out of it, doesn't he? His average is terrible (.238) but pales in comparison to how bad his (.506) ops is. I know everyone would like to blame Bill Stoneman for Hillenbrand, but if Juan Rivera doesn't play winter ball (and break his leg), we wouldn't be talking about Hillenbrand.
Mike Scioscia still tied. Scioscia has 625 wins as Angels manager and is tied with Bill Rigney for most in club history. Here's a look at all the Angels managers who have reached 200 career wins.
Bill Rigney 625-707 .469 1961-69
Mike Scioscia 625-537 .538 2000-present
Gene Mauch 379-332 .533 1981-82, 1985-87
Jim Fregosi 237-249 .488 1978-81
Doug Rader 232-216 .518 1989-91
Lefty Phillips 222-225 .497 1969-71
Terry Collins 220-237 .481 1997-99
Ervin Santana pitches o.k. And for Santana, "o.k." on the road would usually be good enough. He pitched six scoreless innings until giving up the 3-run home run in the bottom of the seventh. In his six scoreless, he continually worked out of jams, with Royals on base every inning. He took the loss, but it was his best road start of the year.
Erick Aybar looks good. And better yet, he looks comfortable. With all of the "prospect hype" on Brandon Wood, Howie Kendrick and Jered Weaver, Aybar has been able to fly under the radar. His numbers are good - .315 avg - but it's his defense that has really been impressive. He's playing second base like he's played there his whole career, rather than someone who made a switch in spring training. He has also hit safely in 12 of his past 13 games.
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