Found July 05, 2009 on 6-4-2: Double Play Blog:
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However the story of this season gets written up, one part of it that has probably been underestimated is Joe Saunders' sudden suck; after April, he's got a 4.61 ERA, and 25 walks in 70.1 IP (prior to today). He added three more walks and six runs to that total today, five earned; the unearned one came thanks to a Howie Kendrick misplay in the top of the third on what should have been a tailor-made double play ball; he ended up getting nobody, and that opened the door to a three-run inning. It was pretty typical for Saunders today, as he gave up a pair of RBI doubles that inning. It's so bad that you wonder whether he's hiding an injury, because he gave up five walks in his last start, and has been over his career 5.2 BB/9 mark this year generally (only just, at 5.3). The Angels tied it up on Vlad's almost totally unexpected two-out homer (season .394 SLG prior to today), and re-tied it in the sixth on Erick Aybar's double. That eventually led to the Angel...
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