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Nothing To See Here, Move On: Rays 2, Angels 0

Hard to blame Joe Saunders for his first loss of the season when he pitched six frames of one-run ball. He walked more than you'd like to see (or than he struck out: 4 walks, 3 strikeouts), but he did a fine job. The real villains were the absence of Chone Figgins and Howie Kendrick, a slumping Vlad, and a manager who assumes that Gary Matthews, Jr. should be playing ahead of Reggie Willits, especially at leadoff. Willits, in 518 plate appearances last year, had an outstanding more...