This Week in Angels Baseball - Boston sent home Red

By Victor Varadi - Angelswin.com Columnist

This Week in Angels Baseball

Overall Record: 60-38
Games Ahead: 9
Week Record: 3-0

Week in Review: The week began by finishing off the first half of the season. The Angels sent Joe Saunders, Ervin Santana and Francisco Rodriguez to the All Star Game. The Red Sox sent half their squad to an All Star Game that has long since been nothing more than a popularity contest. The Angels got some of their best players off their feet and it showed as the break ended and John Lackey took the mound for the start of the 2nd half. Lackey wobbled early against the Red Sox, giving up 2 quick runs after the Angels staked him to a 1st inning 3-run lead. Then Manny Ramirez catapulted a home run over the big wall in right-center field. But big John bounced back and struck out the next 2 batters, getting his 1,000th career strikeout in the process, and cruised through 3 more innings. John's final line: 7 innings, 6 k's, 3 earned runs. more...