Angels Break The Broom To Avoid The Sweep

Well I can’t say the Angels split the broom into two pieces, but they did crack it. Not a commanding win by any means, but at this point I’ll take it. Boston is definitely not the place you want to be playing when your backs are against the wall and you have to win, but unfortunately that is where the Angels are. Last night, feeling the pressure, the Angels rallied in extra innings and came up with a big 5-4 win over the Red Sox.

The game in my opinion should not have even been close, nor should the Angels have let it go twelve innings. The Angels are again having problems scoring runs, with sixteen hits last night they stranded sixteen runners on base and failed to really break the game wide open. Playing a team like Boston, the Angels need to be able to capitalize and score runs when they’re given the opportunity.

Onto the good news, the player of the game for this one has to be Mike Napoli, hands down. He was directly responsible for three of the five runs scored last night and they came off of two big blasts over the green monster. The first one tied the game at three in the third inning, and the last one a solo shot in the fifth inning gave the Angels the lead. Those two home runs were just what the doctor ordered for the Angels.