It was a tough start for Jered Weaver as he took on the Yankees but he got it together and helped the Yankees to another defeat. The Angels are such a great team both offensively and pitching wise. They could have ven been better if it were not for a pathetic drunk driver.
The saddest story of the first half of the season has to be the unnecessary death of Nick Adenhart. After pitching 6 scoreless innings against the Oakland A's on April the 8th, the future looked very bright. He was a top prospect for the Angels and was very close friends with Jered Weaver. The entire team has played so well this season despite working through the tragedy of Adenhart's untimely and traumatic death.
Weaver picked up his 10th win of the season despite his slow start. He pitched 6 innings striking out 9 and allowing just the three early runs. It must be nice to pitch in front of an offense that can generate some serious run production. This win takes Weaver into the all star break with a career record of 45-22. He is a winner and will be for a long time.
Johan Santana finally got some rare run support. In his last 10 starts he has pitched well in all but one, but it has been W-W-L-W-L-L-W-L-L-W, but maybe it should have read that he was 9-1 in his last 10 starts. Maybe he figured he had better pitch a shutout if he was going to guarantee a win. Thats what he did. Against the Reds he hurled 7 innings of shutout ball giving up 5 hits and picking up 5 K's.This win gives Johan, probably the best Venezuelan player in some time 119 career wins.
Matt Cain took the line drive off his elbow but the x ryas have come back negative so hopefully we will see Matt back in action after the all star break, too bad he won't be in the game because Matt Cain is indeed an all star.
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