On a night to commemorate the ever improving Erick Aybar with a Bobble Head, the Angels lose and it was a bit of a heart breaker. Jered Weaver carried a one run lead into the eight inning. Smart base running with Aybar and a timely hit Abreu gave the Halos a 1 run lead which was followed up with Morales Home Run driving in Matsui. The night was looking great. Even Jason Bulger looked good in the eight, holding the advancing Tigers. But with the Ninth inning came chaos!
It was well documented that Mike Scioscia was going to put Fuentes out there. It was no surprise to anyone, well at least not to me. I even added Fuentes to my fantasy baseball team, because I expected him to be plopped right back into his closer role. Scioscia is well known for his loyalty to his guys. Fuentes who was the league saves leader was expected to close out this one run game. However, Fuentes also blew a lot of saves last year. And he did it again. I feel for the guy. He is coming back from an injury and just didn't look like he was right. Maybe a few more bullpen session in Rancho could have helped. It doesn't the fans frustration with Fuentes, when Rodney has just had 5 scoreless 9th Innings in a row. I kept thinking that although Fuentes blew the save, maybe he'd set himself up for a relief win, by getting out the inning. And a case of a bad swing at a bad pitch just so happened to work out in the favor of the Tigers. Fuentes job at closer is secure for now, but I think the Angel faithful believe Rodney would have closed it out.
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