Boxscore Breakdown #112: Rodon’t – White Sox 3, Angels 0

So we’re doing this again, huh? The whole “Trout and Pujols aren’t hitting, so the Angels aren’t scoring” thing? For the third time in seven games and the fifth time since the All-Star break, the Angels got shutout. They’ve faced some very tough pitchers in that time and Carlos Rodon certainly had the look of being one of those pitchers now and on into the future. I guess you could say that when the Halos face Carlos, they Rodon’t score against him. The don’t score against a lot of teams, but that isn’t nearly as punny and giving me fodder for puns is just about all that this lineup is good for right now.

White Sox 3, Angels 0

Run Expectancy Rundown
[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”spreadsheets/d/1sHmUo3KqxoJ5PfYpF6etXWzdQvmGKmBNFc7lX4oT_kI/pubchart” query=”oid=1976391661&format=interactive” width=”623″ height=”389″ /] Well, Shane Victorino is holding up his end of the bargain in his platoon arrangement. So the Angels have that going for them at least. Kole Calhoun‘s left-handedness didn’t seem to hinder him though. C.J. Cron even turned in two hits. This all seems like a recipe for the Angels doing some damage except for the part where nobody else did anything at all.

[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”spreadsheets/d/1sHmUo3KqxoJ5PfYpF6etXWzdQvmGKmBNFc7lX4oT_kI/pubchart” query=”oid=1154832181&format=interactive” width=”620″ height=”341″ /] The White Sox didn’t generate much offense either, but they were the beneficiaries of good clustering as seven of their three baserunners came in the bottom of the fourth, culminating with Melky Cabrera‘s two-run double, which was all the Pale Hose needed. Trayce Thompson chipped in with an insurance solo shot, which is interesting only because I am a Golden State Warriors fan and he is the little brother of Klay Thompson.

Starting Pitcher Scores
[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”spreadsheets/d/1sHmUo3KqxoJ5PfYpF6etXWzdQvmGKmBNFc7lX4oT_kI/pubchart” query=”oid=161400381&format=interactive” width=”584″ height=”293″ /] This was a vintage Hector Santiago start, but not in a good way. It was one of those less than six innings starts where he wasn’t good, but wasn’t bad and at least left the Angels in a spot where they should’ve had a shot at winning. The problem is that Carlos Rodon was just mowing down the Halos.

Bullpen Battle
[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”spreadsheets/d/1sHmUo3KqxoJ5PfYpF6etXWzdQvmGKmBNFc7lX4oT_kI/pubchart” query=”oid=1141913419&format=interactive” width=”620″ height=”315″ /] Cory Rasmus locked it down in long relief, so at least the bullpen wasn’t exhausted. The White Sox bullpen got themselves in trouble, but Albert Pujols let them off the hook.

Game Flow
[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”spreadsheets/d/1sHmUo3KqxoJ5PfYpF6etXWzdQvmGKmBNFc7lX4oT_kI/pubchart” query=”oid=41272350&format=interactive” width=”619″ height=”315″ /] As previously mentioned, the only threat the Angels had was the bases loaded abortion in the eighth inning. That was literally the only offensive threat they had.

Halo A-Hole

GIDPujols struck again in one of the most soul crushing ways possible. Albert hasn’t hit in weeks, but now he’s actively destroying offense.