Boxscore Breakdown #39: The Iannetta Redemption Tour – Angels 3, Blue Jays 2

Chris Iannetta is back! His awful, terrible, no-good start to the season is slowly becoming a fading memory as the veteran backstop has apparently remembered how to hit. We kind of all figured that would happen sooner or later, but hadn’t counted on it being more towards the later side. It was taking so long that plenty of us had clearly given up on him. Then Chris goes and has a strong offensive performance like this and even contributes on defense with a massive strike ’em out, throw ’em out play that may well have saved the game. Redemption, thy name is Iannetta.

Angels 3, Blue Jays 2

Run Expectancy Rundown
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[googleapps domain=”docs” dir=”spreadsheets/d/16iAVAfwLZyM-aqjqhzsrbae1Lo46X7QEBgrEsn6v7O8/pubchart” query=”oid=1154832181&format=interactive” width=”620″ height=”341″ /] Josh Donaldson was remarkably civil after leading the first inning off with a solo shot. Not a crotch chop or an F-bomb to be seen. There might’ve been some afterwards because Toronto failed to get much offense going and in the two major threats they had, Santiago was able to escape relatively unscathed.

Starting Pitcher Scores
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Bullpen Battle
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Game Flow
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Halo Hero

Welcome back, Chris. We knew you’d find your way sooner or later.