{"id":119472,"date":"2013-05-19T23:42:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T23:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vip.local\/2013\/05\/19\/sunday-funday-thank-the-lord-angels-dirty-white-sox-6-2\/"},"modified":"2013-05-19T23:42:21","modified_gmt":"2013-05-19T23:42:21","slug":"sunday-funday-thank-the-lord-angels-dirty-white-sox-6-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/sunday-funday-thank-the-lord-angels-dirty-white-sox-6-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Funday, Thank the Lord; Angels dirty White Sox 6-2"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\tAfter a rather tumultuous series against the White Sox the Angels managed to keep the final game of the series under their control the entire 9 innings to record a much needed win. New ace of the staff Jason Vargas put up another 0'fer in 7 IP, though he lost his command at times leading to 3 walks in a 114 pitch out, although he did strike out 6. The Angels offense has settled nicely even if Hamilton is still struggling, though he's showing signs of being able to make consistent contact instead of K'ing on 3 pitches every AB. The pitching probably won't settle as nicely as the offense has in the past week, but if Vargas can keep putting up these ridiculously high quality starts the Angels will be in an improved position from a month ago.Once Weaver comes up you can chalk the Angels pitching staff up to being actually serviceable, with ace Weaver leading the charge and the refreshed C.J Wilson manning the #2 spot in the rotation.<\/p>\n
\n\tAny good pitching staff builds itself off of 3 quality starters and having the off-and-on Hanson at 4 is something the team can work with, though Blanton is just something we'll have to deal with for now. Still think Garrett Richards should be pitching 5th since that spot is best used for developing young starters.The Angels are actually a couple steps away from solidifying their rotation, though it's still left to be seen whether or not they can get it together in time. <\/p>\n
\n\tWe can be thankful the Angels pulled together a nice win on a Sunday, something we haven't seen in a good while. Let us rejoice and be glad.<\/p>\n