Final
Kazmir, offense lead Angels to rout of Detroit
Aug 8, 2010 - 2:51 AMVideo
That doesn't mean Angels manager Mike Scioscia thought Saturday's 10-1 win was meaningless.
Scioscia was pleased with the performance of Scott Kazmir, who allowed one unearned run in five innings in his return from the disabled list.
"We're talking about a guy that, if he pitches to his potential, will be a Cy Young candidate," Scioscia said. "This season hasn't gone as scripted, but he has never given up, and you saw that again tonight."
Kazmir (8-9) had lost four straight starts before being sidelined on July 10 with shoulder fatigue. Against Detroit, he gave up three hits and a walk, striking out three as the Angels clinched their first road series victory since June 16-18 against the Cubs.
"It felt really good to go out there, pitch five innings and feel like I was able to work my stuff," he said. "I've got better strength and range of movement in my shoulder, and I also worked on some mechanical stuff while I was out. I think tonight was a combination of all that."
Scioscia told Kazmir before the game that he would only go five innings, which worked out well.
"By the time I got to the fifth inning, I was starting to drag a bit," he said. "It's been a while since I've thrown 75 pitches, but I'll be stronger for my next start."
The Tigers have lost four straight and seven of eight.
"Don't take anything away from Kazmir, because he was very good, but we are making a lot of pitchers look very good right now," said Tigers manager Jim Leyland. "It is tough what we are going through right now, but that is part of the game."
They got only 4 1-3 innings out of Jeremy Bonderman (6-7), who allowed four runs on four hits and four walks while pitching on three days of rest.
The Angels broke open a 2-1 game with five runs in the fifth, taking advantage of sloppy pitching and fielding. Bobby Abreu led off with a walk, took second on a wild pitch and scored on Alberto Callapso's single.
Brad Thomas replaced Bonderman, but walked Hideki Matusi before allowing an RBI double to Maicer Izturis, making it 4-0. Eddie Bonine didn't have any more success, giving up a walk and Mike Napoli's RBI single.
Bonine appeared to be out of the inning when Bobby Wilson grounded to shortstop Ramon Santiago, but he juggled the ball and then threw wildly to first while trying to complete the double play, allowing two runs to score.
"I thought Bondo did a great job - he worked his fanny off, and I was proud of him," Leyland said. "Our bullpen just didn't get things shut down."
Abreu led off the game with a double. Bonderman retired the next two batters, but walked Matsui and Izturis before Juan Rivera lined a two-run single to left-center.
The Tigers got a run back in the bottom of the inning when Austin Jackson singled off Kazmir's glove and advanced to second when the pitcher threw wildly to first. Kazmir then threw a wild pitch, putting Jackson on third before he scored on Ryan Raburn's groundout.
Napoli added a two-run double in the seventh, making it 9-1, and Erick Aybar homered in the eighth.
"Obviously, we had a pretty good offensive night," Scioscia said. "Izzy was great, and so was Mike Napoli. We had a lot of guys helping us score runs tonight."
Notes: Torii Hunter was a late scratch from the Angels lineup when he received a four-game suspension for his outburst Friday night. Hunter, who threw a bag of balls onto the field after being ejected, chose not to appeal the suspension. ... The Angels placed reliever Rich Thompson (shoulder) on the disabled list to make room for Kazmir. ... Callaspo got a single in the eighth inning after second-base umpire Tom Hallion ruled that RF Brennan Boesch had trapped his sinking liner. Replays, though, showed that Boesch caught the ball cleanly.
- Tigers 1, Angels 10 - FINAL
LA ANGELS ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
B Abreu lf 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 .254
R Willits lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281
E Aybar ss 5 1 2 1 0 2 2 .278
A Callaspo 3b-2b 4 1 3 1 1 0 1 .280
H Matsui dh 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 .244
M Izturis 2b 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 .241
va-B Wo
Aug 7 9:55 PM - AL
AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
SOLO HOME RUN BY ERICK AYBAR (5) TO RIGHT CENTER WITH 0 OUT
IN THE 8TH OFF ENRIQUE GONZALEZ.
CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 10, DETROIT 1
DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: A CALLASPO (.278, 2-FOR-3, BB, RBI)
Angels 10, Tigers 1 Top 8, 0 OutsAug 7 9:29 PM - AL
AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY MIKE NAPOLI SCORED JUAN RIVERA AND MAICER IZTURIS
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M NAPOLI ON SECOND, 0 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 9
DETROIT 1 TOP,7TH
DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: B WILSON (.219, 1-FOR-3, RBI)
Angels 9, Tigers 1 Top 7, 0 OutsAug 7 9:11 PM - AL
AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
ERROR BY RAMON SANTIAGO ALLOWED JUAN RIVERA TO SCORE.
SITUATION: 5 RUNS IN, B WILSON ON FIRST, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 7
DETROIT 1 TOP,5TH
DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: P BOURJOS (.125, 0-FOR-2)
Angels 7, Tigers 1 Top 5, 0 OutsAug 7 8:44 PM - AL
AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY MIKE NAPOLI SCORED MAICER IZTURIS AND HIDEKI
MATSUI
SITUATION: 4 RUNS IN, M NAPOLI ON FIRST, J RIVERA ON SECOND, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 6
DETROIT 1 TOP,5TH
DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: B WILSON (.222, 1-FOR-2)
Angels 6, Tigers 1 Top 5, 0 OutsAug 7 8:41 PM - AL
AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
DOUBLE BY MAICER IZTURIS SCORED ALBERTO CALLASPO
SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, M IZTURIS ON SECOND, H MATSUI ON THIRD, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 4
DETROIT 1 TOP,5TH
DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: J RIVERA (.262, 1-FOR-2, 2 RBI)
Angels 4, Tigers 1 Top 5, 0 OutsAug 7 8:33 PM - AL
AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
SINGLE BY ALBERTO CALLASPO SCORED BOBBY ABREU
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A CALLASPO ON FIRST, 1 OUT
CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 3
DETROIT 1 TOP,5TH
DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: H MATSUI (.245, 0-FOR-1, BB)
Angels 3, Tigers 1 Top 5, 0 OutsAug 7 8:26 PM - AL
AT DETROIT - SCORING UPDATE
GROUND OUT BY RYAN RABURN SCORED AUSTIN JACKSON
SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, NONE ON, 2 OUTS
CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 2
DETROIT 1 BOTTOM,1ST
DUE UP FOR DETROIT: M CABRERA (.344, 26 HR, 93 RBI)
Angels 2, Tigers 1 Bot 1, 0 OutsAug 7 7:27 PM - AL
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
- - - - - - - - - - - -
LA ANGELS 2 2 2 0
DETROIT 0 0 0 (BOT 1)
CURRENT PITCHERS: LAA - SCOTT KAZMIR
DET - JEREMY BONDERMAN
DUE UP FOR DETROIT: A JACKSON (.305, 1 HR, 24 RBI)
R SANTIAGO (.278, 2 HR, 15 RBI)
R RABURN (.213, 3 HR, 26 RBI)
Angels 2, Tigers 0 Bot 1, 0 OutsAug 7 7:18 PM
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