Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Another No Hitter and Dan Haren's Painful Angels Debut

Tampa Bay has known for a while now that it's the year of the pitcher being victim to 2 no hitters already this season: Dallas Braden's perfect game and Edwin Jackson's no hitter. Now it was their turn to make history. Matt Garza of the Rays went out with his best fastball and threw the 5th no hitter of the season and the first one ever for the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays won by a final of 5-0 over the Detroit Tigers. Garza threw 120 pitches, 6 k's and 1 BB in his historic bout. Maybe not as newsworthy as it once was earlier this year but still impressive.

Meanwhile, Dan Haren made his debut for the Angels against the Red Sox. Haren was just acquired by the Angels through a trade on Sunday and was already pitching for his new team the next day. It didn't go so well. He allowed 2 runs when in the fifth inning he got hit with a line drive shot from Kevin Youkilis and had to leave the game with a bruised forearm on his pitching arm. His arm will be further examined today. Meanwhile, he got the loss as the Red Sox won, 6-3. The Angels traded 4 guys including Joe Saunders to get Haren and their investment almost goes down the tube on the first day. The Angels might be looking at snake eyes this year if Haren is placed on the DL for a long period of time, though it doesn't seem likely.

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