Posted 10:41 AM by Sean
Here's a bit of unhappy serendipity: a few days ago I mentioned Babe Ruth getting caught stealing to end the 1926 World Series, and last night Eric Owens is caught stealing to end the Angels-Rangers game. Owens was caught on the first pitch of a 2-out, top-of-the-ninth at-bat by Garret Anderson...who led the majors in doubles last year.

All in all a rather frustrating night (though I didn't drive to the Ballpark and attack an umpire because of it). The Angels looked like they would blow it open early, but just couldn't get that pivotal hit when they needed to - up 2-0 in the third, with runners on the corners, Fullmer grounded into an inning-ending double play, and that seemed to set the tone. Which would have been fine, but for Washburn's one inning of trouble: the fifth, in which Texas scored all five of their runs, four of them on consecutive two-out base hits.

Tonight your humble correspondent takes to the stands. It'll be John Lackey vs. Chan Ho Park, both of whom have been a little schizophrenic this season in terms of their performance, so anything could happen.