Posted 12:10 PM by Sean
Angels 7, Orioles 6. You know, just when I think the starting pitching might be settling down, along come John Lackey and Kevin Appier to angry up the blood again. Appier gave up 5 earned runs and 9 hits in 3.1 innings last night, although to some extent that's misleading due to some sloppy play behind him. Still, this is not good news.

The game was saved by the bullpen and the offense. Shields, Weber, and Schoeneweis combined for 5.2 innings of one-run ball, while the bats provided a relatively robust three home runs (two from Glaus, one from Anderson). Oddly, the Orioles tallied 15 hits to the Angels' 8 - it's pretty rare to get seven fewer hits than the other guys and still win.

Glaus is on a tear lately - he's got a .320 batting average and a 1.210 OPS with three home runs in his last six games, putting his season stats in those categories at .290, .960, and eight. Glausie normally has good power numbers, but hasn't hit above .250 since 2000, when he hit an anomalous .284.