Posted 10:42 AM by Sean
Up, down, up, down. The Angels swept the Dodgers in Anaheim over the weekend, and have won four of their last five to bring themselves back to one game over .500. Unfortunately, despite the fact that a win's a win, the three victories over the Dodgers are somewhat misleading. While the Angels' starting pitching limited the Dodgers to just two runs in the three games, the Angels themselves were somewhat mediocre at the plate. They scored just three runs in each of the games, a rate of production that might be sufficient to beat Los Angeles but won't cut it against many other teams. Granted, the Dodgers themselves have some pretty excellent pitching, but at the moment the Angels rank just seventh in the AL in OPS and 10th in runs scored. With Brad Fullmer out for the season just after coming out of a slump, the onus is on everyone else - particularly Shawn Wooten and Jeff DaVanon, who figure to get the bulk of Fullmer's playing time - to pick up the slack.