Palms 8, Angels 5

The Palms steamrolled young stud pitcher Matt Shoemaker on Monday evening, sending 11 to the plate and scoring b runs. The Palms had the biggest hit from Nick Markakis, who, with his team already ahead 2-0, launched a ball into the right field plaza for a grand slam. After that, the Angels bullpen did very well, but even an 8th inning meltdown from Kyle Blume wasn't enough to allow the Angels back into the game, and the Palms took the series opener.

 Miami Palms 8, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 5
 Monday, September 15, 2014


 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2-2)                      Miami Palms (73-77)                                    
 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave     
 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---     
 K Calhoun rf    3  0  1  0  2  1  3  0  0  0   .200      C Crisp cf      4  1  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  3   .306
 M Trout cf      5  0  0  0  0  0  2  0  0  6   .235      C Johnson 3b    5  0  1  0  0  2  2  3  0  1   .279
 A Pujols 1b     4  2  1  1  1  0  7  0  0  0   .313      S Drysdale dh   5  1  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   .294
 H Kendrick 2b   4  1  1  0  1  0  1  0  0  0   .333      F Sohn lf       5  2  2  2  0  0  8  0  0  2   .269
 E Aybar ss      4  1  1  1  0  1  0  1  0  0   .250      K Johnson 2b    4  1  2  0  0  1  0  1  0  1   .279
 D Freese 3b     4  0  0  0  0  2  2  2  0  3   .200      B Dupont 1b     3  1  1  1  1  0  7  1  0  1   .289
 B Boesch dh     4  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0   .000      N Markakis rf   3  1  1  4  1  1  1  0  0  0   .263
 H Conger c      4  1  3  3  0  0  6  0  0  0   .300      T Abreu ss      4  1  1  1  0  1  0  1  0  0   .297
 E Navarro lf    3  0  1  0  1  1  2  0  0  0   .333      C Ruiz c        4  0  2  0  0  0  7  0  0  0   .246

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---           
 Totals          35 5  8  5  5  6  24 7  0  9             Totals          37 8  13 8  3  5  27 7  0  8 


                                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9      R  H  E
                                       -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -
 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim         0  0  1  0  0  0  0  4  0      5  8  0 
 Miami Palms                           7  0  0  1  0  0  0  0         8  13 0 



 LOB- Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 9, Miami Palms 8; 2B- C Crisp(30); 3B- H Conger(1);
 HR- A Pujols(1), H Conger(1), N Markakis(18), F Sohn(31), T Abreu(14); RBI- A Pujols(1),
 E Aybar(2), H Conger 3(4), B Dupont(73), N Markakis 4(67), F Sohn 2(99), T Abreu(68);
 RLSP- M Trout 3, D Freese 2, C Johnson, C Crisp, F Sohn; 

 
 


 Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 M Shoemaker(L 1-1)                       2.0  7  7  7  2  1    7.20 
 J Thatcher                               2.0  2  1  1  0  2    4.50 
 V Pestano                                2.0  2  0  0  1  1    0.00 
 J Smith                                  2.0  2  0  0  0  1    4.50 

 Miami Palms                              IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 K Blume(W 12-9)                          8.0  8  5  5  5  6    3.89 
 M Parra(S,35)                            1.0  0  0  0  0  0    2.08 

 Pitches-strikes- M Shoemaker 54-27, J Thatcher 18-15, V Pestano 30-16, J Smith 21-13,
 K Blume 117-68, M Parra 3-3; Batters faced- M Shoemaker 15, J Thatcher 8, V Pestano 9,
 J Smith 8, K Blume 38, M Parra 3;

 HBP- E Aybar(by K Blume); 

Player of the Game: Nick Markakis.

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