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ANAHEIM – Angels manager Mike Scioscia spent nearly 15 minutes discussing the heart of his team's batting order with reporters before Saturday's 12-9 win over the Chicago White Sox. Scioscia had used the same lineup in the No. 2 through No.5 spots...

Despite the SBN issues, we still managed to get the pregame picks in. If only the Angels found a way to MiHaloFan eked a win with 10 points this week. edison8 and LanaBanana just missed out by scoring only 9. steelgolf and jallison86 wraps up the top 5 with 8 points a piece. Full results are here. Meanwhile, rmhalofan dominance continues as his lead has ballooned once again to a nice comfortable lead of 7 over steelgolf. Last on the medal podium is angelslogic and bc56274! 3 others are tied for 5th... Full results are here.

ANAHEIM – It took nearly four hours, a comeback after being down 4-0 and double digits in runs, but the Angels finally gave the fans their money's worth Saturday. They beat the White Sox, 12-9, starting in front an announced crowd of 37,165 and...

Where: Angel Stadium TV: Fox Sports West Did you know: Catcher Chris Iannetta drew four walks in Saturday's game for the second time this season, joining center fielder Fred Lynn as the only other player in franchise history to accomplish the feat....

ANAHEIM – Angels pitcher Ryan Brasier grew up two hours northwest of Dallas in a fairly rural part of Texas, but he never spent any notable amount of time around farm animals growing up, and he had definitely never milked a cow. That changed wholly...

By now, it's exceedingly well known: Angels outfielder Mike Trout had an incredible rookie season in 2012. The crazy thing is, using sabermetric statistics, you could make a pretty good argument that Trout has been even better offensively this...

ANAHEIM – The Angels received quality pitching performances from their starting pitchers on Thursday and Friday but couldn't generate enough offense to beat the Chicago White Sox.With Joe Blanton – who has surrendered the most hits of any pitcher...

This is the kind of game that drives Angels fans crazy. The start of the game brought with all the usual heartbreak of a Joe Blanton start. Then all of a sudden an unknown reliever bails them out and the offense starts hitting the cover off the ball. Just when it looks like a laugher, the bullpen comes in and mucks it all up as the opposing team storms back. Finally, the Halos add on a couple of late runs to take a very much needed victory. A wild, weird way to win a ballgame. Angels 12 White Sox 9 Game Notes -- Joe Blanton is officially the worst pitcher in baseball. Did you know that he gives up almost 2 hits an inning? Todfay he surrendered a hit to every other batter he faced! Let that sink in for a minute...The White Sox had at least two runners on in every inning he pitched in. How he still has a job is beyond me. There was a report there were loud bangs out of the Angels walkway after he exited the dugout...hopefully it was the clubkhouse attendant taking care of the problem. -- Hooray for the Halo offense though. The Angels picked up their beleagured pitching staff by putting on an offensive show. Trumbo and Callaspo both went deep and JB Shuck stirred the drink with a bases loaded walk and a two run double. Special shout out to Chris Ianetta, forever now known as "The Walker" -- If a White Sox batter doesn't take on in the ass tomorrow I will be severly disappointed. The White Sox have been headhunting on MIke Trout all series and today he got hit and almost beaned in the head. This is a code thing, you cannot have a team throwing at your best player. It really should be AJ Piersynski, but he plays someplace else now. So I vote for Alexei Ramirez, though I'm afraid the ball might miss him altogether since he is the size of a supermodel. -- Then there was the adventures of the bullpen. I think we all agree the Garrett Richards reliever thing is not working. Richards is a starter and needs to be treated as such. His work in the pen is all over the place and he seems to always give up runs. Ernesto Frieri gave up a three run homer but at least he nailed down the save. But the bullpen hero is unsung Robert Coello. Dude came in and bailed Blanton out and then pitched one more strong inning of relief. I think somewhere between all these relievers is a decent bullpen, but it's up to Mike Scioscia to figure it out. Halo Hero I have often overlooked Alberto Callaspo since he is not the prototypical thrid baseman. But his defense is fair and every once and awhile he lucks into a big game at the plate. But he is really representative of what this team needs. They need big performances from all the guys on the roster. Sure it helps when the big boys thump their way to glory, but more often than not, it's the other guys that will save the day.

This game was close, then the Angels had a cushioned lead, then the White Sox made it close yet again. Eventually, the Angels were able to win. And it all started with Joe Blanton for the Angels, so how did he fare? Well, in usual fashion he allowed four runs and gave up eleven hits in just over four innings. Just a Joe Blanton type of game. After Joe Blanton's usual outing, Robert Coello, Dane De La Rosa, Garrett Richards, and Ernesto Frieri followed. As for the Angels hitting, they swung the bat fairly well -- combining for twelve hits. The White Sox did even batter by garnering seventeen. Alberto Callaspo led the offense with five RBIs on two hits. Josh Hamilton even came in for one at bat and got himself a hit. Hopefully the offensive explosion stays while the pitching staff closes up the hit factory. Record: 16-27