The truth of the adage that defense and pitching wins baseball games was driven home in the Ms 4-3 win over the Angels tonight. And the contrast to the bad pitching and ugly defense of the last few game made really clear.
Mike Leake pitched a beautiful game, just 5 hits and 2 runs over seven innings. His mix of pitches was superb and, except for back-to-back homers to Trout and Ohtani (no sin in this world, these are the guys who can beat you) he handled the Angels line-up easily. The M's were aided by some eye-popping d: Murphy throwing out a runner, Haniger’s full body layout catch in right-center and Seager's bare-handed throw off a ninth inning squibber. And Bass got the save taking care of the last four Angels in an inning and a third.
Been awhile, but this is what real, winning baseball looks like and, by golly, it just makes you feel good to watch it.
Game ball goes to Tom Murphy who caught an excellent contest. He and Leake work so well together. And he can hit - a double, a couple of inches short of a homer, followed by an opposite field blast that did go for a home run. Also, so satisfying to see Jay Bruce hit his 300th career home run, which just happened to make the difference for the win.
Nicely done.
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