Ervin Santana should have gotten the loss for this game for giving up four in the fourth. That he did not was testament to the tenacity of the Angels offense, which managed to tie the game, one lousy run at a time until the eighth. I was screaming hell at Santana just about continuously in ...

1st Inning, two outs, nobody on. A-Hole Announcer: "Well the Angels saw a different Jon Lester and maybe the Red Sox are seeing a different Ervin Santana." Five minutes later: 4-0 Red Sox. And f@%k Frank TV. And Giambi.

Quick MLB Bets... Los Angeles Angels -134 over the Boston Red Sox Ervin Santana (R) Ervin Santana should've started game 1, and I see the Angles getting back on track here. Both pitchers have stuggled vs the opposing offenses, but expect Santana to have a good at home and LA's bats to get to ...

Chone Figgins, 3B Garret Anderson, LF Mark Teixeira, 1B Vladimir Guerrero, DH Torii Hunter, CF Juan Rivera, RF Howie Kendrick, 2B Jeff Mathis, C Erick Aybar, SS --- Ervin Santana, P

If you are wondering who has the upper hand in today’s playoff games, take LAA and CWS. Ervin Santana goes to the mound for LAA today against the Red Sox, and he has simply broken out. In September and October, he posted K/BB ratios of 8.0 and 7.8, respectively. In fact, these two ...

Tonight’s starter for the Angels, Ervin Santana, a man who helped destroy my fantasy season last year came on this year remarkably well, pitching extremely efficiently and getting 214 strikeouts. Interestingly, according to his wikipedia page , Santana’s real name is actually ...

GAME 2 – ERVIN SANTANA v THE WALK MACHINE Ervin Santana (214 strikeouts to 47 walks in 219 innings) is LAA’s best pitcher. Last week I was out in Seattle when he dominated the Mariners, albeit mostly an AAA lineup less Ichiro and Ibanez. ES locates his mid-90’s fastball and has an outstanding ...

Chicago White Sox (Mark Buerhle) vs. Tampa Bay (Scott Kazmir), 6:00 PM. Boston (Daisuke Matsuzaka) vs. LA Angels (Ervin Santana), 9:30 PM.

BY JIM DONALDSON Journal Sports Writer ANAHEIM -- Talk about a turnaround. A year ago, Ervin Santana was struggling so badly that the Angels sent him down to Salt Lake. After going 16-8 in 2006, he was only 7-14 last season. But he's returned to form this year -- and then some -- ...