On their most recent roadtrip, the Anaheim Angels won 7 out of 9 games - not only putting up an impressive win percentage of .777 over their longest road trip of the season, but also putting up their best record on a roadtrip of that size since 1980. And all the while, they stayed one game back of Texas as the Rangers swept Boston and just couldn't lose. Finally, tonight, the Rangers lost. The Angels won again (they've won 10 of 12) and they are now tied for first place. And while that's all well and good, we all know that rankings don't really matter this early in the season - but the great thing is, they've won 5 out of 6 without one of their best players - Garrett Anderson. Without his power, they've still been able to put up huge run numbers and they look like the team that won the World Series in 2002.

As an aside, the announcers brought up an interesting stat when the Angels hit 9 runs tonight (they ended with 11). So far, through 5 games this season vs. Detroit, the winning team has had 10 runs or more. Just some amazing run production by both sides:

@DET Win 10-4
@DET Loss 10-2
@DET Win 12-3
v.DET Win 11-9
v.DET Win 11-4

Tomorrow is their last game vs. Detroit until Friday, August 13th, and it should be a good game like all the others this season vs. a surprising Detroit team.

URL: ESPN.com - Anaheim Angels - Schedule