Pujols and Haren

Last night in Seattle the Angels' recent additions came into effect. Dan Haren came to the Angels via trade in 2010 and of course Albert Pujols signed as a free agent in the 2011-2012 off season.

Haren posted a 3.17 ERA in 238.1 innings pitched in 2011 and in 2012 he started off rocky. After last nights game he lowered his ERA to 3.76 after a complete game shutout.

Pujols has been arguably the best player in the major leagues over the past 10 years, but he has not panned out in the first year of his mega-contract with the Angels. Things seems to finally be turning around for Pujols. In last night's game Pujols went 3-4 with a 2 run home run. In his last 10 game Pujols has 4 home runs, 13 hits and  10 RBI's. He is hitting .325 over that span and .225  on the year.

The main story of the game was Haren. Haren struck out 14 Mariners and gave up only 4 hits and 0 walks. Pujols' home runs was his 450th of his career and Haren recorded his 1500th strikeout.