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Angels’ second-half rotation is set

By Mike Hiserman
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The Angels this afternoon announced their starting rotation when the Major League Baseball season resumes -- post All-Star break -- on Thursday.

Right-hander Joel Pineiro (pictured above) will start things off against the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night at 7 in Anaheim. Pineiro has gone at least six innings in each of his last nine starts and has a 6-1 record during that span. Overall, he is 9-6 with a 3.95 earned-run average.

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He will be followed in the rotation by right-hander Jered Weaver, left-hander Joe Saunders, right-hander Ervin Santana and left-hander Scott Kazmir.

The Angels’ left-handers have been struggling. Kazmir has lost his last four starts, his ERA ballooning from 5.08 to 6.92 during that span as he gave up 30 earned runs in 19 2/3 innings. Saunders has dropped three of his last four decisions.

--Mike Hiserman

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Mike Hiserman

Mike Hiserman is former Sports editor of the Los Angeles Times. He wrote for the Long Beach Press Telegram and Orange County Register before joining The Times in 1982 and won an Associated Press Sports Editors award for investigative reporting on betting scams. Hiserman has been Sports editor of The Times’ San Fernando Valley and Orange County editions. He retired in November 2020.

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