Summary
Ervin Santana was made to wear a hula dancer's outfit, complete with grass skirt, in Chicago last week as part of rookie hazing. Saturday night, the Angels hitters made the 22-year-old rookie pitcher squirm for eight innings before rallying for three runs in a 3-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers before a sellout crowd of 43,831 at Angel Stadium.
Santana, who began the season at Double-A Arkansas, has shown the poise of a veteran with his ability to bounce back from rough starts. He went into Saturday's game having lost three of his previous four decisions, but responded with one of his best games at the most critical point of the season.See the full content of this document
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Santana (9-8) gave up one run and four hits and struck out seven in eight strong innings, but until the bottom of the eighth, it appeared his performan...
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