May 28 at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA
Fox Sports West
I've covered Buck Farmer at both the high school and college level and this was the Conyers, Georgia native's third career major league start.
It didn't go well.
Farmer, who was called up from Triple-A Toledo to take the rotation spot of Kyle Lobstein (shoulder), allowed seven earned runs in five innings as Anaheim won 12-2. Farmer retired eight straight batters at one point, but he coughed up home runs to Albert Pujols (two-run shot in the first) and Matt Joyce, who took Farmer's first pitch of the second and hit a no-doubt blast to right field.
The right-hander and 2013 fifth-round draft selection out of Georgia Tech, is 0-2 with an 11.93 ERA in five career major league appearances.
Just so he didn't feel left out, Tom Gorzelanny gave up a grand slam to Chris Iannetta in the seventh to cap the scoring for the Angels.
* Nice start for C.J. Wilson, who walked five but struck out seven and allowed just two hits and a run on a bases loaded hit batsman in the third.
* Also a nice start and finish of Baseball Phrases for play-by-play man Victor Rojas.
His top 5:
5. "Free agent-to-be"
4. "Second time tonight he's had a missile hit his way"
3. "Grand salami time"
2. "A guy they call cash considerations"
1. "Cabrera just falls out of bed hitting rockets"
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