Ervin Santana looks for first win since Aug. 22

By Ben Bolch

Sept. 22, 2009 12 AM PT

VS. NEW YORK YANKEES

When: 7.

Where: Angel Stadium.

On the air: TV: FS West. Radio: 830, 980, 1330.

Pitchers: Ervin Santana vs. Chad Gaudin.

Update: Santana has not recorded a victory since defeating Toronto on Aug. 22, but the right-hander has posted a 3.41 earned-run average over his last five starts. He has also given up three earned runs or fewer in seven of his last eight starts, enhancing his chances of making the Angels’ playoff rotation. Gaudin has not recorded a decision in any of his four starts with the Yankees since being acquired from San Diego. The Angels rocked the right-hander for 10 hits and eight runs in three innings June 12 when he was pitching for the Padres.

-- Ben Bolch

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Ben Bolch has been a Los Angeles Times staff writer since 1999. He is serving his second stint as the UCLA beat writer, which seems fitting since he has covered almost every sports beat except hockey and horse racing. Bolch is also the author of the recently released book “100 Things UCLA Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die.” He previously covered UCLA basketball from 2010-11 before going on to cover the NBA and the Clippers for five years. He happily traded in gobs of hotel points and airline miles to return to cover UCLA basketball and football in the summer of 2016. Bolch was once selected by NBA TV’s “The Starters” as the “Worst of the Week” after questioning their celebrity journalism-style questions at an NBA All-Star game and considers it one of his finer moments.

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