After a nice start, the Angels’ offense as a whole has gone into the tank big-time recently and that helps explain Wells’ paltry run total. Of course, a .224 OBP is a pretty darned good reason why he’s scoring less than a UNIX programmer with four-inch thick glasses. Of greater concern has been Wells’ complete lack of productivity. The dude is batting fifth (and sometimes cleanup) in Los Angeles’ lineup yet has only driven in five freaking runs all season. He’s hitting .146 with runners on base and .174 with RISP. Yikes.

Well, that’s exactly what’s he’s been so far, and on Tuesday he limited the suddenly hot Red Sox to five hits and one run over six quality innings to earn his fourth win of the young season, making the lefty the first rookie in Oriole history to win that many games in April.

The White Sox got swept in Detroit this weekend, but they weren’t just beaten – they were humiliated 21-3 over the three games, getting shut out the last two games and running their current skid to 10 losses in 11 games. Things don’t get any easier with a four-game set on tap in New York against a Yankee team that’s in first in the AL East and has played quite well lately.