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Weaver (7-8) was victimized by his own fielding error with one out in the fifth inning that allowed Matt Kemp to reach first.
Kemp's spinning squibber rolled to the right of the mound and Weaver rushed toward first base to grab the ball, but bobbled it.
this was an egregious mistake by the official scorer. the ball was a little swinging bunt tapped toward first base. weaver came flying over to make the play, but he missed a glove-only pickup.
the only problem is that the rulebook clearly states that if the hitter is safe after putting the ball in such a place that it's a difficult play for the fielder, he is to be credited with a hit.
one of ESPN's talking heads was bleating about how scorers want the first hit to be "a clean base hit" so that a potential no-hitter isn't broken up by a questionable play, but that strikes me as BS. the official scorer's job is to record the events that take place on the field. this was a base hit
by the rulebook; whether the angels won or lost a no-hitter shouldn't even be a topic for conversation.