DETROIT -- Forty-one active position players have been called upon to pitch in a Major League game, and three of them -- Drew Butera, Skip Schumaker and Josh Wilson -- have done so on more than two occasions.
None of them have done that with the Angels, though.
Mike Scioscia has been the Angels' manager since the 2000 season, and not once has he used a position player to pitch in a blowout, a move teams frequently turn to as a means to conserve a bullpen.
But he recently came close.
When Huston Street took the mound in the ninth inning of what ended up being a 12-5 blowout loss to the Blue Jays on Sunday, infielder Ryan Jackson began to warm up just in case the inning prolonged.