[0] ANGELS SOAR INTO 1ST PLACE : ANGELS 3, SEATTLE 2.Byline: Joe Haakenson San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. Tribune The Angels will welcome back manager Terry Collins tonight with the best present he could have hoped for - first place. With Tuesday night's 3-2 victory over the Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Mariners have played in Safeco Field. , the Angels took over the lead in the American League West The American League West is one of three divisions in Major League Baseball's American League. The division currently has four teams, but it has had as many as seven teams before the 1994 realignment. by one-half game over the Texas Rangers Texas Rangers, mounted fighting force organized (1835) during the Texas Revolution. During the republic they became established as the guardians of the Texas frontier, particularly against Native Americans. . Collins completed his eight-game suspension Tuesday night for the June 2 fight with Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). . When he began the suspension, the Angels trailed the Rangers by three games. After going 6-2 during Collins' absence, the Angels grabbed the division lead for the first time since April 9. In Collins' place, bench coach Joe Maddon Joseph John Maddon (born February 8 1954, in Hazleton, Pennsylvania) is the current manager of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in Major League Baseball, having been announced to that position on November 15, 2005. , pitching coach Marcel Lachemann Marcel Ernest Lachemann (born June 13, 1941 in Los Angeles, California) is a baseball pitching coach and a former relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. After a three-year stint (1969 - 1971 in the majors, he became the pitching coach for the California Angels in 1984. and third-base coach Larry Bowa ``Those guys in the dugout did a tremendous job,'' said Angels center fielder Jim Edmonds James Patrick "Jim" Edmonds (born June 27, 1970 in Fullerton, California) is a left-handed batter who plays for the St. Louis Cardinals. Edmonds is affectionately known as Jimmy Baseball [1], "Lassie" and as "Hollywood"[2] among Cardinals fans. , who gave the Angels a 2-0 lead in the first inning with a two-run single. ``They let us play and have fun, and it showed. It's a credit to the coaching staff.'' Maddon was the one who formally made all the moves, filled out the lineup cards and made pitching changes. He said he enjoyed the past eight games, but he's not reluctant to give up the spotlight. ``No, it's not my team,'' Maddon said. ``I'm just glad I didn't screw it up while I was here. ``We were just playing well when this (suspensions) all came down. We continued to play well. This whole time was just a continuation of what we've been doing.'' The Angels got another strong outing from starting pitcher Noun 1. starting pitcher - (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; Jason Dickson (7-4), who gave up two runs and seven hits in seven innings to get the win. Most important for Dickson, he didn't walk a batter. After starting the season 1-4, Dickson has won six consecutive decisions, including four in a row as a starter. The Angels bullpen - Mike Holtz, Shigetoshi Hasegawa and Troy Percival - combined to throw two perfect innings to close it out. Percival pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to record his league-leading 21st save. The Angels got all the offense they would need in the first three innings off Mariners starter Bill Swift (6-4) and reliever Bob Wells. Edmonds had a two-run single in the first inning off Swift, who had to leave the game after two innings with a bruised chest muscle. He was hit by a line drive off the bat of Justin Baughman in the second. Matt Walbeck drove in the Angels' third run with a single in the third off Wells. The Angels pitchers did the rest and the team moved into first place. However, there was no celebration in the clubhouse. ``What's the date today? June 16?'' Edmonds asked. ``We've been there before, and out of it. You can't worry about it; it comes and goes.'' Meanwhile, the Mariners have watched helplessly as their season has fallen apart before their eyes. Coming off a division title, the Mariners were supposed to contend for the AL West title but instead are now 12 games behind the Angels and in last place. The problems include a horrible bullpen, the Randy Johnson situation and losing Jay Buhner (knee surgery) for two months. Nothing seems to be getting any better. ``It's a total (expletive) mess,'' Mariners manager Lou Piniella said. ``We can't catch and we can't throw. You just do the best you can and don't complain.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) Alex Rodriguez and the rest of the Mariners couldn't do much damage against the Angels' Jason Dickson (7-4). Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press |
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