[0] DODGERS CASTOFF SHUTS DOWN ANGELS TORONTO 9, ANGELS 3.Byline: Gordon Verrell Staff Writer ANAHEIM - Just when it seemed as if the Angels had rediscovered their long-lost offense with their 14-run, 16-hit outburst the other day in Detroit, along came Toronto left-hander Chris Michalak Christian Matthew Michalak (born January 4, 1971 in Joliet, Illinois) is a Major League/Minor League baseball player with the Washington Nationals. See also
This is a 30-year-old guy, mind you, who'd pitched for a half dozen organizations the past eight years, mostly in the low, low minors. He did get a taste of the majors three years ago at Arizona, but his earned run average earned run average n. Baseball Abbr. ERA A measure of a pitcher's performance obtained by dividing the total of earned runs allowed by the total of innings pitched and multiplying by nine. Noun 1. for his 5 1/3 innings work there was a little too high - 11.81 - and it was back to the bushes. Against the Angels Tuesday night at Edison Field, Michalak lobbed his tantalizing tan·ta·lize tr.v. tan·ta·lized, tan·ta·liz·ing, tan·ta·liz·es To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach. assortment of pitches, only occasionally breaking 80 mph on the speed gun, and emerged with a 9-3 win. The Blue Jays, who ended a losing streak A Losing Streak is the third episode of series 2 of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses. It was first broadcast on 4 November 1982. Synopsis Del Boy, Rodney, and Grandad are making some sort of cheap perfume just to earn money after Del has been losing most of at six games, backed Michalak well, pounding a trio of Angels pitchers for 15 hits. Carlos Delgado This article is about the baseball player. For the Venezuelan president, see Carlos Delgado Chalbaud. Carlos Juan Delgado Hernández (born June 25, 1972 in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball first baseman for the New York Mets. slugged his 15th and 16th home runs, and former Dodger Raul Mondesi hit his 10th, as the struggling Angels fell for the fifth time in seven games and dropped four games below .500. They were thoroughly handcuffed by Michalak, who has more releases than he has big-league wins. His latest release was just last year, when the Dodgers let him go even though he was 11-3 at Triple-A Albuquerque. Something about 80-mph pitchers getting little respect. It wasn't until David Eckstein David Mark Eckstein, (born January 20, 1975 in Sanford, Florida), is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the St. Louis Cardinals. He is noted for his size, as he is a small (for professional sports) 5' 7", but weighs 175 pounds. homered with two out in the seventh that the Angels even managed to score against Michalak, who improved to 4-2. Until then, he'd limited the Angels to three hits. The lack of offense - and defense and pitching, too, at times - cost Angels manager Mike Scioscia Ismael Valdes
The Blue Jays got a run in the second inning and should have had more, except Brad Fullmer Bradley Ryan Fullmer is a major league baseball player who bats left handed and throws right handed. He was born January 17, 1975 in Chatsworth, California. Fullmer last played at the Major League level during the 2004 season with the Texas Rangers. slipped rounding second base on Vernon Wells' apparent single to right and was tagged out. The oversight ended up costing Wells a hit - it was ruled a fielder's choice - and the Blue Jays a run when Darrin Fletcher doubled to right, scoring only Wells. In the third, the Blue Jays added three more runs, all after two were out - and after Darin Erstad lost Fullmer's fly ball to center. Instead of the third out, the ball fell for a run-scoring double. Singles by Tony Batista and Wells followed and, suddenly, the Blue Jays were up 4-0. They made it 7-0 in the fourth, again after two were out, on back-to-back doubles by Alex Gonzalez and Raul Mondesi and Delgado's American League-leading 15th home run. It was just the second homer allowed by Valdes - but the second in as many starts. Valdes was raked for a season-high 11 hits, and the seven runs he allowed were within one of what he'd given up his previous four starts combined. His earned-run average jumped from 2.81, best on the Angels' staff, to 4.03. Lou Pote took over in the seventh but immediately gave up Delgado's second homer. ``The guy is an offensive machine,'' Scioscia said of Delgado. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Toronto's Brad Fullmer, right, a Montclair Prep graduate, is tagged out by the Angels shortstop Benji Gil during Tuesday night's game at Edison Field. Chris Urso/Associated Press |
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