[0] MARINERS' RODRIGUEZ RIPS PAST THE ANGELS : SEATTLE 10, ANGELS 0.Byline: Frank Welch
Frank Welch (1835 – 1878) was a Nebraska Republican politician. He was born at Bunker Hill, Charlestown, Massachusetts on February 10, 1835 and moved to Boston in with his parents. Staff Writer It was announced on Monday that Nomar Garciaparra Anthony Nomar Garciaparra[1] (born July 23, 1973, in Whittier, California) is a Mexican-American baseball player who currently plays third base for the Los Angeles Dodgers. of the Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are a member and currently champions of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball’s American League. From to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park. was voted by the fans as the starting shortstop for the American League American League (AL) One of the two associations of professional baseball teams in the U.S. and Canada designated as major leagues; the other is the National League (NL). for next week's All-Star Game An all-star game is an exhibition game played by the best players in their sports league. The players are often chosen by a popular vote of fans of the sport and the game often occurs at the halfway point of the regular season, although this is not the case for some all-star games in Boston. In a close vote, it was Garciaparra who edged out New York's Derek Jeter  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled until (UTC) due to vandalism. and Cleveland's Omar Vizquel Omar Enrique Vizquel (born April 24, 1967 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball shortstop playing for the San Francisco Giants. Previously, Vizquel played for the Seattle Mariners (1989-93) and the Cleveland Indians (1994-2004). .
Perhaps an early season knee injury has made fans forget about Seattle shortstop Alex Rodriguez. Rodriguez, whether it was his intention or not, sent a powerful message back to the fans with his hitting display as the homer-happy Mariners beat the suddenly-homesick Angels 10-0 Monday night. Rodriguez's message: He still is one of the elite shortstops in baseball. The Mariners' shortstop of the present and future homered twice and singled in providing the 36,987 fans at Edison International Field with some pre-and postgame fireworks fireworks: see pyrotechnics. fireworks Explosives or combustibles used for display. Of ancient Chinese origin, fireworks evidently developed out of military rockets and explosive missiles and accompanied the spread of military explosives westward to . Rodriguez, whose third and fifth inning solo homers were his 15th and 16th of the season, had a lot of help from some familiar names. Ken Griffey Jr., who will make his 10th All-Star appearance next week, also homered - his 28th - as did Edgar Martinez, Russ Davis and John Mabry. The victims of Seattle's third six-homer display this season were spot starter Shigetoshi Hasegawa, recent Triple-A Edmonton call-up Jarrod Washburn, and reliever Al Levine. Hasegawa, a key middle reliever/setup man for the Angels, got the ball in place of injured starter Tim Belcher on Monday night. He was gone after 2-1/3 innings - giving up long balls to Griffey, Martinez (a 430-foot blast to left-center) and Rodriguez. The left-handed Washburn was tagged by Russ Davis (his 17th) and Rodriguez. And Mabry took Levine off the wall in right-center field in the seventh. The six homers allowed by Angels pitchers were the most since the club allowed eight to Oakland on June 27, 1996. Seattle's one-sided effort is the fourth such home showing by the Angels. Anaheim, now nine games behind Texas 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. , was outscored 32-5 in three straight home losses to the Rangers last week. While Seattle added to its already well-documented reputation as a team of run-producers, the Mariners also had to be pleased with the outing of once-struggling left-hander Jeff Fassero. He struck out eight Angels while surrendering just three hits over the first 7-2/3 innings. The Angels' only early sniff at a rally came in the second inning. Steve Decker, making a rare start at the designated-hitter spot, singled to open the second and Troy Glaus followed with a walk. Matt Walbeck singled sharply to right field one out later. While Decker was being held at third base by coach Larry Bowa, Glaus wandered too far off of second base. Right fielder Mabry's throw home was cut off by first baseman David Segui, who then caught Glaus and threw to Rodriguez for the inning's second out. Gary DiSarcina struck out to end the inning and the Angels' only threat to that point. CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO Anaheim's Shigetoshi Hasegawa wipes his brow after giving up his fourth run in three innings against the Mariners. Michael Caulfield/Associated Press |
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