A FIRST FOR QUINLAN, ANGELS NEW FIRST BASEMAN HAS TWO RBIS; L.A. TIES FOR DIVISION LEAD ANGELS 8, TAMPA BAY 4.Byline: DOUG PADILLA Douglas ("Doug") Padilla (born October 4, 1956 in Oakland, California) is a former middle and long distance runner from the United States, who won the overall Grand Prix 1985 and the World Cup 5000m race in 1985. Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- It took nearly four months, but the Angels finally found "Finally Found" was the debut single from the Honeyz. This was their most successful single in the UK and worldwide, securing a number 4 position in the UK singles chart and achieved platinum status in Australia [1] Tracklisting # Title Length their first baseman. Robb Quinlan Robb William Quinlan (born March 17, 1977 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is a Major League Baseball player. He currently plays third base for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Quinlan graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1999, obtaining a degree in marketing and communications. unofficially was given the job Monday after driving in two runs to help the Angels to an 8-4 victory in the opener of a three-game series against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays The Tampa Bay Devil Rays are a professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida, Florida. The Devil Rays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Devil Rays have played in Tropicana Field. . The Angels are back to their winning ways, with a three-game win streak that followed a three-game slide. Those defeats came after a season-high eight-game win streak that vaulted the Angels back into contention 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. . Second baseman second baseman n. Baseball The infielder who is positioned near and to the first-base side of second base. Noun 1. second baseman - (baseball) the person who plays second base second sacker Adam Kennedy For other people with the same name, see Adam Kennedy (disambiguation). Adam Thomas Kennedy (born January 10, 1976 in Riverside, California) is a Major League Baseball player. He currently plays second base for the St. Louis Cardinals. Kennedy attended J.W. drove in three runs for the Angels, who with the victory pulled into a first-place tie with Oakland, which lost at home to Boston on Monday. Quinlan will become the third player to take over the full-time role at first base, although he is expected to move aside and let Howie Kendrick Howard Joseph (Howie) Kendrick (born July 12, 1983 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American Major League Baseball second baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He bats and throws right-handed. Kendrick Attended West Nassau High School where he played baseball. play there on occasion. Casey Kotchman Casey John Kotchman (born February 22, 1983 in St. Petersburg, Florida) is a Major League Baseball first baseman for Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He hit his first Major League home run on August 5 2005. In 47 games in 2005, Kotchman had 7 home runs and 22 runs batted in. started the season at first until he was sidelined by a virus, and Kendry Morales Kendrys Morales Rodriguez (born June 20, 1983 in Fomento, Cuba) is a Major League Baseball player in his rookie season as a first baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He is a switch hitter and throws right-handed. took the job from him. But Morales was sent back to Triple-A Salt Lake after Monday's game. ``The more you can get in there and produce and help the team out, it's a good feeling to have,'' Quinlan said. ``It's not only good for yourself but you know your team has a chance to win some games. I was happy with my role before, and any extra playing time is even better for me.'' After playing primarily against left-handed pitchers earlier in the season, Quinlan started to receive more playing time against right-handers. He has at-bats in just eight games this month but has delivered multiple RBIs in five of those games, including the last two. He is batting .440 in July with 11 RBIs. ``Q always stays ready,'' Scioscia said. ``He has most of his at-bats against left-handers but he keeps working every day. He's got some big hits for us and had one for us tonight. He just keeps getting those big hits.'' While his two-run single was the difference in Sunday's 3-1 victory over 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). , his two-run single in the seventh inning Monday merely provided insurance. The Angels pounded the Devil Rays to take a 5-0 lead by the end of the third inning, and John Lackey (9-6) easily made it stand up. Lackey gave up four runs (two earned) on five hits in eight innings. The right-hander is back to his winning ways after his defeat last week snapped a four-start win streak. In Lackey's last five victories, all since June 26, he has given up a combined five earned runs. He has 44 strikeouts in his last five starts, an average of just under nine a game. Despite facing the Devil Rays, who are now 18 games under .500 and entrenched en·trench also in·trench v. en·trenched, en·trench·ing, en·trench·es v.tr. 1. To provide with a trench, especially for the purpose of fortifying or defending. 2. in last place in the AL East, Lackey was on his toes. He was well aware Tampa Bay had scored a combined 27 runs in victories Friday and Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles. ``I watched that 13-12 game a little bit the other day, so I knew they were swinging the bat pretty good,'' he said. ``They were definitely aggressive and I was able to locate early in the count and get some early-count outs.'' Before the Devil Rays could break through with their first two runs off Lackey, Juan Rivera pushed the lead to 6-0 in the fifth inning on a towering home run to left field off former Dodger Jae Seo (0-5). ``That was properly hit,'' Scioscia deadpanned. Rivera now has nine home runs in his last 17 games and is two shy of Don Baylor's club record of 11 home runs in the month of July. ``He got on a great roll last year for us,'' Scioscia said. ``It might have been around August or so when he really started swinging the bat. Obviously, he's swung the bat well all the way through for us. He's given us a big lift, to say the least.'' Despite being used in the last two games, Scot Shields was called on to pitch the ninth. ``I think (today) it puts us in a position where we'll try to stay away from him, but (Monday) he was fine,'' Scioscia said. ``We'll see how Shields gets through his pregame but we're very comfortable with Hector (Carrasco) and J.C. (Romero) and Brendan (Donnelly) being able to get us to (closer) Frankie (Rodriguez) if need be.'' doug.padilla@sgvn.com (626) 962-8811, Ext. 273 CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1) Angels starter John Lackey allowed two earned runs in eight innings and picked up his ninth victory. (2) Angels' Mike Napoli, right, is greeted by Robb Quinlan after Napoli scored on a double by Adam Kennedy in the third inning. Steve Nesius/Associated Press Box: ANGELS at TAMPA BAY - Doug Padilla |
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