A WALK IN THE PARK LACKEY GETS HIS EIGHTH VICTORY, ANGELS SWEEP.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 NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- With the game on the line Sunday, the crowd on its feet and a three-game sweep hanging in the balance, Orlando Cabrera Orlando Luis Cabrera (born November 2, 1974 in Cartagena, Colombia) is a Major League Baseball shortstop who plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He bats and throws right-handed. admitted he felt like pulling up a chair, grabbing a hot dog and maybe a cold drink. It was Francisco Rodriguez Francisco Rodriguez may refer to:
 Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled until (UTC) due to vandalism. in the batter's box Noun 1. batter's box - an area on a baseball diamond (on either side of home plate) marked by lines within which the batter must stand when at batbaseball diamond, infield, diamond - the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate for the New York Yankees Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. and the tying run
standing on third.
Goose bumps goose bumps or goose pimples: see gooseflesh. were multiplying. "It was nice, man; it can't get any better than that," Cabrera said. "I was talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to the umpire at second base. One of the best hitters in the league, one of the best closers in the league. I was a fan right there. That was good." It got even better when Jeter lifted a fly ball to Gary Matthews Jr. just in front of the warning track in right-center to finish off a 4-3 victory over the Yankees. The Angels completed their first three-game sweep of the Yankees since August 2004 and finished 4-2 on a road trip that started in Detroit. While thrilling, the nine-pitch at-bat between Rodriguez and Jeter didn't exactly offer appeal to everybody. John Lackey, who pitched a solid eight innings, nervously watched the game unfold from the clubhouse. "I was in the training room with three bags of ice on," Lackey said. "I almost puked." Instead of losing his lunch, he might be buying Rodriguez dinner. Lackey might also want to bring along Erick Aybar, Chone Figgins and the Yankees bullpen just to complete his thank-yous after he earned his major-league leading eighth victory. The Angels finished their go-ahead rally in the seventh inning with two run-scoring walks. It was an unlikely development for a team that is second to last in walks in the American League. In fact, their go-ahead inning, which started with the Angels trailing 2-1, had a total of four walks. After a walk to Casey Kotchman chased starter Mike Mussina, reliever Scott Proctor gave up a double to Howie Kendrick and a walk to Mike Napoli to load the bases. Aybar came on to pinch-hit for Robb Quinlan, and quickly fell into an 0-2 hole with an aggressive approach. Aybar then shifted gears, fouled off some tough pitches and worked the count full. His walk to force home the tying run was the Angels' first pinch-hit RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in of the season and came just before Figgins also earned a free pass to put the Angels on top for the first time. Reggie Willits added a third run off reliever Brian Bruney to make the lead 4-2 with a sacrifice fly to center. "A walk there to Aybar especially, that's not on my mind," acting manager Ron Roenicke said. "I thought he was going to make contact, put the ball in play hard somewhere and we pick up a run for sure." Aybar was willing to do whatever it took, even if it meant redefining his game. Aybar's highest walk total came in 2005 when he had 29in 535 at-bats at Double-A Arkansas. "I wanted to take a full hack my first two pitches and after that I just tried to make contact," Aybar said through first-base coach Alfredo Griffin, who was serving as interpreter. "It helped me out to not swing at bad pitches." Lackey (8-3) allowed two runs on five hits in eight innings. doug.padilla@sgvn.com (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2731 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The Angels' Francisco Rodriguez, right, and Mike Napoli celebrate after beating New York. Ed Betz/Associated Press |
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