AMERICAN LEAGUE: INSIDE THE A.L.: TORONTO PITCHERS RIDE THE WAVE.Byline: Gabe Lacques Staff Writer The best job in the major leagues these days might be in Toronto, where Blue Jays starting pitchers enjoy an embarrassment of offensive support. The Blue Jays have mashed their way to near the top of the American League East The American League East Division is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. Four of its five teams are located in Eastern United States and one in Canada Current members
n. Baseball A measure of a batter's performance obtained by dividing the total of base hits by the number of times at bat, not including walks. Noun 1. . First baseman 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. is on pace to hit 50 home runs and drive in 174, and he leads the AL in homers, 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 , runs, total bases and slugging percentage In baseball statistics, slugging percentage (abbreviated SLG) is the most popular measure of the power of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats: . Such offensive production has pulled their pitchers along for the ride. Starters Roy Halladay Harry Leroy "Roy" Halladay III (born May 14 1977 in Denver, Colorado), nicknamed Doc, is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher. He currently pitches for the Toronto Blue Jays pitching staff. and Cory Lidle Cory Fulton Lidle (March 22, 1972 – October 11, 2006) was an American right-handed baseball pitcher who died in a single engine plane crash four days after his team, the New York Yankees, were eliminated from competition at the end of the 2006 season. both have won nine games and both are on pace to win 20, even though Lidle's ERA is a so-so 5.07. In their nine victories, both are receiving eight runs a game in support. And in the first five games of a six-game home-victory streak, the Jays scored eight, 13, 10, 11 and 13 runs. After starting 0-2, Halladay has won nine consecutive starts, breaking Roger Clemens' team record. ``I'm smart enough to know I wouldn't be standing here talking about nine straight wins without all the runs I've been getting,'' said Halladay, who trailed 6-0 in one start before the Blue Jays handed him 13 runs. ``It's easy to feel good when your team is scoring 10 runs every time you pitch.'' --Yankees' psyche injured: For the stumbling New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. ,
a new low only seems right around the next bend. Their season seemed to
bottom out Wednesday when the Houston Astros “Astros” redirects here. For other uses, see Astros (disambiguation).The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The team is in the Central Division of the National League. came to Yankee Stadium • • [ , piggy-backed five relievers on starter Roy Oswalt and combined to no-hit the Bombers, prompting manager Joe Torre to issue a closed-door tongue-lashing afterward. The next morning, George Steinbrenner paid a visit to Torre's office in a meeting that was described more as a counseling session than a call to arms. Later that afternoon, the Yankees rallied to beat the Astros 6-5, breaking a string of 24 games they lost when trailing after seven innings. Still, the time is right for soul-searching in the Bronx. ``You wonder what you could have done, what you could do or what you have not done,'' Torre said the morning after the no-hit embarrassment. ``You feel responsible. It's my job to prepare these guys and when something is as ugly as that, you're wondering what you're missing. ``It was not the no-hitter I was angry about. I didn't like the process. I care about these guys and I want them to play hard. It's a blow to your ego that goes beyond losing.'' --Doing fine in Seattle: The Angels have crafted arguably the best bullpen without him, but that hasn't hindered Shigetoshi Hasegawa from having an outstanding season with the Seattle Mariners. Hasegawa has a 1.07 ERA, tops on the team, which only deepens a bullpen that should weather the loss of Kazuhiro Sasaki to the disabled list just fine. ``There are going to be days when Arthur Rhodes and Jeff Nelson aren't available,'' manager Bob Melvin said. ``Shiggy will have to close. And we're comfortable with that.'' Gabe Lacques, (626) 962-8811 gabe.lacques(at)sgvn.com CAPTION(S): 3 boxes Box: (1) SERIES TO WATCH (2) AROUND THE HORN By Jeremy Littau (3) Daily News/CBS 2/KCAL 9 SPORTS CENTRAL POWER RANKINGS - Matt McHale |
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