ANGELS' SHIELD DOWN SET-UP MAN ALLOWS WINNING HOME RUN.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 MILWAUKEE -- Dustin Moseley Dustin Aaron Moseley (born December 26, 1981 in Texarkana, Arkansas) is a pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Minor League Career Moseley was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the first round (34th overall) of the 2000 draft. gave the Angels a farewell starting outing to remember, while the bullpen chipped in with an offering to forget. Moseley gave up just one run in six innings on the day it was announced that Jered Weaver Jered David Weaver (born October 4, 1982 in Northridge, California), is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Jered attended college at Long Beach State University where he was the 2004 College Baseball's Golden Spikes Award winner. would be kicking him out of the rotation when he returns from the disabled list next week. It took Scot Shields Scot Shields (b. July 22, 1975, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, with whom he has spent his entire career, serving as their setup man since 2005. all of three batters to undo Moseley's work. After back-to-back walks to open the eighth inning, Shields gave up a mammoth home run to Travis Hafner Travis Lee Hafner (born June 3, 1977 in Jamestown, North Dakota) is a left-handed hitting designated hitter in Major League Baseball who plays for the Cleveland Indians of the American League Central Division. that helped the Cleveland Indians  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. to a 4-2 victory Thursday.
"I wasn't able to throw strikes and with this lineup you walk the first two guys and that's not a spot you want to be in," Shields said. " I fell behind 1-0 on Travis and I had to challenge him. I couldn't go 2-0 and then load the bases. He doesn't really miss often, I was just hoping that would be one of the times that he would somehow miss it." The Angels' bullpen had been nearly invincible before Shields (0-1) melted down. The relievers entered with a combined ERA of 1.33 in 27innings to lead 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). . They were tied for the AL lead with five saves. Francisco Rodriguez Francisco Rodriguez may refer to:
Hafner did not hit a home run in a spring-training game, although he did feel obligated ob·li·gate tr.v. ob·li·gat·ed, ob·li·gat·ing, ob·li·gates 1. To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force. 2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; oblige. to remind his teammates that he connected in an intrasquad contest. "That's what you play the game for, to be up in that situation and to come through like that," Hafner said. Moseley handled Hafner just fine in three previous trips to the plate. Moseley induced a double-play groundball in the first inning, gave up a broken-bat single in the fourth and retired Hafner on a comebacker in the sixth. Only Grady Sizemore was able to get to the Angels' right-hander, crushing his own home run to center field in the sixth inning that tied the score shortly after the Angels had taken the lead. The Angels went up 1-0 in their half of the sixth when Vladimir Guerrero followed an Orlando Cabrera double with a bloop bloop Baseball n. A blooper. tr.v. blooped, bloop·ing, bloops To hit (a ball) into the air just beyond the infield. adj. Hit just beyond the infield. single to center. Moseley allowed five hits with two walks and three strikeouts. He will head to Boston knowing there is a good chance he will stick around a little longer as the Angels are prepared to go with a 12-man pitching staff for at least the short term. It is likely that when Weaver returns Monday, he will replace Tommy Murphy on the roster. When Bartolo Colon comes back later this month, as expected, he would likely cost Moseley or Chris Bootcheck their roster spot. "I wanted to come in here and compete and hopefully do what I'm capable of doing," Moseley said. "So far I've been able to do that. From here on out, whatever happens is totally out of my control. I haven't heard anything." Despite it being a midweek day game between two teams not even from the area, there was another impressive crowd on hand that totaled 17,090. The three-game series, that was transplanted to Milwaukee on just one-day notice drew a combined attendance of 52,496. On Thursday they saw an Angels offense that struggled to score against Indians starter Jeremy Sowers. The Angels had runners in scoring position in the third, fourth and sixth innings but did not score. doug.padilla@sgvn.com (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2731 CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) Cleveland's Casey Blake slides safely into second under the Angels' Howie Kendrick. (2) Travis Hafner hit the decisive home run for Cleveland, a three-run shot in the eighth. Morry Gash/Associated Press |
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