ANGELS' SWEEP IS AN OFFENSIVE GEM KANSAS CITY PITCHING CURES BATTING WOES ANGELS 7, K.C. 6.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer ANAHEIM - Nothing quite like the Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are a professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium. to help a team break out of a batting slump. The Angels began the three-game series ranked at or near the bottom of the AL in several offensive categories, but they scored 29 runs on 38 hits during a three-game sweep, finishing up Sunday with a 7-6 victory in front of 42,345 at Angel Stadium. The victory enabled the Angels to remain in first place in the A.L. West, a half-game over the Texas Rangers Texas Rangers, mounted fighting force organized (1835) during the Texas Revolution. During the republic they became established as the guardians of the Texas frontier, particularly against Native Americans. , who won their eighth straight game. The Angels climbed 10 games over .500 (30-20) for the first time this season. It did not come easily. Interim closer 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. gave up two runs in the ninth before striking out Ruben Gotay with the tying run on third base to earn his seventh save in support of starter Bartolo Colon (6-3). Colon, who gave up four runs and 12 hits in 7 2/3 innings, threw 99 pitches, 80 for strikes. He threw first-pitch strikes to 32 of the 35 batters he faced. ``Bart was aggressive in the zone,'' Angels manager Mike Scioscia The Royals had 16 hits and put at least one baserunner in scoring position In the sport of baseball, a baserunner is said to be in scoring position when he is on second or third base. The distinction between being on first base and second or third base is that a runner on first can usually only score if the batter hits an extra base hit, while a runner on in every inning except the first and third, but Colon made big pitches in key situations. ``I think mechanically, from the time I left the bullpen, I felt great and was able to take that into the game,'' Colon said. Colon departed in the eighth with two on, two out and the Angels leading 7-2. Brendan Donnelly Brendan Kevin Donnelly (b. July 4, 1971 in Washington, D.C.) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher with the Boston Red Sox. Donnelly had bounced around the minor leagues for 10 seasons after he was drafted in 1992 by the Chicago White Sox before he finally made his gave up a two-run single - both runs charged to Colon - to make it 7-4. The Royals loaded the bases with one out against Shields in the ninth, and Matt Diaz hit a comebacker to the mount. Shields rushed his throw home, but catcher Jose Molina dug it out for the force out. Molina's throw to first was too late to complete the double play. Tony Graffanino, who went 5 for 5, followed with a two-run single to make it 7-6 and give the Royals runners on first and third. Shields then froze Gotay with an 80 mph curveball to finish it. Joe Haakenson, (626) 962-8811 joe.haakenson(at)sgvn.com CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Bartolo Colon picks up his sixth victory, scattering 12 hits and four runs in 7 2/3 innings. Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press Box: ALMANAC almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. |
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