ANGELS' WIN COMES WITH LOSS DAVANON, ESCOBAR INJURED IN 4TH INNING ANGELS 8, ATLANTA 4.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer ATLANTA - The bottom of the fourth inning wasn't just ugly for the Angels, it was downright dangerous Wednesday night at Turner Field • • [ . The Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From to the present, the Braves have played in Turner Field. scored four runs on two wild pitches, a hit batter, an error, three extra-base hits and two walks against Angels pitcher Kelvim Escobar Kelvim Jose Escobar Bolivar [ess-coe-BAR] (born April 11, 1976 in La Guaira, Venezuela) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2004-present). He bats and throws right handed. , which was painful enough. To make matters worse for the Angels, outfielder Jeff DaVanon Jeffrey Graham DaVanon (born December 8, 1973 in San Diego, California) is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the Oakland Athletics. DaVanon came up through the Oakland Athletics system before being traded to the Anaheim Angels as a minor-leaguer in 1999. broke his nose and Escobar's tender right elbow began acting up again in the inning. The good news for the Angels was that they played almost flawlessly the rest of the game, beating the Braves, 8-4, to take two of three in the series. Chone Figgins Desmond DeChone "Chone" Figgins (born January 22, 1978 in Leary, Georgia) is a Major League Baseball utility player for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Despite the unusual spelling of his first name, "Chone" is pronounced as "Shawn. and Dallas McPherson Dallas Lyle McPherson (born July 23, 1980 in Greensboro, North Carolina) is a professional baseball player, and third baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Career had three hits apiece for the Angels, and McPherson's two-run triple in the seventh inning snapped a 4-4 tie. The bullpen quartet of Jake Woods, Brendan Donnelly (4-1), Scot Shields and Francisco Rodriguez combined for 4 2/3 scoreless innings, giving up no hits along the way. While their teammates enjoy the spoils of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. on today's off-day, Escobar and DaVanon will spend much of it at the doctor's office. Escobar, who missed most of May because of a bone spur Bone spur Also called an osteophyte, it is an outgrowth or ridge that forms on a bone. Mentioned in: Cervical Disk Disease, Cervical Spondylosis bone spur in his right elbow, will have an MRI 1. (application) MRI - Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 2. MRI - Measurement Requirements and Interface. on the elbow today. He began the game by retiring the first nine batters, but said he began feeling discomfort in the elbow in the third inning. He threw 40 pitches in the fourth, but the pain became too much in the fifth and he had to leave the game. ``It feels the same as the pain three weeks ago,'' Escobar said. ``I'm going to wait and see what the MRI shows and talk to the doctor if there's any way to get better. I don't want to take a couple weeks off and come back and have the same thing happen. It's almost like a step back.'' Angels manager Mike Scioscia said the club will wait for results of the MRI before deciding whether to put Escobar back on the disabled list, but at this point it seems like a formality. ``You don't want to get hurt trying to be Superman, and that's what I've been doing,'' Escobar said. ``You have to think about your career.'' Ervin Santana, who made two starts in Escobar's absence in May, including a shutout of the White Sox, pitched for Triple-A Salt Lake Wednesday and would be in line to replace Escobar in the rotation. While Escobar seems destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for the DL, DaVanon hopes he'll remain on the active roster despite the broken nose. Rafael Furcal led off the fourth inning with a drive to right-center which DaVanon nearly caught. Instead, the baseball deflected off his glove, hit the wall and bounced back directly into his face. X-rays at the stadium showed a fracture, but DaVanon said he could play with the injury. ``It better not be a DL situation,'' he said. ``I'd be very disappointed.'' Outside of the trainer's room, the Angels appear to be in pretty good shape considering their offense continues to show signs of life and Vladimir Guerrero is expected back in the lineup this weekend. They had 12 hits Wednesday, including six off nemesis Tim Hudson, who went 13-6 against the Angels during his time as an ace for the Oakland A's. Hudson lasted only four innings Wednesday. ``Any time you come in and play a tough team like Atlanta and take two of three, you'll take it,'' Scioscia said. ``We got some things going we haven't seen from the offense early in the year. We've played some tough teams (on the current trip, going 4-5) and we haven't played our best baseball, but we're holding our own.'' Joe Haakenson, (626) 962-8811 joe.haakenson(at)sgvn.com CAPTION(S): photo, 3 boxes Photo: Angels' Jeff DaVanon was injured on this play against Atlanta Wednesday. John Bazemore/Associated Press Box: (1) GAME RECAP (2) HOW THE RUNS SCORED (3) 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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