ANGELS CAN'T COPE CHISOX'S CONTRERAS SHUTS THEM DOWN CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2, ANGELS 1.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 ANAHEIM - The Angels at least appeared to exact some revenge, while the White Sox just rolled along with another victory. 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. hit A.J. Pierzynski with a pitch in the right calf that looked to be an answer for last season's playoffs. But the Angels denied any foul play foul play n. Unfair or treacherous action, especially when involving violence. foul play Noun 1. violent activity esp. murder 2. . The White Sox, in turn, looked like the same team that blew through the American League Championship Series
White Sox pitcher Jose Contreras, who has been nothing short of dominating dating back to the All-Star Game last season, won his 12th consecutive decision while improving to 4-0 this year. He looked like the same Contreras who pitched the White Sox's fourth consecutive complete game in the ALCS ALCS American League Championship Series (baseball) ALCS Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (UK) ALCS Airborne Launch Control System . According to manager Mike Scioscia assessment of what he was told by the umpires, this weekend's crew seemed to think Escobar had a vendetta vendetta (vĕndĕt`ə) [Ital.,=vengeance], feud between members of two kinship groups to avenge a wrong done to a relative. Although the term originated in Corsica, the custom has also been practiced in other parts of Italy, in other . Scioscia said the umpires had misinformation mis·in·form tr.v. mis·in·formed, mis·in·form·ing, mis·in·forms To provide with incorrect information. mis . Escobar and Pierzynski were linked in two odd plays in last season's playoffs, with the first coming in Game 2. In that game, Pierzynski reached first after umpire Doug Eddings ruled that catcher Josh Paul trapped the third strike. Instead of the final out of the inning, the White Sox ended up winning the game and tying the series 1-1. In Game 5 of the ALCS, Escobar tried to tag Pierzynski along the first- base line but didn't have the ball in his glove. White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen later said that Escobar was out of sorts on the play because he was trying to inflict pain on Pierzynski with the tag. Escobar denied that assessment. On a 1-1 pitch in the second inning Saturday, Escobar's fastball drilled Pierzynski at the top of the right calf. As Pierzynski ran to first base he barked something in Escobar's direction. When Joe Crede flied out to end the inning, Pierzynski's path took him near Escobar and again he appeared to say something to the Angels' right-hander. Escobar (3-2) pitched well despite developing a blood blister blood blister n. A blister containing blood, resulting from a pinch or a crushing injury. blood blister intracutaneous hematoma. on the middle finger of his right hand that limited his night to five innings and 72 pitches. He gave up one run on three hits with a walk and three strikeouts. The only run the White Sox scored off Escobar was on Jermaine Dye's fourth-inning single. Guillen figured his team would be in for a rough night with Escobar on the mound. Both Guillen and Escobar hail from Venezuela and the White Sox manager considers the Angels pitcher one of his country's best. ``If this kid is healthy, he can be one of the most dominating pitchers in baseball,'' Guillen said. Guillen considers Escobar at least an equal to the Minnesota Twins Johan Santana, also of Venezuela, who won the Cy Young award two seasons ago. ``He has better stuff,'' Guillen said. ``Johan has a great changeup and he throws more strikes. But if you talk about a better arm, there is no doubt in my mind he has one of the better arms from our country. He has a good fastball with a forkball fork·ball n. Baseball A pitch with the ball placed between the index and middle fingers so that the ball takes a sharp dip near home plate. fork . It's all about throwing strikes. If Escobar throws strikes, he's a hard man to beat.'' Contreras was just better this time and he managed to stick around longer. The White Sox's early-season Cy Young candidate gave up one run on four hits in 8 1/3 innings with a walk and four strikeouts. The Angels scored their only run when they cashed in Contreras' only walk. Chone Figgins reached bass on a free pass with one out in the sixth inning and Orlando Cabrera followed with an 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 double to the gap in right-center. A one-out Vladimir Guerrero single in the ninth inning ended Contreras' night but left-hander Matt Thornton came on to get Garret Anderson on a first-pitch fly ball to left. After Thornton walked Darin Erstad, former Angels farmhand Bobby Jenks came on to record his second save in two nights. The burly right-hander, who was claimed by the White Sox two offseasons ago, retired Edgardo Alfonzo on a soft line drive to shortstop to end it. doug.padilla@sgvn.com (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2731 CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Chicago's Tadahito Iguchi scores in the fourth inning go give the White Sox a 1-0 lead. Jeff Lewis/Associated Press Box: ANGELS vs. CHICAGO WHITE SOX The Chicago White Sox are a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the White Sox have played in U.S. - Doug Padilla |
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