ANGELS CLOBBER PARK, THEN HOLD ON.Byline: Gabe Lacques Staff Writer ANAHEIM - It took the Angels a half-inning to expose the myth that is Chan Ho Park. It will take them much longer to undress 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. as contenders to their American League West The American League West is one of three divisions in Major League Baseball's American League. The division currently has four teams, but it has had as many as seven teams before the 1994 realignment. throne. Then again, if Bartolo Colon faces them a few more times this year and Vladimir Guerrero Vladimir Alvino Guerrero (born February 9, 1976 in Don Gregorio, Nizao, Dominican Republic), and known in his native Dominican Republic as Miquéas (Spanish for Micah), is a Major League Baseball right fielder who plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. stays healthy, maybe not. The Angels pushed their division lead to 3 1/2 games over the Rangers by grabbing an eight-run lead and holding on for an 8-6 win Tuesday night at Angel Stadium, thanks to a heavy dose of Colon and Guerrero, who take to Texas like oil barons. Colon (9-4) won his ninth consecutive start against the Rangers, beating them for the second time this year after his 6-0 mark in 2004 essentially pushed Texas to third and the Angels atop the division. Guerrero extended to 26 his hitting streak In baseball, a hitting streak refers to the consecutive number of official games in which a player gets at least one base hit. Games in which a player does not have any official at bats due to walks, or sacrifice bunts, or being hit by a pitch, are ignored (neither break the streak against the Rangers, getting three hits to improve his career average against Texas to .421. The Rangers got the tying run on base in the ninth thanks to three singles and a walk off closer Francisco Rodriguez Francisco Rodriguez may refer to:
The tense finish was in stark contrast to the early-inning conga line of fun against Park. The former Dodger, who has almost always disappointed since signing a five-year, $65 million deal with the Rangers, came in with a deceptive 7-1 record and six-game winning streak. With that 7-1 record came a 5.15 ERA and run support averaging 8.71 per game, tops in the major leagues by a full run. On Tuesday, the '27 Yankees would have struggled to prop him up. Park got three outs and gave up eight runs and 10 hits; the damage could have been much worse given that he and reliever John Wasdin induced double-play grounders in the first two innings. Almost everything else Park threw was well-struck, to the Angels' delight. Park drew the ire of his teammates last September when the Angels beat him in the throes throe n. 1. A severe pang or spasm of pain, as in childbirth. See Synonyms at pain. 2. throes A condition of agonizing struggle or trouble: a country in the throes of economic collapse. of a pennant race and he responded by throwing several high and tight pitches to Jeff DaVanon and Bengie Molina. On Tuesday, the Rangers lifted him before he could do something too irrational. Four of the first five Angels singled, the exception being Garret Anderson's double-play ball. No matter. Molina hit 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 single, DaVanon walked, Dallas McPherson smacked a two-run double, and Maicer Izturis and Adam Kennedy singled to plate another run. It was 5-0, a burst of support Colon has seldom received this year. He'd left 10 of his previous 14 starts with less than two runs of support. The second inning was more of the same. Darin Erstad, who had three hits and extended his hitting streak to 21 games, led off with a single. Guerrero and Anderson singled, which brought Park's 1-plus inning, 10-hit night to a close. Molina's bases-loaded walk and singles from McPherson and Izturis made it 8-0. Colon didn't exactly run and hide with the lead, laboring through Texas' major-league-best lineup but making big pitches at key junctures. He struck out Hidalgo Hidalgo, state, Mexico Hidalgo (ēthäl`gō), state (1990 pop. 1,888,366), 8,058 sq mi (20,870 sq km), central Mexico. Pachuca de Soto is the capital. looking to end the first with the bases loaded and got Hidalgo to fly to left with the bases loaded in the third. An inning later, there would be no escape. Leadoff hitter David Dellucci ripped a three-run homer off Colon to cut the lead to 8-3, and the burly right-hander needed 87 pitches to complete four innings. Colon retired the last six batters he faced, but his high pitch count forced the Angels to trot out to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his paces; hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition. See also: Trot top relievers Brendan Donnelly, Scot Shields and Rodriguez. Each team played without its starting shortstop, as Texas' Michael Young flew home for the birth of his first child and the Angels' Orlando Cabrera sat out again with elbow soreness. CAPTION(S): photo, 4 boxes Photo: Bartolo Colon labored at times, surrendering six hits and three runs in six innings, but improved to 9-0 lifetime against the Rangers. Edna T. Simpson/Daily News Box: (1) ANGELS vs. TEXAS - Gabe Lacques (2) GAME RECAP (3) HOW THE RUNS SCORED (4) 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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