ANGELS CONTINUE TO CLIMB SKYWARD ANGELS 7, DETROIT 0.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer ANAHEIM - Considering they were arriving home Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. after games on 20 consecutive days and a cross-continent flight from Toronto, the Angels might have enjoyed a day off Monday. With the Detroit Tigers The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan. The Tigers are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Tigers have played in Comerica Park. in town, some might say they got one anyway. With a chance to pick up ground on the idle Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Mariners have played in Safeco Field. , the Angels breezed to a 7-0 victory over the Tigers in front of 19,709 at Edison Field. The outcome never seemed to be in doubt, an example being when Angels manager Mike Scioscia With the victory, the Angels moved within two games of the Mariners in the 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. and increased their lead in the wild-card race to one game over the Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are a member and currently champions of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball’s American League. From to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park. . The Mariners and Red Sox begin a series tonight in Seattle. The Angels (70-48) are 22 games over .500 for the third time this season. They have not been 23 games over .500. In the American League, only the Tampa Bay Devil Rays The Tampa Bay Devil Rays are a professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida, Florida. The Devil Rays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Devil Rays have played in Tropicana Field. have a worse record than the Tigers (45-73). Detroit showed why Monday. The Tigers had only four hits off Angels starter Kevin Appier and two relievers, and they committed three errors. Appier held the Tigers scoreless through six innings and got the first two outs in the seventh before he gave up a single and two walks to load the bases. After 111 pitches and 6 2/3 innings, he was through for the night. Appier got his 10th victory of the season, marking the 10th season in his major-league career in which he's had double figures in victories. The Angels had 14 hits, including home runs from Scott Spiezio (No. 7) and Garret Anderson (No. 20), which came back to back during a five-run fifth. David Eckstein and Erstad each had a triple and the Angels had six extra-base hits in all. Spiezio reached base three times, getting a single and walk in addition to his homer. It's just what Scioscia had in mind when he chose to bat Spiezio No. 3, which normally is where Tim Salmon hits. But with Salmon out nursing a bruised left hand, Spiezio batted third for the first time this season. He also got some ribbing before the game from his teammates, who said Scioscia must have made a mistake in making out the lineup. But the Angels left the mistakes to the Tigers, who made plenty. Stater stat·er 1 n. A resident of a particular state or type of state. Often used in combination: Lone Star staters; farm staters; the struggle between slave staters and free staters. Noun 1. Mark Redman (7-10) lasted only four-plus innings, giving up six runs and 10 hits. The Angels got started quickly, getting a leadoff triple by Eckstein in the first inning. Eckstein scored on Erstad's sacrifice fly. After Spiezio singled with one out in the third inning, Anderson doubled into the right-field corner. And when Tigers right fielder Robert Fick bobbled the ball for an error, Spiezio scored to make it 2-0. The Angels blew the game open in a five-run fifth inning, which started with a triple by Erstad and the back-to-back homers by Spiezio and Anderson. The Angels added two more runs on an error by second baseman Damian Jackson and 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 by Alex Ochoa. Appier held the Tigers in check and got some help from his defense along the way. Randall Simon led off the second inning with a drive to the right-center-field gap. Erstad raced over from center field, played the ball off the wall and threw a one-hop strike to second to retireSimon. In the fifth, Fick led off with a sinking liner to right field, but Ochoa made a sliding catch for the out. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: (color) Anaheim's Alex Ochoa, right, allows Darin Erstad to make the play that gets Detroit's Randall Simon out at second Monday. Kevork Djansezian/Associated Press Box: STANDINGS |
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