ANGELS FINISH POORLY WASHBURN'S STRONG EFFORT ALL FOR NAUGHT SEATTLE 6, ANGELS 3.Byline: Keven Chavez Staff Writer Starting pitching has been the Angels' recent strength. A relatively ineffective bullpen has been a weakness. On Saturday, Jarrod Washburn Jarrod Michael Washburn (born August 13, 1974 in La Crosse, Wisconsin) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1995 amateur draft out of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Washburn won the final game delivered another excellent start and the Angels' bullpen proceeded to waste it as the 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. came back to beat the Angels 6-3 in front of a sellout crowd of 43,819 at Angel Stadium. The Mariners tied the game at 2-2 in the eighth inning with a run off Angels reliever 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 , pushed across the winner in the ninth off 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. and added some insurance against newly acquired left-handed Jason Christiansen. The loss keeps the Angels in a tie with the Oakland Athletics for first place 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. . Their loss along with the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Yankees' 7-0 win over Oakland also creates a tie atop the AL wild-card standings between the three teams. Washburn scattered just three hits and one run over seven innings. After allowing a first-inning run, the left- hander never allowed a Mariners baserunner past second base. Washburn retired 10 consecutive Mariners batters before being lifted in the eighth inning after throwing a total of 95 pitches. Donnelly entered and promptly gave up a line-drive double to right-center field by pinch-hitter Jeremy Reed and a bunt single to Ichiro Suzuki. One out later, Mariners designated hitter Raul Ibanez singled to right on a 3-0 pitch to score Reed from third and tie the game at 2. Scot Shields replaced Donnelly and struck out Richie Sexson, walked Adrian Beltre to load the bases, then escaped the jam by getting Jose Lopez to ground out. But Shields created his own jam in the ninth by walking Mike Morse and Reed. Mariners all-star Suzuki predictably made him pay by lacing a single to left to score Morse for a 3-2 lead. Then Christiansen made an ugly Angels debut by surrendering 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 Greg Dobbs and a two-run single to Ibanez as the Mariners opened up a 6-2 lead. Since last Saturday, when starter Paul Byrd was touched up for six runs in six innings in a loss to 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. , the Angels' starting pitchers have been practically untouchable untouchable Former classification of various low-status persons and those outside the Hindu caste system in Indian society. The term Dalit is now used for such people (in preference to Mohandas K. . Angels starters have given up a respective two, one, zero, zero and one runs in five games this week and Washburn continued that run of excellence. Washburn has allowed three or fewer runs in eight consecutive and 15 of his past 16 starts. The Mariners needed just two batters to score their first run. Suzuki led off the game with a triple off Washburn and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jamal Strong. The Angels scratched across a run to tie the game in the bottom of the first. Orlando Cabrera hit a one-out single, moved up a base on Vladimir Guerrero's walk and tied the game when Darin Erstad dropped a single just over the glove of Seattle's 6-foot-8 first baseman Richie Sexson. The Angels took a 2-1 lead in the third inning when Chone Figgins led off with a bunt single and eventually scored on Guerrero's fielder's choice grounder. Keven Chavez, (626) 962-8811 keven.chavez(at)sgvn.com CAPTION(S): photo, 5 boxes Photo: The Mariners' Richie Sexson tosses his helmet aside after striking out in the third inning against the Angels on Saturday. Chris Carlson/Associated Press Box: (1) ANGELS vs. SEATTLE - Keven Chavez (2) GAME RECAP (3) HOW THE RUNS SCORED (4) ANGELS 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. (5) PLAYOFF RACE |
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