ANGELS GROWING UP? TURN 21 TEAM'S SECOND HIGHEST RUN TOTAL EVEN HAS INDIANS FANS CHEERING ANGELS 21, CLEVELAND 2.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer CLEVELAND - Angels manager Mike Scioscia The Angels had their second-highest run total in club history in a 21-2 rout of the Cleveland Indians  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. Tuesday night before 24,286 at Jacobs
Field • • [ . The only time the Angels have scored more came on Aug. 25, 1979 - 24 against the Toronto Blue Jays "Blue Jays" redirects here. For other uses, see Blue Jay (disambiguation).. The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. . The Angels totaled 22 hits, including four by Troy Glaus Troy Edward Glaus (born August 3, 1976 in Tarzana, California) is a Major League Baseball player who plays third base for the Toronto Blue Jays. Previously, Glaus played with the Anaheim Angels (1998-2004) and the Arizona Diamondbacks (2005). and three each by Darin Erstad Darin Charles Erstad (born June 4, 1974 in Jamestown, North Dakota) is a first baseman/center fielder in Major League Baseball currently with the Chicago White Sox. Prior to 2007, he had played his entire career with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim franchise (1996-2006). , Bengie Molina Benjamin José ("Bengie" or "Ben") Molina (born July 20 1974 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico) is the starting catcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. After being initially regarded as a "good glove, no hit" catcher, Molina has developed into one of the better and Jose Nieves. Glaus homered and drove in five, Erstad hit his first homer of the season and 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. homered and drove in four even though he didn't enter the game until the eighth inning. The Angels had been at or near the bottom of the league in several offensive categories until last week, when they started to hit. Since being shut out 1-0 in Seattle on April 23, the Angels have scored 54 runs during a five-game winning streak. Superstitious hitting coach Mickey Hatcher has been wearing his undershirt backwards during the streak, and Scioscia made it a point to make sure Hatcher had the shirt on backwards for Tuesday's game. ``Thank God it's not his underwear,'' Scioscia said. It got so bad for the Indians that what was left of the crowd, the second-smallest in Jacobs Field history, began cheering for the Angels as they approached the 20-run mark. The Angels have scored 20 runs or more four times in club history. ``It was pretty awesome,'' Molina said. ``It can be very good for us, for our confidence, that we can do it. That's a positive for us. We have to take advantage of that.'' Other Angels, though, shrugged the game off, just as they did when they were losing earlier in the season. ``It's just one game,'' left fielder Garret Anderson said. ``You can't get wrapped up in one game. Guys' personalities on this team are the same day to day. Guys are walking around the clubhouse the same way they were last week when we were getting our butts kicked. That's good to see. We have a lot of games to play.'' Erstad said he had not been a part of such an offensive display since college, when his Nebraska Cornhuskers beat Washington 35-15. And yes, he said, it was baseball, not football. He added that despite the club's early struggles, the hitters never lacked confidence. ``We're confident as a group regardless of what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. ,'' he said. ``(Reporters) made a big deal about it, but we believe in ourselves.'' Ten Angels batters had at least one hit, nine had at least one 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 and 11 scored at least one run. The Angels scored 10 runs in the eighth inning, the fifth largest single-inning total in club history and the most in one inning since they scored 13 on May 12, 1997 at home against the White Sox. All that offense would explain why Angels starter Ramon Ortiz smiled from ear to ear after the game. In Ortiz's previous four starts this season, the Angels had scored a total of nine runs. Not that he needed it Tuesday's showing. Ortiz (2-3) gave up one run and six hits in eight innings, lowering his ERA to 2.55. He's the only Angels starter to go at least six innings in all of his starts. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Indians left fielder Brady Anderson and center fielder Milton Bradley let a fly ball by Angels' Brad Fullmer drop between them. Mark Duncan/Associated Press |
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