ANGELS NOTEBOOK: ANGELS' CALL-UPS WILL BE FEW.Byline: Gabe Lacques Staff Writer KANSAS CITY Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo. - Utility players Trent Durrington Trent John Durrington (born August 27, 1975 in Sydney, Australia) is a Major League Baseball player who is presently under a Minor League contract with the Cleveland Indians. He is primarily a second baseman. and Adam Riggs Adam David Riggs (born October 4, 1972, in Steubenville, Ohio) was a Major League Baseball outfielder, first baseman, and second baseman. He is an alumnus of the University of South Carolina Aiken and attended Lenape Valley Regional High School in Stanhope, N.J. were eating lunch at a restaurant here when an Angels fan, clad in an Angels golf shirt and World Series championship hat, got up and went to the restroom. He walked right past the two players and didn't so much as pause, let alone do a double take. It's true that you can't tell many of the Angels without a program these days, and for that reason, it will be only a trickle and not a flood of minor-leaguers called up when rosters expand Monday. The injury-ravaged Angels, whose game with Kansas City on Saturday was rained out, already have raided their Triple-A Salt Lake affiliate to the point that the Stingers lost their past five games to fall out of playoff contention. ``There's not going to be six or seven guys called up,'' manager Mike Scioscia Starting pitcher Noun 1. starting pitcher - (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; Kevin Gregg Kevin Marschall Gregg (born in Corvallis, Oregon on June 20, 1978) is a Closing pitcher with the Florida Marlins. High school career Gregg attended Corvallis High School in Corvallis, Oregon and starred in football, basketball and baseball. and reliever Derrick Turnbow will join the Angels on Monday in Minneapolis. Fellow starter Chris Bootcheck is expected to be recalled after he pitches in Salt Lake's season finale Monday. If Bootcheck gets recalled, he will be the first player from the Angels' past four drafts to make the major leagues. Gregg and Turnbow appeared with the Angels earlier this season. Gregg pitched six innings and gave up one run in a spot start at Cleveland, and Turnbow, one of the hardest throwers in the organization, pitched 2 1/3 innings and gave up one run in April, when he replaced Francisco Rodriguez, who was on the bereavement Bereavement Definition Bereavement refers to the period of mourning and grief following the death of a beloved person or animal. The English word bereavement list. Turnbow struggled at Salt Lake, going 0-2 with a 5.94 ERA, but he struck out 60 in 53 innings. ``He's got that power arm that we need to look at,'' Scioscia said of Turnbow. With shortstop Alfredo Amezaga and utility players Robb Quinlan, Riggs and Durrington joining the team the past five weeks, the pool of players available at Triple-A Salt Lake is woefully woe·ful also wo·ful adj. 1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful. 2. Causing or involving woe. 3. Deplorably bad or wretched: thin. In addition to Gregg, Turnbow and Bootcheck, catcher Wil Nieves and a middle infielder to replace Amezaga (torn labrum labrum /la·brum/ (la´brum) pl. la´bra [L.] an edge, rim, or lip. la·brum n. pl. la·bra A lip-shaped anatomical edge, rim, or structure. labrum pl. ) will be recalled. --Will wait for sun: Today could be the longest day of the season, whether or not the Angels and Royals get two games in. The teams have no common off-days the rest of the season, because the Royals already have a makeup game scheduled Thursday, against Arizona. So every effort will be made to get at least one game in today, but more thundershowers are forecast for the Kansas City area. Royals president Dan Glass said if the games don't get played today, they will be made up Sept. 29, the day after the regular season concludes, if the outcomes affect the Royals in the American League Central The American League Central is one of three divisions in Major League Baseball's American League. The division was formed in the 1994 realignment. Its teams are all located in the Midwestern United States. race. Scioscia said he would prefer the games be made up when the Royals visit Anaheim next weekend, but the commissioner's office indicated to Glass the games would not be played until after the season, if necessary. While Missouri has been suffering through a drought, the Royals nonetheless have had a record five games postponed this season. --TV schedule: The first game of today's doubleheader will be broadcast by Fox Sports Net. Because of Saturday's rainout rain·out n. An event, such as an athletic contest, that has been rained out. Radioactive material in the atmosphere brought down by precipitation. , Channel 9 might add a game to its broadcast schedule later in the season. --Dominican success: The Angels' aggressive forays into the Dominican Republic have paid dividends, if minor-league awards are any indication. Ervin Santana, who went 10-2 with a 2.53 ERA for Rancho Cucamonga, was named California League pitcher of the year. Abel Moreno, 10-0, 2.38 ERA at rookie- league Provo (Utah), was named Pioneer League pitcher of the year. Gabe Lacques, (626) 962-8811 gabe.lacques(at)sgvn.com CAPTION(S): box Box: ANGELS vs. KANSAS CITY - Gabe Lacques |
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