ANGELS NOTEBOOK: BEING BACK IN MAJORS COMES WITH SOUR TASTE.Byline: Gabe Lacques Staff Writer OAKLAND - Jose Molina can't wait for the day his good fortune doesn't come at the expense of his older brother. But for the second time in as many years, Molina is in the big leagues thanks in large part to a hamstring injury hamstring injury Sports medicine A muscle injury of biceps femoris, seen in sprinters and runners, when a contracted muscle meets a lengthening force, overpowering intrinsic muscle resiliency Management RICE, NSAIDs, gradual ↑ of pain-free activity–eg, suffered by his brother, Bengie. The brothers were reunited on Thursday when Jose arrived from Triple-A Salt Lake, and he started at catcher against Oakland in the finale of the Angels' eight-game road trip. While Jose tried to temper his excitement because of his brother's plight, Bengie - who suffered a torn hamstring for the second consecutive season - made no attempt to hide his disgust with himself. ``I'm pretty frustrated right now,'' said Bengie, who missed 45 games with a right-hamstring tear last season. ``It's (expletive) embarrassing, I'm (expletive) letting the team down. I can not look anybody in the face here. That's how I feel. Every time you get hurt, it's not your fault. But what frustrates me is you do everything you can to (prevent) it, and it happens.'' On an up note, Molina said his partially torn left hamstring is nowhere near as severe an injury as last season's tear; if that's the case, he should miss no more than one month. During that stretch, Jose will again try to open up the organization's eyes. He hit .270 in 15 games with Anaheim last season, and was hitting .307 at Salt Lake before his recall. ``It's not like I'm glad it happened, but at the same time, I'm here,'' said Jose, who is 13 months younger than Bengie, who turns 28 on Saturday. ``I don't want to believe he's hurt, but he is, and I have to try to do the job he did and get some advice from him. It's a really bad situation. I want to be here for my skills, not because my brother or someone else got hurt.'' Jose Molina will share time with utility man Shawn Wooten William Shawn Wooten (born July 24, 1972 in Glendora, California), is a catcher who is currently with the New Orleans Zephyrs of the New York Mets organization. Previously, Wooten played with the Anaheim Angels (2000-03), the Philadelphia Phillies (2004), Boston Red Sox (2005) and and left- handed hitting Jorge Fabregas. Manager Mike Scioscia One of the two associations of professional baseball teams in the U.S. and Canada designated as major leagues; the other is the National League (NL). in throwing out attempted basestealers at the time of his injury. --Erstad update: Center fielder Darin Erstad's infected left foot felt better Thursday, but he said he probably won't play during the three-game series with first-place Seattle that begins tonight at Edison Field. Erstad has missed the past three games after a blood blister blood blister n. A blister containing blood, resulting from a pinch or a crushing injury. blood blister intracutaneous hematoma. atop his foot became infected. The Angels have an off day following their series with Seattle, so sitting out all three games would give him seven days of rest. While it was believed that Erstad was available to pinch hit, the team probably won't risk inflaming in·flame v. in·flamed, in·flam·ing, in·flames v.tr. 1. To arouse to passionate feeling or action: crimes that inflamed the entire community. 2. the injury this weekend. ``They wouldn't even let me be on my feet (Wednesday),'' Erstad said. ``I got up to get a cup of coffee and they yelled at me.'' For the third consecutive game, Garret Anderson Garret Joseph Anderson (born June 30, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) is a Major League Baseball left fielder who has played his entire career for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. moved to center and left-handed hitting Orlando Palmeiro Orlando Palmeiro (b. January 19, 1969, in Hoboken, New Jersey) is a Major League Baseball outfielder, currently with the Houston Astros, who went to the University of Miami. His better known cousin Rafael Palmeiro was also a Major League player. started in left. --Notes: The Angels' only home sellouts this season have come on opening day, during an interleague series with the Dodgers and on the Fourth of July Fourth of July, Independence Day, or July Fourth, U.S. holiday, commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Celebration of it began during the American Revolution. . That should change this weekend; less than 1,000 tickets remain for tonight's game, and large crowds are also expected Saturday and Sunday. ... Rehabilitating reliever Al Levine (sore shoulder) pitched two innings and gave up three hits and one earned run earned run n. Baseball A run scored without the aid of an error, used in computing earned run averages. Noun 1. earned run - a run that was not scored as the result of an error by the other team in an outing for Triple-A Salt Lake at Omaha. He's eligible to be activated Saturday. ANGELS vs. SEATTLE Time: 7:05 p.m. TV/Radio: Fox Sports Net/KLAC 570-AM, XPRS 1090-AM. Matchup: Ramon Ortiz (8-7, 3.80 ERA) opposes Seattle's Freddy Garcia (11-5, 3.69). Though the Angels are 1-6 against Seattle this season, their 10-6 victory at Safeco Field on April 24 started a 17-2 stretch that got them back in contention. They'll throw their three most effective starters at the first-place Mariners. Ortiz is coming off his worst outing of the season, a two-inning, nine-run effort at Kansas City on Sunday. Seattle 2B Bret Boone, who hit .337 with 37 home runs and 141 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 last season, was hitting .235 entering Thursday. Saturday - Seattle RH Ryan Franklin (4-2, 4.13) vs. Angels RH John Lackey (1-1, 3.12); Sunday - Seattle RH Joel Pineiro (10-4, 2.84) vs. Angels LH Jarrod Washburn (11-2, 3.03). - Gabe Lacques CAPTION(S): box Box: ANGELS vs. SEATTLE (see text) |
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