ANGELS NOTEBOOK: EARLY STRUGGLES NOW BEHIND THEM.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer DETROIT - When the Angels' offense got off to a slow start, there were three in particular who struggled more noticeably than the others. But during the offense's surge in the past few weeks, the same three - Tim Salmon Fullmer last played at the Major League level during the 2004 season with the Texas Rangers. and Adam Kennedy For other people with the same name, see Adam Kennedy (disambiguation). Adam Thomas Kennedy (born January 10, 1976 in Riverside, California) is a Major League Baseball player. He currently plays second base for the St. Louis Cardinals. Kennedy attended J.W. - have been a big part of it. Since May 1, Salmon is hitting .343 (12 for 35) with two homers and 10 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 ; Fullmer, from Montclair Prep of Van Nuys, is hitting .394 (13 for 33) with one homer and five RBI, and Kennedy, from CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge , is hitting .419 (13 for 31) with two homers and four RBI. ``It's fun when you know you're not that one guy always getting out,'' Kennedy said. ``When the big guys are swinging well, too, you see what happens, we score 18, 19 runs. We've been able to pick them up and drive in some key runs. It's good for our confidence.'' In their past 16 games, of which they've won 14, the Angels have averaged 7.8 runs per game. And everyone has contributed. ``These guys have been swinging better for a while, and now they're starting to contribute,'' manager Mike Scioscia --Double-A no-hitter: Hatuey Mendoza, pitching for the Angels' Double-A team in Arkansas, threw a no-hitter in the Travelers' 3-0 victory Monday over the Tulsa Drillers The Tulsa Drillers are a minor league baseball team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The team, which plays in the Texas League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies major-league club. The Drillers play in Drillers Stadium, located at 15th and Yale in midtown Tulsa. . Mendoza hit a batter, walked one and struck out three. A 23-year-old right-hander, Mendoza threw 91 pitches and retired the final 24 batters. The no-hitter was the first by an Angels' minor-leaguer since Ramon Ortiz for Single-A Cedar Rapids against Quad City on Aug. 7, 1997. Mendoza is 1-1 with a 2.33 ERA for Arkansas this year. ANGELS vs. DETROIT Time: 4:05 p.m. at Comerica Park. TV/Radio: No TV; 830-AM, 1090-AM (Spanish). Matchup: RH Kevin Appier (3-1, 2.83 ERA) will start for the Angels against Detroit's Nate Cornejo (1-3, 5.10). The Angels have won 14 of 16, including five in a row, since starting the season 6-14. The Angels have gained five games on the first-place Mariners in the AL West, moving from 10 1/2 games back to 5 1/2 back. - Joe Haakenson CAPTION(S): box Box: ANGELS vs. DETROIT (see text) |
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