ANGELS NOTEBOOK: FINAL STARTER ISN'T LACKING.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer ANAHEIM - The term ``Game 7'' is like no other in sports, and tonight, the Angels will send a rookie 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"; to the mound in John Lackey John Derran Lackey (born October 23, 1978, in Abilene, Texas) is a major league baseball starting pitcher from Abilene, Texas. He has played for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim his entire career. . But where Lackey might be lacking in experience, he makes up for it in other ways, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Angels manager Mike Scioscia. ``I think if you look at a pitcher's production, there's a sum total of things that go into it,'' Scioscia said. ``Sometimes it's experience, sometimes it's incredible talent, sometimes it's your makeup. But the bottom line is how are you throwing the ball. Are you getting outs.'' Lackey has had the best performance of any Angels starter in the postseason, holding the Minnesota Twins scoreless on three hits in seven innings in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series
``For us to say that a guy is a rookie pitcher and not have confidence in him is missing the whole point,'' Scioscia said. ``If you look at the bottom line, there's absolutely nobody that we would have more confidence in to give the ball to.'' --Walk this way: Facing San Francisco Giants The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California that currently play in the National League West Division. New York Giants history Early days and the John McGraw era left fielder Barry Bonds has turned out to be as tough as advertised for Angels pitchers. In the six World Series games, Bonds has hit .500 (7 for 14) with four homers, six 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 , 12 walks (seven intentional), and an on-base percentage of .731. ``I think our intentional walks, we've done those well, we've executed those well,'' Scioscia joked. ``At times we've gone after Barry. We're probably around what the average is of what teams have done to Barry during the season. We've made some good pitches. We've gotten Barry out. We haven't quite gotten pitches in some locations we're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. and he's hit the ball. ``This series is much more than `Hey, let's contain Barry and you're going to win the series.' It's much more than that. I think the Giants have shown that.'' In his 26 plate appearances this World Series, Bonds reached base 19 times. Angels reliever Francisco Rodriguez had the most success against Bonds, getting him out on twice on grounders to first in two at-bats. But Saturday in Game 6, Rodriguez hung a slider A block of material that holds the read/write head of a magnetic disk. See flying head. and Bonds crushed it for a home run. Rodriguez struck out Bonds in the seventh inning. --Great Scott: Among the many offensive records tied or broken this postseason includes two by Angels first baseman Scott Spiezio. Spiezio has hit .733 (11 for 15) with runners in scoring position in the postseason. The major-league record is .688, set by Boston's Marty Barrett in 1988. CAPTION(S): box Box: ANGELS AT A GLANCE: SERIES STATISTICS |
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