ANGELS NOTEBOOK: GLAUS A NEW MAN SINCE BENCHING.Byline: Joe Haakenson Since coming back from being benched May 28, Angels third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker 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). is hitting .444 (12 for 27) with four homers and eight 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 in seven games, raising his average from .226 to .258. He had the big blast in Sunday's game, a three-run homer off Carlos Perez in the sixth inning. His recent surge came in the nick of time, considering there was talk of sending him back to Triple-A just before he got hot. ``You can use it as motivation,'' Glaus said of the rumors he might go down. ``I knew I was struggling. With anything like that you try to turn it around and make it a positive situation. I still worked hard and did everything I felt I needed to do.'' Hill impressive: Pitcher Ken Hill managed to shake off a shaky first inning, go six innings and earn the victory in Sunday's game. After the two-run first, he retired nine in a row before Adrian Beltre's leadoff single in the fifth. Gary Sheffield
Gary Antonian Sheffield (born November 18, 1968 in Tampa, Florida) is a Major League Baseball designated hitter and outfielder for the Detroit Tigers. homered off Hill in the sixth, but that was all the Dodgers got off him. ``The sixth inning I was fortunate to get away with some of the pitches I threw,'' Hill said. ``Particularly a hanging slider A block of material that holds the read/write head of a magnetic disk. See flying head. to (Raul) Mondesi that he popped up.'' Lineup switch: Manager Terry Collins flip-flopped his top two spots in the batting order Noun 1. batting order - (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat; "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate" lineup, card Sunday, leading off with Randy Velarde ANGELS vs. SAN FRANCISCO Time: 7:05 p.m., at 3Com Park TV/Radio: Channel 9; KLAC-AM (570), XPRS-AM (1090) Matchup: The Angels continue their stretch of interleague games with the first of three against the Giants in San Francisco. The Giants took two of three from the Angels last season at Edison Field. Angels manager Terry Collins has roots in the National League and has said he enjoys managing NL-style games, but he would just as soon go back to playing AL teams. ``This is not our game, we're an AL team,'' he said. Left-hander Chuck Finley (4-5, 5.71 ERA) will start for Anaheim against San Francisco right-hander Russ Ortiz (6-4, 3.24). - Joe Haakenson CAPTION(S): Box BOX: ANGELS vs. SAN FRANCISCO (see text) |
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