ANGELS NOTEBOOK: GREGG, WOODS GET CHANCE.Byline: Gabe Lacques Staff Writer ANAHEIM - The Angels are guardedly optimistic 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"; Kelvim Escobar Kelvim Jose Escobar Bolivar [ess-coe-BAR] (born April 11, 1976 in La Guaira, Venezuela) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2004-present). He bats and throws right handed. won't miss more than two starts with elbow inflammation, although their No. 3 pitcher still hasn't thrown off a mound in a week and has been examined by Dr. Lewis Yocum. Escobar's misfortune equals opportunity elsewhere, and the dawn of Opening Night on Tuesday saw two milestones that looked remote a week ago: 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. starting the season in a big-league rotation and Jake Woods Jacob Thomas Woods (born on September 3, 1981 in Fresno, California) is a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Seattle Mariners of the American League. starting the season in the Angels' bullpen. Escobar played catch on flat ground Monday and said Tuesday he would probably miss only two starts, maximum. But his elbow inflammation, combined with shoulder tightness he felt over the winter, will cause the Angels to monitor him closely. So Monday, it was Gregg throwing 75 pitches and completing five innings in an intrasquad game at Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Rancho Cucamonga (răn`chō k  'kəmäng`gə), city (1990 pop. 101,409), San Bernardino co., S Calif. in preparation for start Saturday against Kansas City, the fourth of his big-league career. When the Angels acquired Bret Prinz on March 29, Woods assumed his spot in the bullpen would be gone. But Escobar's injury kept Woods off the shuttle to Triple-A Salt Lake. --Lineup roulette: Tonight, with left-hander Kenny Rogers starting for Texas, Juan Rivera will be the DH, batting fifth or sixth, and Chone Figgins will move from ninth to second. Steve Finley could slide from fifth to sixth or seventh. |
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