ANGELS NOTEBOOK: LONG GAME TOOK A TOLL VS. YANKEES.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer ANAHEIM - Angels manager Mike Scioscia The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. has lingered for the Angels, especially for the bullpen. In particular, the big three of Brendan Donnelly Brendan Kevin Donnelly (b. July 4, 1971 in Washington, D.C.) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher with the Boston Red Sox. Donnelly had bounced around the minor leagues for 10 seasons after he was drafted in 1992 by the Chicago White Sox before he finally made his , Scot Shields Scot Shields (b. July 22, 1975, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, with whom he has spent his entire career, serving as their setup man since 2005. and Francisco Rodriguez Francisco Rodriguez may refer to:
After that 4-1 win Friday over the Yankees, the trio had combined to allow only two earned runs in 42 2/3 innings for an ERA of 0.42. In the following two games, they combined to give up seven runs (four earned) and seven walks in 2 1/3 innings. ``We had some wildness out of the pen,'' Scioscia said. ``That could be a residual affect of the guys pitching a lot. They've been so strong for us all year, and it caught up to us this weekend.'' Shields has been the workhorse of the bullpen, making 53 appearances, the most by an American League pitcher. He's thrown 65 1/3 innings. --Impressive outing: The Angels could not have asked for more from pitcher Chris Bootcheck, who was called up from Triple-A Salt Lake to start Sunday against the Yankees in Yankee Stadium. Bootcheck needed only 79 pitches to get through six innings, allowing just five hits and one run - on a Jason Giambi homer. Bootcheck said he probably could have pitched into the seventh inning, but Scioscia said Bootcheck had given them enough. Bootcheck's back was beginning to stiffen stiff·en tr. & intr.v. stiff·ened, stiff·en·ing, stiff·ens To make or become stiff or stiffer. stiff , the result of a hard-hit comebacker by John Flaherty in the fifth. Gary Sheffield, Alex Rodriguez and Hideki Matsui, the Yankees' 3-4-5 hitters, went 1 for 9 against Bootcheck, the only hit a single by Rodriguez. --History lesson: The Angels hold a slim lead in the American League West The American League West is one of three divisions in Major League Baseball's American League. The division currently has four teams, but it has had as many as seven teams before the 1994 realignment. over the Oakland A's, and history shows the A's will have a good August. Over the past four seasons, the A's have the best record in the majors in August at 86-28. The Angels have the fourth-best August record over that time, 66-48. Joe Haakenson, (626) 962-8811 joe.haakenson(at)sgvn.com CAPTION(S): box Box: ANGELS vs. BALTIMORE - Joe Haakenson |
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