ANGELS NOTEBOOK: SALMON'S WISH: ALL DAY GAMES.Byline: Matt McHale Daily News Staff Writer Tim Salmon One of the two associations of professional baseball teams in the U.S. and Canada designated as major leagues; the other is the National League (NL). Player of the Month. He was among the league leaders in average (.349), home runs (7) and runs batted in (23). As good as he has been, Salmon is especially effective during day games. Unfortunately for him, the Angels switched almost all of their Sunday games to 5 p.m. starts, including tonight's game against the Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the White Sox have played in U.S. . Fortunately, the four-game series concludes Monday with a 1 p.m. start. Salmon is 9 for 13 with four home runs and 14 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 three days games this season. ``That's how the game is supposed to be played,'' said Salmon, 9 for 13 with four homers and 14 RBI in three day games this season. ``A day game.'' Opposing teams have complained about the late starts in Anaheim. They are usually on a plane out of other cities about the time Sunday games start in Anaheim. Salmon isn't a complainer. ``I've begged,'' he said. The quick start has brought the usually soft-spoken Salmon more attention. But manager Terry Collins says that quiet man tag isn't exactly true. ``Let's just say he's a much different person on the bench than the one you see in public,'' Collins said. ``He was a DH a lot last year (because of a foot injury) and that was an adjustment. I think the time on the bench kind of got to him. He got pretty loud sometimes.'' Catching on: Charlie O'Brien
Charles Hugh O'Brien made his eighth start of the season behind the plate and threw out two base runners. O'Brien always starts when left-hander Chuck Finley But Dodgers fans who have watched Todd Hundley struggle this year throwing out baserunners, take heart. In 1995, O'Brien, then with Atlanta, threw out just 8 of 79 runners (10.1 percent). O'Brien entered Friday's game in the ninth replacing Todd Greene. Greene, still not 100 percent since October 1997 shoulder surgery, thinks he can play three times a week right now, but Collins said he would be happy if Greene could do it by July. Quick hits: The young White Sox have been one of the league's pleasant surprises this season, finishing 11-9 in April. It gets tougher from here, though. Chicago's April opponents had a .451 winning percentage last season. Opponents in May had a .524 winning percentage in 1998, including Cleveland and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , which the White Sox play 12 times. ANGELS VS. CHICAGO Time: 5:05 p.m. at Edison Field TV/Radio: No TV; KLAC-AM (570), XPRS-AM (1090 Spanish). Matchup: In the third of four games with the White Sox right-hander Omar Olivares (2-2, 3.70) faces left-hander Jim Parque (3-1, 3.70). Olivares is making his fifth start of the season. Last Tuesday, he allowed six runs in just four innings in a 10-1 loss to Toronto. He is 1-5 lifetime against the White Sox. Parque, the former Crescenta Valley High School Crescenta Valley High School is an secondary school located at 2900 Community Avenue in La Crescenta-Montrose, an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The school is a part of the Glendale Unified School District. and UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX standout, has won his last two starts. Dating back to last season, he has won seven of his last eight decisions. - Matt McHale CAPTION(S): Box BOX: ANGELS vs. CHICAGO (see text) |
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