ANGELS NOTEBOOK: SAUNDERS IS ROCKED IN SEATTLE.Byline: Keven Chavez Staff Writer SEATTLE - The Angels hoped Joe Saunders Joseph Francis "Joe" Saunders (born June 16, 1981 in Falls Church, Virginia) is a Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Saunders played college baseball at Virginia Tech, where he compiled a 27-7 career record. could fill the fifth spot in the starting rotation after left-hander Jarrod Washburn Jarrod Michael Washburn (born August 13, 1974 in La Crosse, Wisconsin) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1995 amateur draft out of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Washburn won the final game was sidelined with forearm tendinitis. Instead, Saunders was rocked by the Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Mariners have played in Safeco Field. on Wednesday afternoon for six runs in just two innings. ``My arm felt good, probably too good,'' said the 24-year-old rookie who hadn't pitched since Sept. 1 with Triple-A Salt Lake. ``I just didn't have the stuff today. Two weeks off and I didn't have the command.'' Angels manager Mike Scioscia ``(Washburn) is feeling better but it could be more than one start (missed),'' Scioscia said. ``He'll pitch when he's at a level that he can go out there and compete and not be at risk.'' Escobar also pitched Wednesday and allowed four hits and two runs in two innings. --Juggling starters:The Angels might take advantage of next Monday's off day to either skip the fifth spot or juggle the rotation entirely. If the Angels skip the fifth spot and ace Bartolo Colon remains on his normal four days' rest, he'll pitch next Tuesday against Texas. But that would also put him in line to miss the critical four-game series against Oakland (Sept. 26-29). Colon is scheduled to pitch today against Detroit with a chance to be the first Angel since Nolan Ryan --Didn't help:The Angels lost despite not facing 19-year-old rookie phenom Felix Hernandez. Hernandez is 3-3 with a 2.33 ERA in eight starts this season. He has struck out 55 batters in 58 innings and is allowing opponents a .187 batting average batting average n. Baseball A measure of a batter's performance obtained by dividing the total of base hits by the number of times at bat, not including walks. Noun 1. . ``We're going to have to face him (eventually), we don't look at it as catching a break,'' Scioscia said. ``There is no denying he's a special pitcher, but the last couple nights (Joel) Pineiro and (Ryan) Franklin have pitched as well as anyone.'' |
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