ANGELS NOTEBOOK: SHIELDS NOT SET UP FOR ROLE.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer ANAHEIM - 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. has been closer Francisco Rodriguez's primary setup man all season, but on Tuesday night when the Angels took a one-run lead into the eighth inning, manager Mike Scioscia The reasoning is simple: Escobar is pitching great; Shields is pitching poorly. ``If Kelvim pitches as well as he has, that's a great slot for him,'' Scioscia said. ``And it allows us to move Shields up Shields Up is a port scanning service created by Steve Gibson and hosted at [https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2 grc.com]. The purpose of this utility is to alert the users of any ports that have been opened through their firewalls or through their NAT routers. earlier in the game from time to time. It's not a huge adjustment. It adds depth to the back end of our bullpen.'' Shields is 8-11 with a 3.00 ERA this season in a career-high 72 appearances, but is 2-5 with two blown saves and a 5.79 ERA since Aug. 1. Since returning from elbow surgery and joining the bullpen Sept. 6, Escobar is 1-0 with a 1.50 ERA and 12 strikeouts in 10 innings. --Three not a charm: Bartolo Colon's stiff back probably won't allow him to pitch on three days' rest, as the Angels had hoped. ``Considering where he was after (Tuesday's) game, we'll really look at things carefully to see if we're still going to have the option to bring him back early and how it will affect things down the road,'' Scioscia said. The Angels still want to find a way to get Colon into one of the games next week against the Oakland A's, which is Monday-Thursday. --Anderson sits: Left fielder Garret Anderson Garret Joseph Anderson (born June 30, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) is a Major League Baseball left fielder who has played his entire career for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. left Tuesday's game with a sore back and wasn't able to answer the bell for Wednesday's game. Anderson is hitting .190 (4 for 21) on the current homestand and .285 overall, and lately hasn't appeared to be the same hitter he's been over his career. He's never hit below .285 in a season in his major-league career. --Washburn throws: Pitcher 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 , who has tendinitis tendinitis or tendonitis Inflammation of a tendon sheath, due to irritation of this thin, filmy tissue by overuse of the tendons, which slide within them, or to bacterial infection. in his forearm, threw a bullpen workout Wednesday and reported he is at ``about 90 percent.'' He is slated to pitch either Saturday or Sunday, which are the final two regular-season home games of the season. Joe Haakenson, (626) 962-8811 joe.haakenson(at)sgvn.com |
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