ANGELS PLAYER INSIDE LOOK: SPIEZIO WANTS TO BE LIKE DAD.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer ANAHEIM - While champagne and beer flowed throughout the Angels' clubhouse, Scott Spiezio Scott Edward Spiezio (born September 21, 1972 in Joliet, Illinois) is a Major League Baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals. He is the son of former Cardinal Ed Spiezio. didn't want to uncork the bottle in his hand. He was saving it for his dad, the person who fueled the Angels' first baseman's drive to do whatever it takes to win a World Series. Spiezio's father, Ed, won two World Series titles during a nine-year major-league career. The younger Spiezio doesn't want to be outdone out·do tr.v. out·did , out·done , out·do·ing, out·does To do more or better than in performance or action. See Synonyms at excel. and has done his share this year to make sure he gets a chance to become the family's next champion. Spiezio homered in a three-hit, three-RBI performance Sunday during the Angels' 13-5 victory over the Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twins are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Twins have played in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series
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. to .353. ``My dad's got two World Series rings,'' Spiezio said. ``I want one, too.'' The playoff drive seems to put Spiezio at his best. He finished the regular season hitting in nine consecutive games. In the Division Series, he batted .400. Spiezio, who bats lower in the order behind sluggers Garret Anderson, Troy Glaus and Brad Fullmer, had a team-high six 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 the five ALCS ALCS American League Championship Series (baseball) ALCS Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society (UK) ALCS Airborne Launch Control System games. ``Every at-bat is gigantic,'' Spiezio said of his desire to never waste an at-bat. He didn't waste any Sunday. Spiezio tied the game by leading off the fifth with a home run to right field. Teammate Adam Kennedy untied the game with a home run two batters later, but by the next time Spiezio came to the plate, the Angels were trailing again. Spiezio's leadoff single in the seventh started a streak of six consecutive Angels hits in a 10-run inning. Spiezio wasn't satisfied even with a four-run lead when he got his second at-bat of the inning. He ended up with a two-run single to make it 11-5. ``I know when I got up there, I was praying, `Let me get these two runs in, let me get on base,' '' Spiezio said. ``I know other guys were thinking that, too. It ended up happening.'' |
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