ANGELS RALLY IN 9TH, BUT MARINERS WIN : SEATTLE 4, ANGELS 3.Byline: Jim Cour Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Mike Holtz Michael James (Mike) Holtz (born October 10, 1972 in Arlington, Virginia was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the California Angels (1996), Anaheim Angels (1997-2001), Oakland Athletics (2002[start]), San Diego Padres (2002[end , making his major-league debut, threw a wild pitch with two outs in the bottom of the 12th inning Thursday night that allowed Paul Sorrento Sorrento opened the 12th with a single and was balked balk v. balked, balk·ing, balks v.intr. 1. To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse balked at the jump. 2. to second by Rich Monteleone (0-3). Dan Wilson's infield out moved Sorrento to third, and Holtz relieved Monteleone. Holtz, who was called up from Double-A Midland earlier in the day, struck out Darren Bragg. But with the count 1-1 on Doug Strange, Holtz threw a pitch in the dirt that got past catcher Pat Borders and bounced toward the California dugout. Rafael Carmona (6-0) pitched 3-1/3 shutout innings to earn the win as the Mariners cut Texas' lead in the AL West to three games. The Angels tied the score at 4-4 in the ninth off Mike Jackson when Randy Velarde singled to lead off and scored on Gary DiSarcina's double. Mariners shortstop Alex Rodriguez threw DiSarcina out at the plate on Borders' ground ball for the second out of the inning. The Mariners went ahead 4-3 with two outs in the eighth when Rodriguez doubled home Rich Amaral from first. The Angels took a 3-0 lead after the fifth on sacrifice flies by Tim Salmon in the first and Darin Erstad in the second and Chili Davis' 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 double in the fifth. Seattle tied the score at 3-3 with three runs in the fifth on Rodriguez's two-run homer, his 18th, and Dan Wilson's bloop bloop Baseball n. A blooper. tr.v. blooped, bloop·ing, bloops To hit (a ball) into the air just beyond the infield. adj. Hit just beyond the infield. RBI double. Mark Langston went five innings for the Angels, giving up three runs. Seattle starter Sterling Hitchcock lasted seven innings, allowing three runs. Notes: The Angels assigned left-hander Brad Pennington to Triple-A Vancouver and brought up left-hander Mike Holtz from Double-A Midland on Thursday. Pennington, 27, was placed on waivers Monday and cleared them Thursday morning. He pitched in eight games with the Angels, posting no record and a 12.27 ERA in 7-1/3 innings. He was claimed off waivers from Boston on May 17. The 23-year-old Holtz was 1-2 with two saves and a 4.27 ERA in 33 games and 41 innings in Midland. He was picked in the 17th round of the June 1994 free-agent draft by the Angels. |
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