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ANGELS RESCUE WEAVER RALLY TO TIE SCORE, KEEP HIM FROM LOSS ANGELS VS. TEXAS, LATE.


Byline: DOUG PADILLA Douglas ("Doug") Padilla (born October 4, 1956 in Oakland, California) is a former middle and long distance runner from the United States, who won the overall Grand Prix 1985 and the World Cup 5000m race in 1985.  Staff Writer

ANAHEIM -- The Angels simply refuse to let Jered Weaver Jered David Weaver (born October 4, 1982 in Northridge, California), is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Jered attended college at Long Beach State University where he was the 2004 College Baseball's Golden Spikes Award winner.
 lose a game, rallying for four runs Thursday in the eighth inning to get their rookie off the hook.

Vladimir Guerrero Vladimir Alvino Guerrero (born February 9, 1976 in Don Gregorio, Nizao, Dominican Republic), and known in his native Dominican Republic as Miquéas (Spanish for Micah), is a Major League Baseball right fielder who plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.  delivered an 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 for the Angels' first run in the eighth, and two batters later Juan Rivera Juan Rivera may refer to:
  • Juan Rivera (explorer) an early Spanish explorer of North America
  • Juan Rivera (baseball), the baseball player
  • Juan Rivera (wrestler), a professional wrestler, better known by his stage name Savio Vega.
 hit a towering three-run home run into the Texas Rangers Texas Rangers, mounted fighting force organized (1835) during the Texas Revolution. During the republic they became established as the guardians of the Texas frontier, particularly against Native Americans.  bullpen to tie the score. The two teams were tied 6-6 after nine innings at Angel Stadium.

Rivera, who has 12 home runs in his last 26 games, hit a first-pitch fastball from reliever Rick Bauer Richard Edward Bauer (born January 10 1977 in Garden Grove, California) is a right-handed pitcher who plays in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization of Major League Baseball. , who had just entered the game.

Weaver was not horrible, as he gave up three runs in six innings, but he got no help from a bullpen that gave up three runs in the seventh inning as the Rangers took a seemingly comfortable 6-2 lead.

While Rivera's home run prevented Weaver from losing the game, it also spoiled what had been a solid outing from Rangers starter Kevin Millwood Kevin Austin Millwood (born December 24, 1974 in Gastonia, North Carolina) is a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who plays for the Texas Rangers.

Millwood was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 11th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
.

Two of the Angels' eighth-inning runs belonged to Millwood.

Weaver gave up his three runs on eight hits in six innings, getting burned in the sixth on back-to-back triples from Hank Blalock Hank Joe Blalock (born November 21, 1980 in San Diego, California) is a Major League baseball third baseman who currently plays for the Texas Rangers. Hank Blalock has recently been diagnosed with Thoracic outlet syndrome. In some circles Hank is known as "The Block.  and Mark DeRosa Mark Thomas DeRosa (born February 26, 1975 in Passaic, New Jersey) is a Major League Baseball player who plays for the Chicago Cubs. DeRosa is a utility player and bats right-handed. DeRosa was selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 7th round of the June 1996 free agent draft. . The first one wasn't entirely Weaver's fault, as Garret Anderson played Blalock's soft liner down the left-field line into the three-base hit.

But DeRosa's RBI triple to the gap in right-center was well struck, as was the line-drive RBI single from Ian Kinsler that followed.

Weaver gave up the most hits he has allowed in any start, with the previous high of seven coming in his last outing on Saturday against the Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are a member and currently champions of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball’s American League. From to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park. . After winning his first seven starts, Weaver has gone winless in his last two.

Millwood, who won the American League ERA title last season with the Cleveland Indians, had lost his last two starts and had not seen his ERA under 4.00 since he gave up nine runs in an early May outing against the Minnesota Twins.

Through the first seven innings, the Angels' offense was sputtering A popular method for adhering thin films onto a substrate. Sputtering is done by bombarding a target material with a charged gas (typically argon) which releases atoms in the target that coats the nearby substrate. It all takes place inside a magnetron vacuum chamber under low pressure.  along just as it had been since the team returned from Boston on an overnight flight Sunday. After scoring just six runs in the entire three-game series against the Oakland Athletics earlier this week, they appeared to be on that same pace.

After Brad Wilkerson gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead in the second inning with a fly ball to score DeRosa, Guerrero tied it up in spectacular fashion in the fourth inning with his team-high 22nd home run that rattled off the faux rocks in left-center field. The ball appeared to easily travel 420 feet.

After the Rangers scored their two runs in the sixth, the Angels nearly answered with two of their own on a full-count single to center from Anderson. Maicer Izturis scored from third but Orlando Cabrera was thrown out by Rangers center fielder Gary Matthews Jr. while racing in from second base.

In his last two starts, Weaver has not been up to his lofty standards, not that anybody expected to keep up the dominating pace he was on to start his career. Weaver had a 1.15 ERA in 47 innings heading into Fenway Park last weekend.

Thursday's start was just the third at home for Weaver and first since June 13.

When he gave up the second-inning run on Wilkerson's fly ball it, was the first run he had given up at home this season. It snapped a 15-inning scoreless streak at home.

It was also the second consecutive start Weaver had given up three runs after not allowing more than two in his seven victories.

``Jered's been, I don't want to say a surprise because I think where the surprise was how far he came from last year when we saw him in spring training,'' manager Mike Scioscia said. ``As the spring moved on and he pitched at Triple-A, we knew he had the ability to do some of the things we're seeing. To what extent and what level, you never know, but he has certainly given us a big boost in what is right now a little different rotation than we opened up with.''

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Photo:

(1) The Angels' Juan Rivera, right, is congratulated by Vladimir Guerrero and Garret Anderson after hitting a three-run home run in the eighth inning to tie the score.

(2) Texas' Gary Mathews Jr. slides into second base after being forced out, as second baseman Adam Kennedy throws to first.

Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press

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ANGELS vs. TEXAS

- Doug Padilla
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