ANGELS ROUT RED SOX TO START SERIES ANGELS 13, BOSTON 4.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer ANAHEIM - Dominican Republic Dominican Republic (dəmĭn`ĭkən), republic (2005 est. pop. 8,950,000), 18,700 sq mi (48,442 sq km), West Indies, on the eastern two thirds of the island of Hispaniola. The capital and largest city is Santo Domingo. natives and 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. MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. candidates David Ortiz David Ortiz (born November 18, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball designated hitter who has played for the Boston Red Sox since 2003. Previously, Ortiz played for the Minnesota Twins (1997-2002). and Manny Manny may refer to: In nobility:
Another of their countrymen did not participate in the jovial (Jules' Own Version of the International Algebraic Language) An ALGOL-like programming language developed by Systems Development Corp. in the early 1960s and widely used in the military. Its key architect was Jules Schwartz. reunion. Instead, Bartolo Colon stayed in the Angels' clubhouse, contemplating how to shut down a Red Sox team that is ranked No. 1 in the American League in eight offensive categories. Colon's introspection produced a one-word answer: fastball. Colon further enhanced his Cy Young Award chances by improving to 16-6 with six overpowering innings and one bad one in the opener of a big four-game series, a Angels' 13-4 victory in front of a sellout crowd of 44,050 at Angel Stadium. With the Oakland A's idle Thursday, the Angels increased their American League West The American League West is one of three divisions in Major League Baseball's American League. The division currently has four teams, but it has had as many as seven teams before the 1994 realignment. lead to 2 1/2 games. The Red Sox's AL East lead was reduced to four games over the idle New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. .
The Angels' offense broke out for 15 hits - four by Juan Rivera, who had two home runs and 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 . Bengie Molina and Casey Kotchman each had three hits. A productive evening for a struggling offense, but overkill overkill Vox populi An excess of anything on this night. Colon shut out the Red Sox on three hits through six innings, allowing only one Red Sox baserunner into scoring position. In the seventh, the Red Sox had five hits off him, including four in a row with two outs to push three runs home. Colon estimated that of his 104 pitches, he threw 90 fastballs, which he felt would work for him on this night. ``Before the game, I was playing long toss with (catcher) Bengie (Molina), and the ball felt really small coming out of my hand,'' Colon said through an interpreter. ``It told me I was going to throw the fastball a lot. I carried it to the bullpen, and then into the game.'' Colon had only five strikeouts, but four of them came against Ortiz (two) and Ramirez (two). ``I would prefer minimizing pitches against them, have them swing at the first pitch and make an out,'' Colon said. ``Fortunately, I had life on my fastball, and everything worked out. Manny Ramirez is my brother, and David Ortiz is one of the best human beings on earth right now.'' Colon usually needs a few innings to work into his velocity, but he hit 97 mph in the first inning when he struck out Ortiz. He hit 97 again in the second striking out Ramirez. ``He took about as much time as it takes from his last pitch in the bullpen to the first pitch of the game to work into his velocity,'' Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. ``It was the best fastball we've seen from Bart all year. ``He turns his fastball into three different looks, and he creates zones for himself. And he did it against probably the best offense in our league.'' Colon has come on strong the past month, going 5-0 with a 2.93 ERA in his past six starts. With 16 wins, he is on pace for 21, which would make him the first Angels pitcher with 20 wins in a season since Nolan Ryan won 22 in 1974. Colon figures to get eight more starts during the regular season. Colon prefers not to talk about a possible Cy Young Award, but he has Scioscia's vote. ``You talk about candidates for Cy Young, and Bartolo Colon has to be right in that mix,'' Scioscia said. The Angels knocked Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield (12-10) out of the game - literally - during a six-run fifth inning, which matched the Angels' biggest inning of the season. Kotchman, who started at designated hitter and homered off Wakefield in the second inning, hit a line drive off Wakefield's right ankle. It went as an RBI single and sent Wakefield limping to the dugout. X-rays were negative, but Wakefield has a deep contusion CONTUSION, med. jurisp. An injury or lesion, arising from the shock of a body with a large surface, which presents no loss of substance, and no apparent wound. If the skin be divided, the injury takes the name of a contused wound. Vide 1 Ch. Pr, 38; 4 Carr. & P. 381, 487, 558, 565; 6 Carr. of the lower shin area. The Red Sox said it was too early to know if he would make his next start. Associated Press contributed. Joe Haakenson, (626) 962-8811 joe.haakenson(at)sgvn.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos, 4 boxes Photo: (1 -- color) Angels starting pitcher Bartolo Colon goes seven strong innings to get his 16th victory of the season. (2) Boston's Manny Ramirez can't hide his displeasure after striking out against the Angels' Bartolo Colon in the second inning. Chris Carlson/Associated Press (1) ANGELS vs. BOSTON - Joe Haakenson (2) GAME RECAP (3) HOW THE RUNS SCORED (4) ALMANAC almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. |
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