ANGELS SWEPT OUT OF TAMPA LOSS DROPS THEM TO SECOND IN AL WEST TAMPA BAY 2, ANGELS 1.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Angels lost more than a game Sunday when they fell, 2-1, to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays The Tampa Bay Devil Rays are a professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida, Florida. The Devil Rays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Devil Rays have played in Tropicana Field. in front of 13,703 at Tropicana Field • • [ . They also lost their lead in the AL West, falling a half-game behind the Oakland A's and marking the first time the Angels have been in second place since Aug. 11. They also lost their status as a team in playoff position, falling a half-game behind the New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. in the AL wild-card race.
``(The season's) not over today, so I don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. ,'' Angels 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 said. Granted, the Angels still have 32 games remaining on their schedule, but they realize they have to play better in those 32 than they did in the three games over the weekend against the Devil Rays. The Angels were swept by the Devil Rays for the first time in club history, and combined with Thursday's loss to the Orioles, the Angels have matched a season-long four-game losing streak. It was a typical game for Washburn - he pitched well but got little run support. Washburn (7-8) gave up two runs and five hits in an efficient seven innings, but the two-run home run he gave up to Aubrey Huff Aubrey Lewis Huff (born December 20, 1976 in Marion, Ohio) is a Major League Baseball Designated Hitter for the Baltimore Orioles. High school career Grew up in Mineral Wells, Texas. in the second inning was enough to beat him and the Angels. The Angels mustered only six hits off Devil Rays starter Mark Hendrickson Mark Allan Hendrickson (born June 23, 1974 in Mount Vernon, Washington, U.S.) is an American professional athlete and is one of just 10 athletes to play in both Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association. (8-7), Joe Borowski and Danny Baez, who recorded his 31st save of the season. The Angels' only run came on Orlando Cabrera's solo homer in the sixth. ``There's definitely no panic in here,'' Washburn said of the Angels' mood. ``We come to the park every day and have fun like we do when we're playing good. The road trip didn't go the way we wanted it to, but I don't sense panic in here.'' For the Angels' offense, there doesn't seem to be much of anything going on. On Sunday, they were retired in order in four innings, and when they did put a runner in scoring position, they were 0 for 3. ``They outplayed us,'' Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. ``They deserved the sweep. Needless to say, we need to pick up our game. We got into some good (hitting) counts, situations where we could get good swings, but we weren't able to square some balls up.'' In the fourth inning, Garret Anderson doubled with two out, but Devil Rays center fielder Damon Hollins made a spectacular running catch in the left-center field gap to rob Bengie Molina of 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 . In the eighth, the Angels moved Maicer Izturis to third with two outs, but Cabrera lined out to first to end the inning. Washburn said all of his pitches were working, and he got some help from his defense, which turned three double plays. He was asked if the Angels' pitchers are feeling the burden of carrying a team that isn't consistently producing offensively. ``No, because there have been times in the past when there was too much burden on the hitters,'' he said. ``You try to find a balance. The guys here are too talented to continue struggling the way they are. Hopefully everyone will bust out of it.'' Joe Haakenson, (626) 962-8811 joe.haakenson(at)sgvn.com CAPTION(S): box Box: 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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