ANGELS WALK OFF WITH ANOTHER DEFEAT WHITE SOX 5, ANGELS 4.Byline: Gabe Lacques Staff Writer CHICAGO - Brendan Donnelly Brendan Kevin Donnelly (b. July 4, 1971 in Washington, D.C.) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher with the Boston Red Sox. Donnelly had bounced around the minor leagues for 10 seasons after he was drafted in 1992 by the Chicago White Sox before he finally made his looked like the goat Tuesday night, forced to endure the same walk of shame The walk of shame refers to any phenomenon in which a person has to take a walk in front of strangers or peers for an embarrassing reason before reaching a place of privacy. Most commonly, it occurs the morning after a night out at a bar or a dance club or a party. Angels bullpen mate Scot Shields Scot Shields (b. July 22, 1975, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, with whom he has spent his entire career, serving as their setup man since 2005. negotiated the day before after giving up a game-ending hit to a Chicago White Sox The Chicago White Sox are a professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the White Sox have played in U.S. player. But to blame Donnelly for Tuesday's loss, sealed when Jermaine Dye Jermaine Terrell Dye (born January 28, 1974 in Vacaville, California) is a right fielder in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox. Dye has also played with the Atlanta Braves (1996), Kansas City Royals (1997-2001), and Oakland Athletics (2001-04), joining the White Sox hit the third pitch of the ninth inning for a walk-off home run In baseball, a walk-off home run is a home run that ends the game. It must be a home run that gives the home team the lead in the bottom of the final inning of the game — either the ninth inning, or any extra inning, or any other regularly scheduled final inning. and a 5-4 Sox win, would be the baseball equivalent of shooting the messenger. Were it not for the incessant failings of reliever Esteban Yan Esteban Luis Yan (born on June 22, 1975 in Campiña del Seibo, Dominican Republic) is a starting pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. At 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), 255 lb (116 kg), he bats and throws right handed. , who has a 5.40 ERA and in whom the Angels seem to have virtually no confidence, Donnelly wouldn't have been forced to work two innings in a 4-4 game. Were it not for a somewhat routine Carl Everett Carl Edward Everett III (born June 3, 1971 in Tampa, Florida) is a former all-star Major League Baseball outfielder. A switch hitter, he played with the Chicago White Sox on their 2005 World Series winning team. flyball that right fielder right fielder n. Baseball The player who defends right field. Noun 1. right fielder - the person who plays right field outfielder - (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield Chone Figgins misplayed into a ground-rule double in the fourth inning, starter John Lackey might have completed his seven-inning stint with the lead. And if not for an offense that failed to exploit the early departure of White Sox starter Freddy Garcia, who left in the sixth inning with a hamstring injury hamstring injury Sports medicine A muscle injury of biceps femoris, seen in sprinters and runners, when a contracted muscle meets a lengthening force, overpowering intrinsic muscle resiliency Management RICE, NSAIDs, gradual ↑ of pain-free activity–eg, , the Angels wouldn't have had to try and survive a ninth inning against a deep Chicago club in its home ballpark. Instead, the Angels slipped quietly into second place for the first time this season and started a two-week, 12-game trip in about the worst manner possible. Two games, two ninth-inning losses, too many shoddy areas to shore up. ``It's uncharacteristic of us,'' manager Mike Scioscia said. ``We shot ourselves in the foot a little bit tonight. We're close.'' But close won't cut it in a season series with the Sox that's been remarkably taut. Four of the six games between the two playoff contenders have been decided by one run. The decisive run Tuesday left the yard in rapid-fire fashion. ``If it had hit the wall,'' Donnelly mused, ``the wall might have fallen down. Hit the ball just high enough to end the game. He crushed it.'' It was Donnelly's seventh multi-inning appearance this season, and statistically, he isn't nearly as effective in the second inning of work. But Yan, signed to a two-year contract and expected to be at least a peer, if not the equal, of Donnelly and Shields in the set-up role, has been awful. In response to Yan's struggles, the Angels sent long reliever Chris Bootcheck (0.00 ERA) to the minor leagues so that 29-year-old rookie Joel Peralta, a former infielder, can get a shot in a later-inning role Yan might have assumed. Tuesday, a lack of depth put Donnelly on the high wire. He got through the Sox's 3-4-5 hitters on seven pitches, but not their sixth. ``He's terrific in first-hitter efficiency,'' Scioscia said. ``He hasn't been as effective in the second, as a rule.'' Figgins, making his second start in three days in right field, probably is more comfortable in center. But Scioscia said he still should have caught Everett's towering flyball, into a swirling wind, that landed for a ground-rule double in the fourth. Everett scored on a sacrifice fly for a 3-2 Chicago lead. ``Figgy drifted on that ball, and it turned out to be a big run,'' Scioscia said. ``He broke a cardinal rule of outfield. You run to a spot hard in case the ball carries farther. It's something he has to learn from and move on.'' Lackey wasn't spectacular Tuesday, giving up 10 hits and a solo home run to Joe Crede in the sixth and leaving with a 4-3 deficit. Garret Anderson, who homered and had three hits, tied it in the eighth with 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 single off Damaso Marte. Donnelly ended it, getting tagged with the loss, if not the blame, as the Angels tumbled from the top of the AL West standings. ``Ah, man, what is it, June tomorrow?'' Lackey asked. ``We've got a long way to go to start worrying about (pennant) races.'' Gabe Lacques, (626) 962-8811 gabe.lacques(at)sgvn.com CAPTION(S): photo, 4 boxes Photo: White Sox players celebrate after Jermaine Dye's walk-off homer against the Angels, who fell to second in the AL West. Nam Y. Huh/Associated Press Box: (1) ANGELS at WHITE SOX - Gabe Lacques (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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