BOTTOM-DWELLERS AGAIN ANOTHER DEFEAT AT HOME FURTHER SEPARATES ANGELS FROM TOP TEAMS OAKLAND 7, ANGELS 2.Byline: Frank Welch
Frank Welch (1835 – 1878) was a Nebraska Republican politician. He was born at Bunker Hill, Charlestown, Massachusetts on February 10, 1835 and moved to Boston in with his parents. Staff Writer ANAHEIM - The four-team 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. looked more like two separate divisions last season: The varsity and junior varsity junior varsity n. Abbr. JV A high-school or college team that competes in interschool sports on the level below varsity. Noun 1. . The Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Mariners have played in Safeco Field. won 116 games and the Oakland Athletics “Philadelphia Athletics” redirects here. For other uses, see Philadelphia Athletics (disambiguation). The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. had 102 victories to make up the upper echelon, with the lower featuring the Angels, who won 75 games, two more than 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. did. It's beginning to look a lot like last year for the Angels even if it's only April. The Angels, a team that vowed to be more competitive within the division this season, have yet to prove that on the field as they dropped their sixth in a row, this time a 7-2 loss to the Athletics on Saturday night in front of 33,554 at Edison Field. Anaheim (3-8) has lost all six games at home to both the Mariners (four in a row last week) and the Athletics (Friday and Saturday), and has won just one of its eight home games overall. Anaheim's pitching, the lesser of the two evils for the team thus far, was shaky early as Oakland built a lead against Angels opening-day starter 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 . Washburn, erratic through the early portions of his 4 2/3 innings of work, gave up a two-out, three-run double to Frank Menechino Frank Menechino (born January 7, 1971 in Staten Island, New York) is a baseball utility player, most recently with the Toronto Blue Jays of the American League. He played college baseball at Gulf Coast Community College in Panama City, Florida before transferring to the University in the second inning. After David Justice singled, Oakland third baseman Eric Chavez homered to center field to make it a 5-2 game in the third. The homer was Chavez's AL-leading fifth this season. Scott Hatteberg's two-run homer off Al Levine in the ninth inning gave Oakland a five-run lead. Washburn (0-2) saw his earned run average earned run average n. Baseball Abbr. ERA A measure of a pitcher's performance obtained by dividing the total of earned runs allowed by the total of innings pitched and multiplying by nine. Noun 1. jump from 4.35 to 6.00 after giving up five earned runs, five hits and three walks. The Angels offense once again couldn't give a struggling pitcher a break as they wound up with four hits against four Oakland pitchers. Anaheim got only singles by Kennedy High of Granada Hills product Garret Anderson and Adam Kennedy, who went to CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge , after the first inning. Anaheim looked like it might shake a season-long hitting slump in the first inning when Darin Erstad singled sharply to center field with one out. Anderson then took an 0-2 pitch from Oakland starter Erik Hiljus, who went to Canyon High, and sent it deep into the right field seats. Justice, the A's right fielder, barely moved and didn't watch Anderson's first home run of the season sail over his head. Anderson's home run was the first by an Anaheim player other than third baseman Troy Glaus (who has three) this season. It also was the first Angels homer at Edison Field this season (Saturday was the eighth home game) and it also ended an eight-game homerless stretch. Anderson also snapped an 0-for-20 slump with his two-run shot. But Anaheim didn't feed off Anderson's homer. The team's next hit came with two out in the fifth inning when Kennedy singled. An Anderson single and walk to Scott Spiezio put the tying run at the plate in Tim Salmon in the sixth. Angels manager Mike Scioscia, playing the percentages, opted for Salmon in place of the left-handed hitting Brad Fullmer. Scioscia countered the move of Oakland manager Art Howe, who replaced Hiljus with left-hander Mike Venafro. Salmon struck out swinging, his final two hacks at curveballs that registered 71 and 72 mph on the radar gun. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Oakland's Jeremy Giambi celebrates with teammates during the A's victory over the Angels on Saturday at Edison Field. John Hayes/Associated Press |
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