COLLISION ONLY HELPS ERSTAD IN ANGELS WIN OVER ROYALS : ANGELS 12, KANSAS CITY 5.After a violent, head-first collision that would have pleased his Nebraska football coach, Darin Erstad Darin Charles Erstad (born June 4, 1974 in Jamestown, North Dakota) is a first baseman/center fielder in Major League Baseball currently with the Chicago White Sox. Prior to 2007, he had played his entire career with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim franchise (1996-2006). did more than just get up. He drove in a career-high four runs, leading an 18-hit barrage as the Anaheim Angels belted Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). and rookie Glendon Rusch Glendon James Rusch (born November 7, 1974, in Seattle, Washington) is a left handed starting pitcher who last played for the Chicago Cubs. He has previously played for the Kansas City Royals ('97-'99), the New York Mets ('99-'01), and the Milwaukee Brewers ('02-'03). 12-5 Monday night at Kauffman Stadium • • [ . ``Thank God neither of us was hurt,'' Erstad said of his head-first slide in the first inning that left him and catcher Mike Macfarlane Erstad appeared to arrive at the plate just ahead of the ball, which sailed to the backstop as Macfarlane MacFarlane or Macfarlane is a surname shared by:
``I didn't think I had a chance to hook-slide,'' said Erstad, the punter on Nebraska's 1995 national championship team. ``I thought if I tried to slide between there, he'd drop a knee on me and I'd never get to the plate.'' Anaheim manager Terry Collins winced when asked about Erstad's daring head-first slide. ``We didn't like to see a head-first slide into the catcher. but that's the way he plays,'' Collins said. ``Hopefully, he'll learn to get over something like that, with a hook slide or something, or even if he runs into them. But the head-first thing - that's a dangerous thing. He only knows one way and that's all-out.'' Erstad's three-run homer capped a five-run ninth inning for the Angels, who beat Rusch (3-4) for the third time this year. Jim Edmonds James Patrick "Jim" Edmonds (born June 27, 1970 in Fullerton, California) is a left-handed batter who plays for the St. Louis Cardinals. Edmonds is affectionately known as Jimmy Baseball [1], "Lassie" and as "Hollywood"[2] among Cardinals fans. had three hits and two 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 and Jim Leyritz drove in two runs for the Angels. Allen Watson (5-3), who beat Rusch 7-3 last Wednesday, earned his fourth straight victory. He allowed five runs and seven hits in five innings. Rusch (3-4) was tagged for 11 hits and seven runs in 5-2/3 innings. Three of his four losses have been to Anaheim, and his ERA against the Angels is 10.13 compared to his overall 5.81 mark. Kansas City got four runs in the sixth on two-run homers by Jay Bell and Chili Davis. Davis has 11 RBI in his past five games. Bell's ninth home run, and first since May 8, made it 7-3 in the sixth. After Jeff King bunted safely, Davis hit the next pitch over the fence in right for his ninth home run. It was his 307th career homer, tying him with Al Simmons and Royals' batting coach Greg Luzinski for 70th on the all-time list. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: The Angels Darin Erstad (inset) and Kansas City's Mike McFarland recover after a first-inning collision in the Angels' win. Associated Press |
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