D-RAYS CAUGHT NAPPING LACKEY PITCHES SEVEN INNINGS TO GET VICTORY ANGELS 9, TAMPA BAY 1.Byline: BEN VILLA Staff Writer After sweeping the New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. on Tuesday night, 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. flew from Florida to Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, to play the Angels,
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By the bottom of the fifth inning, it was clear they should have stayed in them. Garret Anderson Garret Joseph Anderson (born June 30, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) is a Major League Baseball left fielder who has played his entire career for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. , Gary Matthews
For the son, see Gary Matthews Jr. A native of Mesa, Arizona, Hillenbrand attended Mountain View High School there, excelling in both baseball, as a shortstop, and soccer. each drove in two runs and John Lackey John Derran Lackey (born October 23, 1978, in Abilene, Texas) is a major league baseball starting pitcher from Abilene, Texas. He has played for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim his entire career. won his third game of the season as the Angels routed the Devil Rays 9-1 Wednesday night in front of 36,850 at Angel Stadium. If the Devil Rays were tired, it showed in the late part of the game as they committed three errors between the fifth and seventh innings that led directly to six Angels runs. The Angels moved into a tie with Oakland for first place in the 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. and they continued their dominance at home. They are 5-1 on their current homestand that ends today, and are 10-3 at home this season. "There are no breaks, there are no easy divisions," said Devil Rays manager Joe Maddon Joseph John Maddon (born February 8 1954, in Hazleton, Pennsylvania) is the current manager of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in Major League Baseball, having been announced to that position on November 15, 2005. , the former Angels bench coach. "It's just the way it is and you have to be prepared to play under any circumstance." The game was scoreless through the first four innings as Lackey and Devil Rays starter Edwin Jackson were cruising. Jackson, who entered the game with a 6.75 ERA, had only given up one hit up until that point, but in the bottom of the fifth inning his defense betrayed him. Casey Kotchman led off by hitting a chopper that Devil Rays first baseman Carlos Pena booted. Hillenbrand was up next and he hit a hard grounder to shortstop, where Brendan Harris was able to stop the ball but unable to make a play on it. Hillenbrand was awarded an infield single, putting runners on first and second with no outs. Jackson, however, came back to get both Maicer Izturis and Mike Napoli to fly out, bringing Erick Aybar to the plate. Aybar hit a sharp grounder to second base, where B.J. Upton fell down trying to field the ball. From his knees, Upton threw the ball away. That allowed Kotchman to score the game's first run. Up next was Matthews Jr., and with Aybar running on the play and Hillenbrand at third base, he crushed a ball off the center-field wall for a two-run double that gave the Angels a 3-0 lead. The Devil Rays came back in the top of the sixth inning to put a rally together against Lackey. Carl Crawford singled to lead off and, after Ty Wigginton flew out, Crawford tried to steal second base. Napoli made a strong throw and second-base umpire Lance Barksdale was about to call Crawford out when Aybar dropped the ball. The play came back to haunt Lackey as Delmon Young (Camarillo High) lined a single to left field to score Crawford. Lackey escaped without any further damage by getting Dioner Navarro to fly out and Upton to strike out swinging. Lackey was replaced by Justin Speier in the top of the seventh inning, leaving with a 3-1 lead after he scattered seven hits and struck out seven in his six innings. In the bottom of the seventh, the Angels put the game away thanks again to some more shoddy Devil Rays defense. Aybar doubled home a run to give the Angels a 4-1 lead and Matthews Jr. followed by hitting a fly ball to shortstop, which Harris dropped. That allowed Napoli to score the Angels fifth run. The Angels would go on to load the bases and Anderson, who was mired mire n. 1. An area of wet, soggy, muddy ground; a bog. 2. Deep slimy soil or mud. 3. A disadvantageous or difficult condition or situation: the mire of poverty. v. in an 0-for-10 slump, doubled off the center-field wall to drive in two. Hillenbrand would later add a bloop bloop Baseball n. A blooper. tr.v. blooped, bloop·ing, bloops To hit (a ball) into the air just beyond the infield. adj. Hit just beyond the infield. single that drove in another two to cap the six-run inning. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The Angels' Shea Hillenbrand, left, congratulates teammates Erick Aybar after both scored on a double by Gary Matthews Jr. Jeff Lewis/Associated Press |
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