FERNANDEZ SPEAKS SOFTLY BUT BEATS ANGELS : TORONTO 3 ANGELS 0.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Tony Fernandez doesn't have time to talk to reporters. He's too busy working out and making a run at hitting .400. Fernandez homered to raise his major league-leading average to .405 and Kelvim Escobar Kelvim Jose Escobar Bolivar [ess-coe-BAR] (born April 11, 1976 in La Guaira, Venezuela) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2004-present). He bats and throws right handed. pitched seven scoreless innings as the Toronto Blue Jays "Blue Jays" redirects here. For other uses, see Blue Jay (disambiguation).. The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. beat the Angels 3-0 Thursday night for a three-game sweep at SkyDome. Fernandez, who works out for 30 minutes after every game, tried to shoo shoo interj. Used to frighten away animals or birds. tr.v. shooed, shoo·ing, shoos To drive or frighten away by or as if by crying "shoo. reporters away as he dressed in the clubhouse. ``I don't want to talk about hitting .400,'' said Fernandez, who turns 37 on June 30. Fernandez went 1 for 2 with a walk. He gave Toronto a 2-0 lead in the fourth with his fourth homer of the season. ``I don't look for homers, I just try to make good contact, if it goes out, fine with me,'' he said. And with that, Fernandez was off to the gym. Escobar (6-4) scattered six hits, struck out two and walked none. He left the game after the seventh with a blister. ``It was my best game this season,'' Escobar said. ``I was focused. I didn't think about throwing, I just thought about making my pitch and that was the difference tonight.'' Billy Koch The Angels, who were expected to contend in the AL West, have lost nine of 11 and dropped seven games below .500 (29-36) for the first time this season. The Angels hit just .206 (20 for 97) in the three-game series and have fallen nine games back of first-place Texas. ``Something has to change,'' catcher Matt Walbeck Matthew Lovick Walbeck (Born: October 2, 1969 in Sacramento, California) is a former righthanded Major League Baseball catcher who played from 1993 to 2003 for the Chicago Cubs, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, Anaheim Angels and Philadelphia Phillies. said. ``We're not hitting and it's contagious.'' Ken Hill (3-6) allowed three runs and five hits in 7-1/3 innings. In his previous start, he gave up five runs in 5-1/3 innings against Arizona. Shawn Green Shawn David Green (born November 10, 1972, in Des Plaines, Illinois) is a 6' 4" left-handed Major League Baseball player. Green is the starting right fielder for the New York Mets.[1] Green was a 1st round draft pick, and has been a two-time major league All-Star. had 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 groundout in the first for Toronto. Tony Batista homered in the eighth for Toronto's final run. Notes: Jack McDowell (Notre Dame High), who hasn't pitched since Sept. 24 because of elbow problems, will pitch two innings for the Angels when the team plays an exhibition game against Double-A Erie on Monday. . . . The Angels have been limited to four runs or fewer in 20 of their last 22 games. . . . The Angels' Garret Anderson is in an 0-for-30 slump. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: The Angels' Todd Greene tries to beat the throw from Toronto catcher Darrin Fletcher to Tony Batista. He didn't. The Angels lost 3-0. Rene Johnston/Associated Press |
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