IT'S THE GOOD AND BAD FROM THE ANGELS' VLAD HITS 2 HRS, BUT HIS ERROR IS COSTLY OAKLAND 8, ANGELS 4.Byline: DOUG PADILLA Douglas ("Doug") Padilla (born October 4, 1956 in Oakland, California) is a former middle and long distance runner from the United States, who won the overall Grand Prix 1985 and the World Cup 5000m race in 1985. Staff Writer OAKLAND - The multiple personalities of Vladimir Guerrero Vladimir Alvino Guerrero (born February 9, 1976 in Don Gregorio, Nizao, Dominican Republic), and known in his native Dominican Republic as Miquéas (Spanish for Micah), is a Major League Baseball right fielder who plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. were on display Friday.The powerful slugger continued his resurgence with two more home runs to give him four in two nights. The awkward defender also appeared, as a Guerrero error helped 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. put together a winning rally in the eighth inning, scoring five runs to beat the Angels 8-4. Guerrero's first home run on the night came in a three-run sixth inning as the Angels erased a 3-0 Oakland lead. Guerrero tied it with a two-run shot to right field. The dramatics dra·mat·ics n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) 1. The art or practice of acting and stagecraft. 2. Dramatic or stagy behavior: Cut the dramatics and get to the point. , though, all unfolded in the eighth. Guerrero's second home run of the night gave the Angels their first lead at 4-3. The solo shot off A's reliever Santiago Casilla Santiago Casilla (born June 25, 1980 in Don Gregorio, Dominican Republic) is a Major League right-handed pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. Casilla was signed by the Athletics on January 31, 2000 as an amateur free agent. was Guerrero's 18th home run of the season. Reliever 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. came on in the bottom of the eighth inning and got Jack Cust John Joseph "Jack" Cust III (born January 16, 1979, in Readington, New Jersey), is a Major League Baseball player who plays with the Oakland Athletics. He previously played with the Arizona Diamondbacks (2001), Colorado Rockies (2002), Baltimore Orioles (2003-2004) and San Diego to hit a 399-foot fly ball out to Gary Matthews
For the son, see Gary Matthews Jr. Marco Scutaro followed with a single toward the foul line in left field that sent Furmaniak to third base. Guerrero retrieved the ball but looked undecided on where to throw it, finally deciding to fire it in to Robb Quinlan standing near the first-base bag. Quinlan was unable to handle the short hop on Guerrero's laser throw and it bounced toward the middle of the infield, allowing Furmaniak to score the tying run. The A's broke things open after that as Dan Johnson's double gave the A's a 5-4 lead. Donnie Murphy also 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 hit while Travis Buck added a two-run double. Shields was tagged for five runs on four hits in his two-thirds of an inning. For a while, it looked like the Angels would get away with a victory with Matt Brown at third base, Ryan Budde behind the plate and Dustin Moseley on the mound. Chris Bootcheck even came on to get the Angels out of a bases-loaded, one-out jam in the sixth inning. But the Angels couldn't do a thing to stop Oakland's eighth-inning onslaught. It was the second time in his career Guerrero has had back-to-back two-home-run games, also accomplishing the feat in 2000 in consecutive days against the New York Mets
The last Angels player to have consecutive multi-home-run games was Jeff DaVanon, who did it in three consecutive games in 2003. Trailing 3-0 in the sixth inning, the Angels finally laid off the snooze button and got the jump on A's starter Lenny DiNardo. They used their patented play first as Chone Figgins' single to right field moved Reggie Willits from first base to third. Orlando Cabrera then delivered a fly ball to center field to cut the A's advantage to 3-1. Guerrero then lifted his first home run of the night over the out-of-town scoreboard to tie the score 3-3. His four home runs in two nights came after not hitting a home run for a career-long 30 games. Moseley pitched well but ended up with nothing to show for it. He ran into a tough time in the third inning, when Mark Kotsay followed a hit batter and a walk with an RBI double. Cust and Piazza then delivered back-to-back RBI ground outs. The groundouts started a run of nine consecutive batters retired by Moseley until he ran into trouble in the sixth. doug.padilla@sgvn.com (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2731 Angels TODAY Angels (Escobar 11-5) at Oakland (Blanton 8-8), 12:55 p.m., McAfee Coliseum. TV: Ch. 11. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Vladimir Guerrero hit two homers Friday, but his eighth-inning error led to Oakland's rally. Marcio Jose Sanche/Associated Press |
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