NO CATCH TO ANGELS' VICTORY FINLEY, WASHBURN LEAD WAY PAST MARINERS ANGELS 5, SEATTLE 0.Byline: Gabe Lacques Staff Writer SEATTLE - A breakout game from Steve Finley Steven Allen Finley (born March 12 1965, in Union City, Tennessee) is a Major League Baseball center fielder who bats and throws left-handed. He currently is a free agent, and has been working out on a regular basis since his release, hopeful a call will come from a team looking and a sterling start from 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 meant the Angels could sit back and appreciate perhaps the greatest catch of Ichiro Suzuki's career, knowing it wouldn't affect their prosperity Monday night. Finley responded to his forced one-day vacation with a double and two-run home run and Washburn finished four outs shy of his second career shutout, spearheading the Angels' 5-0 victory over 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. . Washburn put together consecutive strong starts for the first time this season and Finley fouled off five two-strike pitches from Ryan Franklin Ryan Ray Franklin (born March 5, 1973) is a Major League Baseball player. Franklin is a right-handed pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. On August 2, , Franklin became the eighth Major League player, and second Mariner, to test positive for steroid use. before ripping a two-run homer that helped the Angels seize control of the game in the top of the fourth. 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. also smacked a two-run homer, but his bid for a second two-run shot died in jaw-dropping fashion. Anderson's seventh-inning drive off Julio Mateo Julio Cesar Mateo (born August 2,1977 in Baní, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball Pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. The 6’ tall 220lb Julio Mateo bats and throws with his right hand. looked like a no-doubt-about-it homer, but Suzuki sprinted back to the eight-foot wall in right field, scaled it with his back to the field, turned his body in mid-air and reached across himself with his glove to snag the ball inches above the fence. The Safeco Field • • [ crowd of 24,184 rose for a standing ovation. Washburn could appreciate the feat a little more with a five-run lead in hand. ``Every time we're here, it seems he does something crazy you shake your head and laugh at,'' Washburn said. ``He's one of the most exciting players to ever play the game. ``I hate pitching to him. I love watching him play.'' Suzuki claimed he never practiced such an acrobatic maneuver. But he has imagined it, so, he said, it was possible. ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if it's the best catch I've ever made,'' he said. ``I've imagined making that play, going up there like that. So going up there like that was something I knew I could do.'' Washburn, however, ensured that would be the Mariners' lone highlight. The left-hander broke his good start-bad start pattern by lasting 7 2/3 innings for the second consecutive outing. Brendan Donnelly Brendan Kevin Donnelly (b. July 4, 1971 in Washington, D.C.) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher with the Boston Red Sox. Donnelly had bounced around the minor leagues for 10 seasons after he was drafted in 1992 by the Chicago White Sox before he finally made his finished the combined shutout. Once again mixing in a potent blend of off-speed pitches, Washburn gave up just four hits, struck out five and walked three. He retired 13 of 14 batters he faced from the end of the fourth to the eighth, before a walk and a Randy Winn double ended his night. Washburn recorded 14 groundball outs, an indication his slider A block of material that holds the read/write head of a magnetic disk. See flying head. , split-finger fastball and changeup are mixing splendidly with his fastball. He's now 2-0 with a 2.72 ERA. ``It's something new for me,'' he said of his penchant for inducing grounders. ``I kind of like it. I feel real good on the mound and that's the key - throwing anything in any count.'' Meanwhile, Finley seemed to benefit from a day off, which manager Mike Scioscia gave him for the first time this season on Sunday after Finley hit just .149 in April, with an 0-for-14 skid being the low point. But Finley drew a walk in his first at-bat and then put on a hitting clinic to end his hitless streak in the second, following five foul balls with his fifth homer for a 2-0 lead. Gabe Lacques, (626) 962-8811 gabe.lacques(at)sgvn.com CAPTION(S): 3 photos, 4 boxes Photo: (1 -- color) Garret Anderson receives congratulations from Angels teammates after his two-run home run in the fifth inning Monday. (2) Seattle's Ichiro Suzuki climbs the right-field wall in the seventh inning to take a home run away from the Angels' Garret Anderson. (3) Angels starter Jarrod Washburn pitched eight innings and gave up four hits against the Seattle Mariners on Monday. Washburn did not give up a run. Elaine Thompson/Associated Press Box: (1) ANGELS at SEATTLE - Gabe Lacques (2) GAME RECAP (3) HOW THE RUNS SCORED (4) ALMANAC almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. |
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