PAUL PROVIDES A KEY INGREDIENT THIRD-STRING CATCHER'S HR LIFTS ANGELS ANGELS 5, CLEVELAND 4.Byline: Gabe Lacques Staff Writer ANAHEIM - Asked to explain his club's offensive inconsistency Tuesday afternoon, manager Mike Scioscia tr.v. lik·ened, lik·en·ing, lik·ens To see, mention, or show as similar; compare. [Middle English liknen, from like, similar; see like2 the Angels to a cake that doesn't have all the right ingredients in place. But even Scioscia couldn't have known that the missing element was a dash of power from his light-hitting, third-string catcher. In their hour of offensive darkness, the Angels will take contributions from all corners, and in the fifth inning of a tie game with the Cleveland Indians  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , .111-hitting Josh Paul Josh Paul (born May 19, 1975 in Evanston, Illinois) is a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. After being selected by the Chicago White Sox in the amateur draft in 1996, Paul was a back-up catcher from 1999 until he was granted his outright release in turned on a C.C.
Sabathia fastball and ripped it over the wall in left field for a
two-run homer, the go-ahead blow in the Angels' 5-4 victory Tuesday
night.
Paul's home run, his first this year and just his seventh in 443 career at-bats, made a winner of Paul Byrd Paul Gregory Byrd (born December 3, 1970 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who plays for the Cleveland Indians. Byrd attended Louisiana State University where he pitched as part of the Tigers baseball team that won the 1991 (3-3) and snapped the Angels' season-high losing streak at three games. One night after they were held to a season-low two hits, the Angels didn't exactly burst out of their offensive shell. They strung together eight hits off Sabathia, but four of their five runs came via the long ball, from Paul and 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. , who hit a first-pitch, two-run shot off Sabathia in the first. The rest of the night was more of the same for the majors' worst offensive team this month. Singles by 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 Robb Quinlan in the second inning were nullified nul·li·fy tr.v. nul·li·fied, nul·li·fy·ing, nul·li·fies 1. To make null; invalidate. 2. To counteract the force or effectiveness of. when Finley and then the slow-running Quinlan were caught stealing by Victor Martinez, who gained some revenge for a six-steal Angels effort last June. With a chance to put the game away in the seventh, the Angels faltered again. Singles by Finley and Adam Kennedy finished Sabathia and Kennedy's stolen base put runners on second and third. But pinch-hitter Jeff DaVanon flew out softly to shallow center and after a walk to Chone Figgins loaded the bases, Darin Erstad lined to Scott Sauerbeck, ending the inning. In the eighth, they finally posted an insurance run, but it took two walks and three singles to produce even that. Guerrero was nailed leaning too far off second, nearly stunting the rally, but Kennedy's two-out infield single off Rafael Betancourt pushed home what turned out to be the decisive run. These days, the Angels, who failed to score more than five runs for the 15th consecutive game, fancy themselves more a pitching club. Scot Shields pitched two perfect innings in relief, striking out the side in the eighth. Closer Francisco Rodriguez gave up a solo homer to Coco Crisp (Pierce College) leading off the ninth, but retired the next three batters for his ninth save. Gabe Lacques, (626) 962-8811 gabe.lacques(at)sgvn.com CAPTION(S): photo, 4 boxes Photo: Paul Byrd picked up his third win of the season Tuesday night against Cleveland and helped the Angels snap a three-game losing streak. Chris Carlson/Associated Press Box: (1) ANGELS vs. CLEVELAND - 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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