PONSON ROLLS OVER ANGELS PITCHER IS 7-0 VS. ANAHEIM BALTIMORE 4, ANGELS 0.Byline: Gabe Lacques Staff Writer BALTIMORE - When the Angels went searching for free-agent starting pitchers last year, Sidney Ponson Sir Sidney Alton Ponson (born November 2, 1976, in Noord, Aruba) is a baseball pitcher who last played for the Minnesota Twins. Prior to signing with the Twins, Ponson played most of his career with the Baltimore Orioles. never made it onto their shopping list. Club officials figured Ponson's price tag would never match his value, and, unlike Bartolo Colon, they were concerned about his ability to pitch while carrying 266 pounds on his 6-foot-1 frame. So they signed Colon 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. , and Ponson scampered back to the Baltimore Orioles This article is about the contemporary American major league baseball team. For other uses, see Baltimore Oriole (disambiguation). The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. , who traded him last July and then re-signed him for three years and $22.5 million. Although the Angels haven't looked back, there would have been one upside to signing the burly native of Aruba. They'd never have to worry about trying to beat him. Ponson remained perfect in his career against the Angels on Sunday, pitching his third career shutout in a five-hit, 4-0 victory as the Orioles salvaged the final game of a three-game series at Camden Yards. The Angels (25-13) were to arrive home around 3 a.m. today somewhat satisfied with their 3-3 road trip, more so because they treaded water and maintained the best record in the major leagues while missing four regulars. Sunday's loss, in which they grounded into two double plays and managed just one hit in the past six innings, could be viewed by a pessimist as a sign the club's makeshift lineup is finally showing some vulnerability. But Ponson (3-3) always beats the Angels. He's 7-0 in nine starts against them lifetime, with a 3.90 ERA. They are the only American League American League (AL) One of the two associations of professional baseball teams in the U.S. and Canada designated as major leagues; the other is the National League (NL). team to which he's never lost, and Sunday's victory might have been the most improbable. Ponson lugged a 6.80 ERA into the start, having allowed at least six earned runs in four of his eight starts. He'd given up 11 earned runs on 19 hits in his previous two starts. He was practically untouchable untouchable Former classification of various low-status persons and those outside the Hindu caste system in Indian society. The term Dalit is now used for such people (in preference to Mohandas K. Sunday, thanks mostly to his command. He walked one and maintained his velocity, hitting 97 mph on the radar gun radar gun n. A usually hand-held device that measures the velocity of a moving object by sending out a continuous radio wave and measuring the frequency of reflected waves. when he worked to his last batter, Jose Guillen, who struck out to end the game. ``He was making good pitches, moving the ball in and out to Vladi (Guerrero) and myself,'' said Guillen, who's suddenly in an 0-for-12 funk. ``But especially with the injuries, we've been doing a great job.'' Ponson would just as soon pitch to the Angels' B team again next weekend in Anaheim. ``They have the four biggest guys out, and they still give you problems,'' Ponson said. ``Hopefully they will stay on the DL until I am there and then come off the DL.'' Escobar (2-2) has been worthy of more than his modest record suggests. Signed to a three-year, $18.75 million contract, he has pitched well enough to fulfill the middle-of-the rotation presence the Angels envisioned. But a torn nail ended one start prematurely and scratched him from another. A thunderstorm thunderstorm, violent, local atmospheric disturbance accompanied by lightning, thunder, and heavy rain, often by strong gusts of wind, and sometimes by hail. Tuesday in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of limited him to three innings. And Sunday, his teammates' bats were silent and third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker Shane Halter Shane David Halter (born November 8, 1969 in La Plata, Maryland) is a Major League Baseball infielder/outfielder and right-handed batter who plays for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. committed a key error on a sacrifice bunt in the fifth inning, enabling the Orioles to turn a scoreless game into a 2-0 lead. Escobar was fine in that category, pitching into the seventh inning for the first time and giving up seven hits and three earned runs. Gabe Lacques, (626) 962-8811 gabe.lacques(at)sgvn.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Baltimore's Miguel Tejada throws to first to complete a double play as the Angels' Shane Halter slides into second. Gail Burton/Associated Press |
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