POWER GOES OUT ON ANGELS' BATS RAYS' PITCHING SHUTS DOWN ANAHEIM TAMPA BAY 3, ANGELS 1.Byline: Gordon Verrell Staff Writer ANAHEIM - The power outage Noun 1. power outage - equipment failure resulting when the supply of power fails; "the ice storm caused a power outage" power failure equipment failure, breakdown - a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown" that disrupted play Wednesday night at Edison Field wasn't limited to the lights, it turns out. The Angels' offense, which had been cracking pretty well the past few games, blew a fuse, too. The Angels managed a mere half-dozen singles against three Tampa Bay Tampa Bay, inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, 25 mi (40 km) long and 7 to 12 mi (11.3–19 km) wide, W Fla., separated from the Gulf by numerous small islands; it receives the Hillsborough River. St. pitchers and lost 3-1. It was just the Angels' second setback in their last 10 games and only their second in nine games with the Devil Rays. The Angels nudged over a run in the ninth inning, thus averting their ninth shutout, which would have been the most shutouts this season in the 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). and four more than they had all of last year. The Angels' offensive fizzle fiz·zle intr.v. fiz·zled, fiz·zling, fiz·zles 1. To make a hissing or sputtering sound. 2. Informal To fail or end weakly, especially after a hopeful beginning. n. was hardly expected. The Devil Rays' starter, Paul Wilson Paul Wilson may refer to:
But Wednesday night, in front of 15,718, Wilson blanked the Angels on three hits over five innings. ``He didn't look like the guy we faced in May,'' Angels manager Mike Scioscia Even Wilson seemed surprised. ``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 was being more relaxed or having more confidence in myself,'' he said. ``But I felt good. I kept my pitches down.'' So did Victor Zambrano, who followed Wilson with three more shutout innings. In the ninth, Esteban Yan Esteban Luis Yan (born on June 22, 1975 in Campiña del Seibo, Dominican Republic) is a starting pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. At 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m), 255 lb (116 kg), he bats and throws right handed. allowed an unearned run. Wilson (3-7) got the win, his first since May 20. Matt Wise, promoted from Triple-A Salt Lake City for Wednesday night's start, was rocky early on for Anaheim, then settled in, pitching three hitless innings. But he came away with his third loss in four decisions this season. He also was optioned back to Salt Lake after the game. Fittingly, perhaps, the lights dimmed in the sixth inning with the Devil Rays at bat, in what was hardly a poster event for Edison International Edison International (NYSE: EIX) is a public utility holding company based in Rosemead, California. Its subsidiaries include Southern California Edison, and un-regulated non-utility assets Edison Mission Energy, a power producer, and Edison Capital. Field. An apparent blowout at the Katella Avenue substation cut power in the Edison Field area and halted play was halted for six minutes at 8:30 p.m. The lights came back on, but the Angels' batters remained in the dark. Eight of them struck out and the Angels didn't get a runner past second until the ninth. ``We were simply shut down,'' Scioscia said. In the ninth, Darin Erstad blooped a single to right, stole second, took third on catcher John Flaherty's throwing error and scored on Garret Anderson's grounder to second. Wise wormed out of a bases-loaded jam in the first inning, then ran into bigger trouble in the second. Third baseman Aubrey Huff led off with his fifth home run. Then a single by shortstop Chris Gomez, an error by second baseman Adam Kennedy on Brent Abernathy's sacrifice bunt and Ben Grieve's two-out, two-run single put the Devil Rays ahead 3-0. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion