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, just the second setback in their last 10 games. The Angels averted their ninth shutout - which would have been the most 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). - by nudging over an unearned run in the bottom of the ninth inning. Devil Rays' starter Paul Wilson Paul Wilson may refer to:
But Wednesday night, before a turnout of 15,718, Wilson blanked the Angels on three hits over five innings. Victor Zambrano threw three more shutout innings. Then in the ninth, closer 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 the unearned run to score. 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, pitched well enough but came away with his third loss in four decisions this season. After the game, he was optioned back to Salt Lake. 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 general area of Edison Field and halted play for six minutes. The lights came back on, but the Angels' batters remained in the dark. Eight of them struck out and they didn't get a runner past second until the ninth. That's when Darin Erstad Darin Charles Erstad (born June 4, 1974 in Jamestown, North Dakota) is a first baseman/center fielder in Major League Baseball currently with the Chicago White Sox. Prior to 2007, he had played his entire career with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim franchise (1996-2006). blooped a single to right, stole second, took third when catcher John Flaherty Flaherty didn't start but got into the game in the third inning when the Devil Rays' starting catcher, Mike DiFelice, was removed after he had been traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks as part of a four-player deal. 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 the second 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 gave the Devil Rays a 3-0 lead. Wise allowed three runs (one earned) on four hits in six innings. He struck out seven, giving him 35 strikeouts in 30 1/3 innings this season. After the game, left-hander Mark Lukasiewicz was recalled from Salt Lake. |
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