SNOW FALLS HEAVILY ON ANGELS : S. FRANCISCO 7 ANGELS 4.Byline: Joe Haakenson San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. Tribune J.T. Snow didn't take kindly to the words of Angels president Tony Tavares a couple of years ago when Tavares said the Angels had too many pretty boys from Newport Beach Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. , or something to that effect. Snow, who actually lives in the Corona del Mar Del Mar is the name of several places in the United States of America:
Early days and the John McGraw era , but he obviously hasn't forgotten. He hit two home runs, doubled and drove in four as the Giants beat the Angels 7-4 before 33,272 at Edison Field on Thursday night. Despite the loss, the Angels maintained their 3-1/2-game lead over Texas in the AL West. The Giants picked up a game on San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. and now trail by 4-1/2 in the NL West. Snow went 5 for 13 in the three game series, and is hitting .379 (11 for 29) with five homers and 12 RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in in seven games against his former teammates in his two seasons as a Giant. Thursday marked Snow's eighth career multiple-homer game, five of which came while with the Angels. He has three as a Giant, and two of those have come against the Angels. ``It gets you going,'' Snow said of facing the Angels. ``It's always nice to do well against those guys. I won't lie. Any player will tell you, when they go against a team they were traded from or weren't signed by it's nice to do well against them.'' Though Snow had a good year with the Giants last season, hitting .281 with 28 homers and 104 RBI, 1998 has been a struggle. Snow went into the three-game series against the Angels hitting only .216 but was obviously affected by the illness of his mother, who recently died of cancer. ``The whole situation with my mom was tough to go through,'' Snow said. ``When I came back and joined the team, it was a little more relaxing. It was time to get back to baseball. All the worrying and heartache I felt sort of went away.'' Meanwhile, the player the Angels got for Snow - pitcher Allen Watson Allen Kenneth Watson (born November 18, 1970 in Jamaica, New York) is a former left-handed starting pitcher who played for the St. Louis Cardinals, San Francisco Giants, Anaheim Angels, New York Mets, Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees. - remains on the disabled list with a lacerated lacerated /lac·er·at·ed/ (las´er-at?ed) torn; mangled; wounded by a jagged instrument. lac·er·at·ed adj. Cut or wounded in a jagged manner. wrist, an injury he suffered opening a beer bottle earlier this week. Giants starter Kirk Rueter (10-3) gave up nine hits in 5-1/3 innings Thursday, but got the win because he gave up only one run - Darin Erstad's leadoff homer (No. 18) in the first inning. Erstad and Gary DiSarcina But they left runners on base all night. They stranded 10, including five in scoring position. The only clutch hit the Angels came up with was Hollins' three-run homer (No. 9) in the ninth. ``We hit the ball good, but we didn't come up with the hit that could have got us going,'' Angels manager Terry Collins said. ``It doesn't matter how many hits you get if you don't score runs.'' Angels starter Jason Dickson (8-6) had the league's third-longest winning streak, getting seven victories in a row from May 16 to June 21. But he lost his previous start - 6-3 to the Padres last Friday - and he struggled again Thursday from the outset. With both of his past two starts resulting in losses to N.L. teams, Dickson is happy that interleague play is done. ``I'm sick of interleague, it's not for me,'' Dickson said. ``It's such a different game in the National League. They're hacking in the National League. You throw a fastball close and they're swinging at it.'' ANGELS vs. OAKLAND Time: 7:05 p.m., at Edison Field. TV/Radio: None; KRLA 1110-AM, XPRS 1090-AM (Spanish). Matchups: The Angels' Omar Olivares (5-3, 2.95 ERA) opposes the A's Tom Candiotti (4-10, 5.07 ERA). The Angels swept a three-game series from the A's earlier this year and are 13-2 against the A.L. West overall. Olivares ranks fourth in the league in earned-run average. Candiotti, tied for the league lead in losses, is rumored to be on the trading block. - Joe Haakenson CAPTION(S): Photo, Box Photo: (Color) Marvin Bernard of the Giants takes out the Angels' Justin Baughman but fails to break up a double play. Michael Caulfield/Associated Press Box: ANGELS vs. OAKLAND (See Text) |
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