SPLIT AND POLISHED; ANGELS HAPPY WITH NEAR SWEEP : ANGELS 6-6, NEW YORK 4-7.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 If ever a split felt like a sweep, this was it. After beating the New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. 6-4 in the first game of
Wednesday's day-night doubleheader at Yankee Stadium • • [ , the Angels rallied in the late innings of the second game only to lose 7-6 on Derek Jeter's 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 single off Shigetoshi Hasegawa Shigetoshi Hasegawa (Japanese: 長谷川 滋利) (born August 1, 1968 in Kakogawa, Hyōgo, Japan) was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Seattle Mariners from 2002 through 2005. with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. With the split and Texas' victory over Detroit, the Angels' lead in the AL West was reduced to three games. Though the second-game loss ended the Angels' winning streak Noun 1. winning streak - a streak of wins streak, run - an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" at five games, winning game one gave them the edge in the season series. They've won six of 10 against the Yankees with only one more to play. The second-game loss allowed the Yankees to end a season-worst losing streak of four games, but Angels manager Terry Collins was still impressed. ``You bet there's consolation,'' Collins said. ``That's a tremendous effort. They battled their butts off against a guy like (Yankees starter) David Wells This article is about David Wells, American baseball player. For other uses, see David Wells (disambiguation). David Lee "Boomer" Wells (born May 20, 1963 in Torrance, California) is a Major League Baseball player who is currently a starting pitcher for the Los . There's nothing to be ashamed about. The Angels trailed in the second game, 5-1 and 6-3. The Angels scored two in the seventh on Jim Edmonds' second homer of the game, added two more in the eighth, but trailed 6-5 in the ninth against Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. With two outs and nobody on, Paco Martin singled. Darin Erstad fell behind in the count 0-2 but worked the count full. Martin broke for second on a 3-2 pitch and Erstad lined the ball into the right-field corner. Martin beat the relay with a head-first slide and the Angels dugout erupted. ``We came in and won the first three games and could easily have said `Let's conserve energy for tomorrow, we've got Chuck (Finley) tomorrow,' '' Collins said. ``But they said `Let's come back and get the game.' In the fifth inning, they were saying `We're right where we want to be - four runs down.' ``We can leave the ballpark tonight feeling great, with our heads held high.'' Angels starter Steve Sparks had won five decisions in a row and sailed through 4-1/3 innings. But after he struck out Darryl Strawberry to start the fifth, the Yankees put together five consecutive hits, including a three-run home run by Homer Bush, and scored five runs in the inning. It was Bush's first career major-league homer. Playing the Yankees in a five-game series - 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 - seemed like a daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin task. But the Angels were up to the challenge. ``Half the battle is not to be intimidated by them,'' shortstop Gary DiSarcina said. ``They smell blood, they can crush you. As a team, we understand we have to play this kind of baseball to compete against the best teams.'' CAPTION(S): Photo PHOTO (Color) Reggie Williams is greeted by Angels teammates Gary DiSarcina (9) and Randy Velarde after his homer. Bill Kostroun/Associated Press |
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