STRINGING TOGETHER A WIN SANTANA QUIETS RANGERS' BATS, ANGELS GO ON OFFENSIVE ANGELS 10, TEXAS 3.Byline: BEN VILLA Staff Writer ANAHEIM -- Now that Bartolo Colon is lost for the season with a partial tear in his right rotator cuff rotator cuff n. A set of muscles and tendons that secures the arm to the shoulder joint and permits rotation of the arm. Also called musculotendinous cuff. , John Lackey John Derran Lackey (born October 23, 1978, in Abilene, Texas) is a major league baseball starting pitcher from Abilene, Texas. He has played for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim his entire career. is unofficially the ace of the Angels' staff. Saturday afternoon, Ervin Santana Ervin Ramon Santana (born December 12, 1982 in La Romana, Dominican Republic) is a right-handed starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Career Santana was a starting pitcher for the Angels' double-A affiliate, the Arkansas Travelers early in 2005, where he showed that he doesn't play a bad second fiddle second fiddle n. Informal 1. A secondary role. 2. One who plays a secondary role. second fiddle Noun Informal a person who has a secondary status Noun . The right-hander pitched eight strong innings to win his 12th game of the season, and Juan Rivera Juan Rivera may refer to:
Rivera finished with four RBIs and Garret Anderson Garret Joseph Anderson (born June 30, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) is a Major League Baseball left fielder who has played his entire career for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. went 2 for 4 with three RBIs. The Angels remained three games behind In sports, the phrase games behind, often abbreviated as GB in tables, is a common way to reflect the gap between a leading team and another team in a sports league, conference, or division. Oakland for first place in the American League West The American League West is one of three divisions in Major League Baseball's American League. The division currently has four teams, but it has had as many as seven teams before the 1994 realignment. by virtue of the A's 5-2 win over Seattle. ``I feel very bad for Bartolo and we need him,'' Santana said. ``But the rest of us have to keep going and do our job and help the team win. Today, I felt good, all my pitches were working, but the hitters also did a great job. ``They gave me a big lead early in the game, and they allowed me to get comfortable on the mound.'' The Angels took control early, taking a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning when Salmon hit his 297th career home run. In the third inning, the Angels extended their lead to 4-0 when Anderson came through with a two-out, two-run single, and Robb Quinlan Robb William Quinlan (born March 17, 1977 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is a Major League Baseball player. He currently plays third base for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Quinlan graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1999, obtaining a degree in marketing and communications. later drove him home on a run-scoring single of his own. In the fourth, Maicer Izturis led off with a double but Texas starter John Koronka came back to get the next two batters out. The Rangers then intentionally walked Vladimir Guerrero to get to Rivera. The move backfired when Rivera hit a shot over the left-field wall for his 19th home run of the season to give the Angels a 7-0 lead. That proved to be more than enough support for Santana. He entered Saturday having lost two consecutive decisions but he did a good job of shutting down the Rangers. Santana limited them to two earned runs while scattering five hits and striking out five. ``Ervin made a lot of big pitches today and he put zeroes on the board,'' Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. ``Not only did he win the game, but he also gave our bullpen a breather and that was important.'' The Rangers did get two runs, only one of which was earned, off Santana in the fifth inning and another in the sixth on a run-scoring triple by Hank Blalock to cut the Angels' lead to 7-3. In the bottom of the sixth, Howie Kendrick led off by extending his hitting streak to 15 games when he doubled off the third-base bag. With one out, Guerrero was walked intentionally for the third time. A wild pitch sent runners to second and third and Rivera delivered a sacrifice fly to drive in his fourth run of the game. Anderson came through with a run-scoring single to give the Angels a 9-3 lead. About the only disappointing aspect for the Angels was Guerrero's 44- game hitting streak against Texas came to an end. The Rangers walked him four times. In his only official at-bat, Guerrero hit a fly ball deep to right field on which Mark DeRosa made a sprawling over-the-shoulder catch. ``I hit that ball fairly well but I didn't think it was going to go that far,'' Guerrero said through an interpreter. ``The ball travels well here during the day but DeRosa is a good athlete and he got a good jump on it. ``If it dropped, then fine and when it didn't, it didn't bother me. We still won and that's the most important thing.'' ben.villa@presstelegram.com (562) 499-1338 CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Angels starter Ervin Santana gave up two earned runs and five hits in eight innings Saturday. Jeff Lewis/Associated Press Box: ANGELS vs. TEXAS - Ben Villa |
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