WASHBURN SIMPLY HOT ANGEL KILLER RADKE CHASED IN FOUR-RUN SEVENTH ANGELS 6, MINNESOTA 1.Byline: Keven Chavez Staff Writer ANAHEIM - Jarrod Washburn Jarrod Michael Washburn (born August 13, 1974 in La Crosse, Wisconsin) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1995 amateur draft out of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Washburn won the final game has no magic formula for success. Instead it's quite simple: Just mix up the pitches, keep the opponents off the basepaths and wait for the Angels' eventual offensive explosion. That sort of simplicity had been missing for Washburn for the greater part of five weeks. But it came through in full force in front of a sellout crowd of 43,174 at Edison Field on Saturday. The left-hander pitched seven strong innings, outlasting Minnesota Twins The Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Twins are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Twins have played in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. counterpart Brad Radke ``Today was a big start for me,'' Washburn said. ``I improved in a lot of areas. ``I had a pretty good changeup and was hitting spots with the fastball, which is key for me all the time.'' Darin Erstad's two-run triple highlighted a four-run seventh inning in which the Angels (48-43) batted around and got six of their 11 hits. Washburn worked efficiently through the Twins' patchwork lineup and allowed just one run, a home run to Denny Hocking Dennis Lee "Denny" Hocking born on April 2, 1970 in Torrance, California, is a professional baseball player. After playing at El Camino College in California, he was drafted in the 52nd round of the draft by the Minnesota Twins and made his major league debut in 1993. in the fifth inning. He struck out five and walked one. Washburn (8-9) had won just one game since a victory over the Montreal Expos The Montreal Expos (French: Les Expos de Montréal) were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1969 until 2004. After the 2004 season, the franchise relocated to Washington, D.C. and became the Washington Nationals. in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. on June 4, which was also the last time he allowed fewer than three earned runs in an outing. ``Wash is continuing to do what he's done most of the season,'' Angels manager Mike Scioscia It took a gem just to keep the Angels in the game against Twins starter Radke. The veteran had owned the Angels to the tune of a career 11-4 record and 1.72 ERA against them entering Saturday's game. Radke (5-9) breezed through five innings before the Angels scratched across the tying run on Troy Glaus' 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 double in the sixth. ``Coming into a game against a guy like Radke, you have to be sharp,'' Washburn said. ``You can throw the numbers out the window, he's always tough on us.'' The Angels' offense finally detonated the Twins' pitching staff in the seventh inning. Jeff DaVanon Jeffrey Graham DaVanon (born December 8, 1973 in San Diego, California) is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the Oakland Athletics. DaVanon came up through the Oakland Athletics system before being traded to the Anaheim Angels as a minor-leaguer in 1999. and Adam Kennedy led off the inning with consecutive singles, then scored on Erstad's triple, which knocked Radke out of the game. Radke allowed three earned runs and struck out seven. ``(Radke's) flat-out filthy,'' Erstad said. ``It's tough to get anything off him, but we kept battling and finally strung some hits together.'' The Angels continued their onslaught against reliever J.C. Romero, who left without recording an out. Scott Spiezio, Tim Salmon and Garret Anderson tacked on three consecutive singles to drive in two more runs for a commanding 5-1 lead. Spiezio went 3 for 4 and added a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning. The loss was the seventh consecutive for the Twins (44-48), their first seven-game losing streak since August 2001. Keven Chavez, (626) 962-8811 keven.chavez(at)sgvn.com |
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