WEAVER STILL UNBEATEN ANGELS ROOKIE HANDCUFFS A'S, GETS HIS SIXTH STRAIGHT WIN ANGELS 6, OAKLAND 4.Byline: DOUG PADILLA Douglas ("Doug") Padilla (born October 4, 1956 in Oakland, California) is a former middle and long distance runner from the United States, who won the overall Grand Prix 1985 and the World Cup 5000m race in 1985. Staff Writer OAKLAND -- Rookie Jered Weaver Jered David Weaver (born October 4, 1982 in Northridge, California), is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Jered attended college at Long Beach State University where he was the 2004 College Baseball's Golden Spikes Award winner. continues to display impeccable knowledge of his spot in the pecking order pecking order Basic pattern of social organization within a flock of poultry in which each bird pecks another lower in the scale without fear of retaliation and submits to pecking by one of higher rank. For groups of mammals (e.g. . Come only when called. Speak only when spoken to. And by all means, never show up an established veteran on your own club. So it was Saturday that Weaver posted his sixth victory in six tries by allowing no runs on just two hits in seven innings of an eventual 6-4 nail-biting victory over the Oakland Athletics “Philadelphia Athletics” redirects here. For other uses, see Philadelphia Athletics (disambiguation). The Oakland Athletics are a professional baseball team based in Oakland, California. . Weaver's outing ranked just slightly behind John Lackey's one-hit complete game Friday night. ``Everybody works off each other and that's what makes our rotation strong,'' Weaver said. ``You have to let it play out and hopefully you can go out and match what he did. Obviously it was pretty tough to match. I was just happy that everything went the way it did.'' Weaver might have fallen in line when comparing back-to-back starts, but the 6-0 start to his career has only a select few equals. He became the first major-league pitcher to win his first six starts since the Dodgers' Kaz Ishii in 2002. No Angels pitcher has ever won his first six starts. ``I think there are a lot of young pitchers that come up and they're not intimidated and they go out and make their pitches,'' manager Mike Scioscia There are other names Weaver is gaining on too, like Francisco Liriano Francisco Casillas Liriano (born October 26, 1983 in San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic) is a left handed Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. Professional Career Liriano was acquired by the Twins as a throw-in prospect in a deal that sent A.J. of the 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. and Jonathan Papelbon Jonathan Robert Papelbon (born November 23, 1980 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is the closer for the Boston Red Sox. He bats and throws right-handed. Papelbon was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in 2002 out of Mississippi State. of the Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. The Red Sox are a member and currently champions of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball’s American League. From to the present, the Red Sox have played in Fenway Park. in the chase for 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). Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year may refer to:
The victory was the Angels' seventh in their past eight games and they now trail the A's by three games 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. . The Angels also moved out of last place for the first time since June 15. Weaver's already rock-bottom ERA fell to 1.12 with seven more scoreless innings. The unflappable 23-year old has given up just one earned run over his past three major-league starts, a span of 21 innings. He gave up two walks with five strikeouts and didn't allow his second hit until Jay Paton pushed a single in to right field in the seventh inning. Mark Kotsay, who had the only hit off Lackey on Friday, had the first hit off Weaver with a single to center in the fourth inning. When asked to explain the outing and all of his early success, Weaver credited one name above all others. ``Obviously it helps with Napoli behind the plate,'' Weaver said. ``He's a big part of my success and I owe that to him. Over the year or so that I've been with him, he's become easy to throw pitches to. It's fun having him behind the plate. With the defense we had tonight and scoring some runs, everything has been coming together well.'' Despite a 6-0 Angels lead, though, this one started to slip away. Chone Figgins and Maicer Izturis led the Angels' charge at the top of the order. Figgins had four hits out of the leadoff spot and scored twice, while Izturis delivered a home run among his two hits out of the No. 2 spot. Figgins also stole his 30th base, joining Gary Pettis (1984-86) and Luis Polonia (1991-93) as the only Angels to steal at least 30 bases in three consecutive seasons. But all that hard work was nearly lost in the eighth inning after Weaver left the game. Reliever Brendan Donnelly struggled again by allowing four of the six batters he faced to reach base on hits. He was relieved by Francisco Rodriguez, who gave up two hits of his own as the A's pulled to within two runs. Rodriguez ended the eighth by striking out Bobby Crosby with the tying run on first base. He gave up a two-out double in the ninth before Kotsay popped out to end the game. He recorded his 20th save in 20chances. The only negative this night was the slight touch of biceps tightness Weaver felt in his right arm, similar to what he felt in his previous start at Seattle. ``It's nothing I haven't felt before, it's just a matter of throwing through it and getting over the hump,'' Weaver said. ``I felt it before in the middle of the college season. ... It's nothing to be worried about.'' doug.padilla@sgvn.com (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2731 CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Angels starter Jered Weaver gave up two hits and had five strikeouts against Oakland on Saturday. Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press Box: ANGELS at OAKLAND |
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