GAME ONE – The Angels jumped on Mark Buerhle (0-1) and the White Sox with 4 in the 1st inning. Vlad Guerrero and Benji Molina produced hits that drove in a pair of runs each. Guerrero (1) also poked a solo home run in the 5th. It would have been all SP John Lackey needed for the win, but he was tossed in the 5th by HP umpire Mark Wegner for arguing a 2-out base on balls to Carlton Fisk. Scott Shields (1-0) would pick up the cheap W with 1.1 innings of perfect relief. Francisco Rodriguez (1) would finished off the 5-2 Halos win.
GAME TWO – It
was one of those power matchups that make baseball the dramatic game it
is. Hopefully, there will many more this KOD23 season for fans and
owners to enjoy. K-Rod had come on in the B9 to try and pick up his 2nd consecutive save. LAA was leading 4-2. He fanned Aaron Rowand to start the frame. Fisk then lined one to CF for a hit. Ray Durham dribbled one for an IF hit; tying runs aboard. Rodriguez needed to get Carlos Lee and 1994 AL MVP Frank Thomas. He blew them both away. Ervin Santana (1-0) hurled 6.2 innings, yielding just 2 runs on 7 hits. The Angels plated 3 in the 5th on RBI singles from Tim Salmon, Guerrero and Troy Glaus. Adam Kennedytripled in J.T. Snow in the 6th. Fisk went 4 for 4 in the loss for the ChiSox.
GAME THREE – The Halos continued to get outstanding pitching as Bartolo Colon (1-0), Brendon Donnelly and Shields (1) combine on a 4-hit shutout. The visitors got all their runs via the long ball with Chili Davis (1,2) going deep twice and Mike Napoli (1) once for a 3-0 victory.
Angels
moundsmen limit the Pale Hose to just 4 runs in 3 games. They head home
to face Kansas City. White Sox leave for Seattle to take on the
Mariners.
--submitted by Bruce Thomas--
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