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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) – The Anaheim Angels caught the Texas
Rangers at a great time -- with their hitting and pitching in a
major slump.
|  | | Anaheim's Larry Barnes is thankful after hitting his first major league homer in the Angels' rout of Texas.
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"Whether their pitching wasn't doing anything or not, our
pitching held down a pretty good offensive club," Tim Salmon said
after the 13-3 rout Thursday night.
"I mean, I know it's early and they've got some guys who
probably aren't swinging the bats like they would like. But this is
a confidence booster for this club because that's a team that
everybody knows their pitching had better be on against."
Troy Glaus homered and drove in four runs for the Angels,
helping fuel a pair of five-run innings.
Glaus, whose 14 homers against Texas are his most against an
opponent, capped a five-run sixth against an overworked bullpen
with a two-run shot off Jonathan Johnson. The defending American League home run
champion already has homered four times against the Rangers this
season after hitting six last year.
Alex Rodriguez, struggling to produce runs in the first month of
his $252 million, 10-year contract, took early batting practice and
went 3-for-4 with two harmless singles and a bases-empty double. He
raised his average to .297, but has only two RBI in 37 at-bats.
Lou Pote (1-0) allowed four hits in 3 1/3 innings to win in
relief of Matt Wise, who left with blurred vision and dizziness.
Wise, inserted into the rotation when Jarrod Washburn began the
season on the disabled list, made only 32 pitches in his eighth big-league start. He surrendered a double by Andres Galarraga and Ken
Caminiti's run-scoring with no outs in the second before leaving.
Wise retreated to the clubhouse, where he was checked by Angels
team physicians Lewis Yokum and Craig Milhouse, and trainer Ned
Bergert. But he was not hospitalized. Wise had a bloody nose while
warming up in the bullpen before the game, but was allowed to
pitch.
This wasn't the first such episode involving Wise, who
experienced a similar dizzy spell three years ago during a minor-league game in Midland, Texas, when the temperature was about 120
degrees. But oppressive heat wasn't the cause this time, as Wise
took the mound in 59-degree weather.
"I lost all sense of balance, like the feeling you get when you
get off one of those spinning rides at a carnival," the
25-year-old right-hander said. "And when Buddy came out to see me
in the second inning, I saw two Buddy Blacks. Then I knew something
was wrong."
"My heart was beating pretty quick, and it scared me a little
bit. I didn't have a severe amount of pain. It felt like I was
intoxicated. I'm still a little weird right now. I don't know
what's up. But the doctors don't seem overly concerned about it."
Rick Helling (0-2) gave up seven runs and seven hits in four
innings and has allowed 18 earned runs and 22 hits in 13 innings in
his first three outings. Texas starters have surrendered 35 earned
runs in 33 2/3 innings during the last seven games for a 9.36 ERA.
"We're in a slump to begin the season. None of us are really
hitting and the pitching's not really coming together," Caminiti
said.
Texas has stranded 77 runners in its first 10 games, and is
16-for-91 with runners in scoring position. Ivan Rodriguez grounded
out with the bases loaded to end the first inning.
"We haven't been scoring runs early, which is making it much
tougher on those guys," Galarraga said of the starting pitchers,
who have made it through the sixth only once in the last eight
games.
In the sixth, Benji Gil's two-run double and Salmon's sacrifice
fly preceded Glaus' fifth homer.
Game notes
Angels manager Mike Scioscia said second baseman Adam Kennedy would be
activated Friday, after spending two weeks on the disabled list because of
a broken right index finger. ... Jarrod Washburn and Ismael Valdes
are to come off the disabled list two days apart to make their
season debuts. Valdes (cracked fingernail) starts Saturday night
against Seattle and Washburn (strep throat) pitches Monday night
against Oakland. ... The Rangers, whose 135 errors and 98 unearned
runs allowed were the highest totals in the AL last season, set a
club record by going the first 10 games without allowing an
unearned run.
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Seattle 7
Oakland 3
Boston 8
Baltimore 2
Cleveland 5
Detroit 3
Kansas City 0
Toronto 0
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Texas 3
Colorado 6
St. Louis 4
Milwaukee 12
Houston 4
San Diego 8
San Francisco 3
Cincinnati 11
Pittsburgh 6
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Atlanta 0
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