April 16, 2000
Anaheim Angels 3, Chicago White Sox 1
CHICAGO (AP) - Anaheim left-hander Scott Schoeneweis threw eight innings of three-hit ball as the Angeles beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Sunday. Schoeneweis (3-0), who made 31 relief appearances as a rookie last season, has beaten the Yankees, Blue Jays and White Sox this season in his first three major league starts. Schoeneweis shut out the Blue Jays on three hits in his previous outing. Troy Percival pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save in as many chances. Anaheim went ahead with two runs in the fourth off Jim Parque (1-1), who dropped to 0-4 against the Angels. Ray Durham hit a two-out, RBI double in the third for Chicago's first hit off Schoeneweis. Parque gave up three runs and 10 hits in six innings.
April 15, 2000
Anaheim Angels 3, Chicago White Sox 1
CHICAGO (AP) - Kent Bottenfield pitched seven shutout innings for his first American League win Saturday as the Anaheim Angels scored three first-inning runs to beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1. Bottenfield (1-1), in his third start since being traded from the Cardinals, walked two and struck out one, allowing a seventh-inning double to Mark Johnson and four singles. Shigetoshi Hasegawa relieved to start the eighth and gave up a solo homer to Greg Norton. The Angels had loaded the bases in the first inning Friday night but failed to score. This time, they converted off Kip Wells (0-2) as Adam Kennedy tripled before Mo Vaughn and Tim Salmon walked. Garrett Anderson followed with an RBI-single and Troy Glaus had a two-run double.
April 14, 2000
Chicago White Sox 9, Anaheim Angels 4
CHICAGO (AP) - Frank Thomas homered and extended his season-opening hitting streak to 11 games Friday night as the Chicago White Sox won their home opener, beating the Anaheim Angels 9-4 and matching their best start in eight years. Thomas hit a first-inning pitch from Ken Hill (1-2) nearly 400 feet to right-center field for his third homer. Paul Konerko also homered and had an RBI double and Ray Durham drove in three runs for the White Sox, off to their best start since also going 7-4 in 1992. Garret Anderson hit a two-run homer to pull the Angels within 8-4 in the eighth. The White Sox, averaging seven runs this season, loaded the bases in the second as Carlos Lee was hit by a pitch, Craig Wilson singled and Mark Johnson walked. Durham hit a sacrifice fly and then Greg Norton drove in two. Mike Sirotka (2-1) went 5 1/3 innings, allowing seven hits and a run.
Angels' Anderson agrees to contract extension
CHICAGO (AP) - Garret Anderson agreed Friday with the Anaheim
Angels on a four-year contract extension through the 2004 season.
Anderson, 27, batted .303 with 21 homers last season and had 188
hits, one shy of his career high set in 1997. He's the only
player in team history to post at least 180 hits in three
straight seasons. "Not only is he a quality player whose power
numbers are getting batter every year without a drop-off in
batting average, but he wants to be with this club and that's
huge," general manager Bill Stoneman said. Anderson is in the
final year of a contract that so far has guaranteed him $7.55
million for four years.
April 12, 2000
Toronto Blue Jays 6, Anaheim Angels 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Brad Fullmer triggered a four-run eighth inning with a tiebreaking, two-out double and Tony Batista added a two-run homer as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Anaheim Angels, 6-2, Wednesday night. Reliever Mark Petkovsek (0-1) hit Homer Bush with a pitch with one out and Raul Mondesi singled for his first three-hit game for the Blue Jays. After Carlos Delgado struck out, Fullmer lined the next pitch off the low fence in the right-field corner for a 4-2 lead. Batista greeted Lou Pote with his fifth homer. Pedro Borbon (1-0) got one out for his first AL victory. Garret Anderson hit an RBI single in the first and the Angels added a run in the fifth on doubles by Darin Erstad and Adam Kennedy.
April 11, 2000
Anaheim Angels 5, Toronto Blue Jays 4
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Ramon Ortiz pitched five steady innings in his first game of the season, and Darin Erstad hit a three-run homer Tuesday night as the Anaheim Angels beat Toronto 5-4. Ortiz (1-0) gave up a pair of runs -- Raul Mondesi's two-run homer in the fifth -- and seven hits, with four walks and four strikeouts. Anaheim's Mo Vaughn hit his first homer of the year, a solo shot into the left-field seats leading off the third against Kelvim Escobar (0-2) to give the Angels a 5-0 lead. The Blue Jays trimmed the lead to 5-4 with runs in the seventh and eight innings. In the eighth, Jose Cruz Jr. tripled and scored on Shannon Stewart's single. Troy Percival struck out the side in the ninth for his second save.
April 10, 2000
Anaheim Angels 6, Toronto Blue Jays 0
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Scott Schoeneweis, making his second major league start, pitched a three-hitter and Troy Glaus hit a three-homer to lead the Anaheim Angels over the Toronto Blue Jays 6-0 Monday. Garret Anderson hit a two-run double in the third inning and a sacrifice fly in the seventh. Glaus' homer also came in the seventh, against reliever Paul Quantrill. Schoeneweis (2-0), who pitched six innings to beat the New York Yankees 12-6 last Wednesday, struck out four and walked four. He allowed Marty Cordova's leadoff single in the fifth, Homer Bush's two-out double in the sixth and Alex Gonzalez's leadoff single in the eighth. Chris Carpenter (0-2) gave up two runs and three hits in six innings, but walked eight.
Angels shortstop goes on DL
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Shortstop Gary DiSarcina, who bruised his
left wrist making a diving catch, was placed on the 15-day
disabled list Monday by the Anaheim Angels. DiSarcina, who hurt
his wrist on Saturday, goes on the DL retroactive to April 9. The
Angels also purchased the contract of infielder Keith Johnson
from Triple-A Edmonton, optioned pitcher Mike Fyhrie to Edmonton,
activated pitcher Ramon Ortiz from the 15-day disabled list, and
transferred outfielder Mike Colangelo from the 15-day DL to the
60-day DL.
April 9, 2000
Boston Red Sox 5, Anaheim Angels 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Another start for Pedro Martinez, another victory for the Boston Red Sox. Martinez, the only Red Sox pitcher to win this season, struck out 12 in 7 1/3 innings Sunday as Boston beat the Anaheim Angels, 5-2, and ended a four-game losing streak. Martinez (2-0) had his streak of scoreless innings stopped at 32. The unanimous AL Cy Young winner allowed one run and five hits, and struck out at least 10 for the 10th straight start. Troy O'Leary hit his first two homers of the year, and Carl Everett and Trot Nixon also homered as the Red Sox snapped the Angels' three-game winning streak. All were solo shots. Kent Bottenfield (0-1) had retired nine straight before O'Leary and Everett hit consecutive homers with two outs in the fourth.
April 8, 2000
Anaheim Angels 7, Boston Red Sox 5
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Ken Hill pitched two-hit ball for six innings and Darin Erstad was 3-for-5 with an RBI as the Anaheim Angels beat the Boston Red Sox 7-5 on Saturday night. The Angels won their third straight following two season-opening losses to the New York Yankees. The Red Sox have lost four straight to drop to 1-4, the first time they've been three games under .500 since they ended 1997 at 78-84. Hill (1-1) allowed two singles and a run. He walked four and struck out three in earning his first victory since Aug. 4. Anaheim broke open a tight game in the sixth, chasing starter Brian Rose (0-1) during a four-run inning that made it 6-1. Scott Spiezio homered in the sixth for Anaheim. Troy Percival pitched the ninth for his first save.
April 7, 2000
Anaheim Angels 7, Boston Red Sox 3
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Garret Anderson hit a three-run homer and Jason Dickson pitched 6 2/3 strong innings in his first regular-season appearance in more than a year as the Anaheim Angels beat the Boston Red Sox 7-3 Friday night. Dickson, who missed last season after shoulder surgery in March 1999, allowed two runs and four hits -- a home run by Carl Everett and three doubles -- en route to his first victory in the majors since July 12, 1998 at Seattle.Leadoff doubles by Troy O'Leary in the second inning and Trot Nixon in the fourth were the only hits off Dickson until Everett connected on an 0-2 pitch leading off the seventh. Anaheim took a 3-0 lead in the first against Pete Schourek (1-0) on a double by Adam Kennedy, a two-out walk to Tim Salmon and a first-pitch homer by Anderson.
April 5, 2000
Anaheim Angels 12, New York Yankees 6
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Darin Erstad went 4-for-5 with a homer, two doubles and five RBIs Wednesday night as Anaheim beat the New York Yankees 12-6 and gave rookie Angels manager Mike Scioscia his first victory. Anaheim roughed up David Cone (0-1) for eight runs on five hits and five walks in 2 2/3 innings. Cone struck out three. Scott Schoeneweis (1-0), making his first major league start, gave up five runs on 10 hits, including consecutive solo homers by Shane Spencer and Tino Martinez in the fourth, over six innings. Erstad, 9-for-14 this season, led off the Angels' first with a 420-foot homer over the wall in center. He made it 3-0 with a two-run double to right-center off Cone in the second inning, then greeted reliever Alan Watson with another two-run double during the Angels' six-run third inning.
April 4, 2000
New York Yankees 5, Anaheim Angels 3
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Bernie Williams, used at designated hitter instead of in center for the second night in a row because of a sore right triceps muscle, doubled twice and snapped a tie with a two-run homer in the ninth inning Tuesday to lead the New York Yankees over the Anaheim Angels 5-3. He figured in all the New York scoring, driving in three runs and scoring twice. Williams' two-out homer off Troy Percival (0-1) carried the two-time defending World Series champions to their second win in as many games. Percival had started his career with 22 1/3 shutout innings against the Yankees until they scored against him last season. Ramiro Mendoza (1-0), the third Yankees pitcher, was the winner. Mariano Rivera pitched a perfect ninth for his second save.
April 3, 2000
New York Yankees 3, Anaheim Angels 2
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - In his first Opening-Day assignment, Orlando Hernandez was every bit an ace. El Duque struck out Mo Vaughn three times, Paul O'Neill and Shane Spencer homered and the two-time defending World Series champion New York Yankees started the season with a 3-2 victory over the Anaheim Angels. The Yankees were coming off a 13-20 spring training that raised some concern, especially with owner George Steinbrenner. But they began their bid to become the first team to win three straight titles since the 1972-74 Oakland Athletics by winning for the first time in six West Coast openers. Hernandez (1-0) worked around eight hits. He walked three and struck out four. Mariano Rivera earned the save. Ken Hill (0-1) took the loss for Anaheim.
April 1, 2000
Angels release veteran knuckleball pitcher Candiotti
(AP) - Knuckleballer Tom Candiotti was released Saturday from his
minor league contract by the Anaheim Angels. Candiotti, released
by Oakland and Cleveland last season, was 1-2 with a 6.85 ERA in
nine spring training games. The 42-year-old signed a minor league
contract with the Angels in January. He had been hampered by a
nagging injury to his left knee last season, but had arthroscopic
surgery in August and was feeling healthy. The native of Walnut
Creek, Calif., has a 151-164 career record with a 3.73 ERA. The
right-hander had pitched in the major leagues since 1983, most
recently with Los Angeles (1992-97) and Oakland (1998-99). "You
look at the great knuckleballers who have been in the game, and
some of them pitched on up into their 40s," he said last month.
"Hey, I'm 42, so I'm a young knuckleballer."