Game 161: Oct 2, 1999 (L: 15-3)
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My Commentary

I'm sorry, but I won't be writing any commentary for the Angels series.  As I write this on Monday, I've come down with what feels like the flu, and my head is rather woozy.  I can't think straight for more than a few minutes at a time.  I just wanted to get the site updated before the games against the Yankees tomorrow. 

One thing about this game - it was nice to see old buddy Al Levine get a start.  I still wish that he was still a Ranger.

-- Joe Siegler

Game Recap

ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA (TICKER) -- Tim Salmon went 4-for-5 with two homers and five RBI as the Anaheim Angels used a seven-run seventh inning to seal a 15-3 rout of the Texas Rangers, who will enter the postseason as the American League's third seed.

After Mo Vaughn opened the scoring in the first with his 33rd homer, Salmon smacked a 3-1 offering from starter Rick Helling (13-11) over the wall in left-center for a 3-0 lead in the fourth.

The Rangers rallied for a 3-3 tie in the fifth, but Anaheim responded with a pair of runs in the sixth on sacrifice flies by Garret Anderson and Jeff Huson.

Salmon sparked the seven-run seventh by belting a three-run homer off reliever Mike Munoz. It was his 16th home run of the season and completed his 15th career multi-homer contest.

The loss ensured that Texas will open the postseason at Yankee Stadium for Game One of the AL Division Series and clinched the No. 2 seed for the Cleveland Indians, who will host Boston in the opening round of the playoffs.

Huson, Anderson and rookie Jeff DaVanon drove in two runs apiece for the Angels, who will try to close a disappointing season with their fifth straight victory on Sunday.

Royce Clayton hit his 14th homer for Texas, which will be facing the Yankees in the postseason for the third time in four years.

Helling surrendered five runs and five hits over six innings. The two homers he allowed increased his 1999 total to a club-record 41, surpassing by one the mark established in 1979 by Hall of Famer Ferguson Jenkins.

Shigetoshi Hasegawa (4-6) got the win despite allowing all three runs and four hits in two innings of relief. Starter Al Levine tossed four scoreless innings.

Recap #2

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) _ Tim Salmon went 4-for-5 with two homers and five RBIs Saturday night as the Anaheim Angels beat Texas 15-3, ending the Rangers' hopes of home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs.

The AL West champion Rangers are bound for New York, where they will open a best-of-5 series against the AL East champion Yankees on Tuesday night.

Salmon hit a two-run homer off Rick Helling (13-11) in the fourth inning and a three-run shot, his 16th, off reliever Danny Patterson in the seventh to give the Angels an 8-3 lead.

The score was tied at 3 in the sixth before Helling allowed sacrifice flies to Garret Anderson and Jeff Huson.

Shigetoshi Hasegawa (4-6) was hit hard in two innings but picked up the victory when the Angels rallied.

Anaheim broke it open with seven runs in the seventh. After Salmon's homer, Huson added another sacrifice fly, Jeff DaVanon hit a two-run triple and Jim Edmonds added an RBI double, making it 12-3.

Mo Vaughn, who went 3-for-4 and scored four runs, gave the Angels a 1-0 lead with his 33rd homer in the first. Salmon, who also scored four times, made it 3-0 with his two-run shot in the fourth.

Helling has allowed 41 home runs, most in the majors. He broke the Texas record of 40 set by Ferguson Jenkins in 1979.

Al Levine, making his first big league start, blanked the Rangers on three hits over four innings.

Texas rallied to tie it against Hasegawa, scoring three runs in the fifth on Royce Clayton's 14th homer, Ivan Rodriguez's sacrifice fly and Juan Gonzalez's RBI single.

Helling gave up five runs _ four earned _ and six hits in six innings. He is 0-4 in his last five starts, allowing 35 hits and 26 runs in 27 2-3 innings over that stretch.

Anderson had a two-run double in the ninth off John Wetteland.

GAME NOTES: Rusty Greer, hit by a Mike Holtz pitch Friday night, sat out the game with a bruised elbow. X-rays were negative, but Greer had discomfort during batting practice. ... Texas catcher Ivan Rodriguez picked Troy Glaus off first base in the fourth, his 10th pickoff of the season. ... Luis Alicea served as the Rangers' DH in his first action since pulling his right calf muscle on Sept. 13. ... Gonzalez was also back in the Texas lineup after missing Friday's game to stay in Dallas for 3-year-old daughter Gabriela's ear surgery. ... Levine, whose first big-league start came after 120 relief appearances, has made 96 minor league starts.

Photos
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Mac makes a play in the second	Troy Glaus is picked off first by Pudge	Ranger killer Tim Salmon hits another home run against us

Box Score

Line Score
AL  FINAL
                    1  2  3   4  5  6   7  8  9     R  H  E
                    -  -  -   -  -  -   -  -  -     -  -  -
TEXAS               0  0  0   0  3  0   0  0  0     3  9  3
ANAHEIM             1  0  0   2  0  2   7  3  x    15 14  0   (FINAL)

BATTERIES:  TEX - RICK HELLING, MIKE MUNOZ (7TH), DANNY
                  PATTERSON (7TH), DOUG DAVIS (7TH), JOHN
                  WETTELAND (8TH) AND IVAN RODRIGUEZ, GREGG ZAUN
                  (8TH)
            ANA - AL LEVINE, SHIGETOSHI HASEGAWA (5TH), MARK
                  PETKOVSEK (7TH), STEVE MINTZ (9TH) AND MATT
                  WALBECK

             WP - SHIGETOSHI HASEGAWA (4-6)
             LP - RICK HELLING (13-11)
           SAVE - NONE

HOME RUNS:  TEX - ROYCE CLAYTON (14) OFF HASEGAWA IN THE 5TH, 0 ON
            ANA - MO VAUGHN (33) OFF HELLING IN THE 1ST, 0 ON
                  TIM SALMON (15) OFF HELLING IN THE 4TH, 1 ON
                  TIM SALMON (16) OFF D PATTERSON IN THE 7TH, 2 ON

     TIME:  3:13     ATT:  33,239

PROBABLES:  TEX - JEFF FASSERO (5-14, 7.24)
            ANA - JARROD WASHBURN (3-5, 6.11)

Box Score
TEXAS (3) AT ANAHEIM (15) - FINAL

TEXAS                  ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
T Goodwin cf            5  1  2  0   0  0   0  .259
Mclemore 2b             4  0  1  0   1  1   2  .274
I Rodriguez c           3  0  1  1   0  0   1  .334
 Zaun c                 0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .256
J Gonzalez rf           3  0  2  1   1  0   2  .326
 Sc Green pr-rf         0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .300
R Palmeiro 1b           4  0  0  0   0  0   5  .326
 Simms 1b               0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .500
Zeile 3b                4  0  0  0   0  1   1  .291
 Sheldon 3b             0  0  0  0   0  0   0  .000
R Kelly lf              4  0  0  0   0  0   0  .300
Clayton ss              3  1  2  1   0  0   0  .288
 Shave ss               1  0  1  0   0  0   0  .286
Alicea dh               3  1  0  0   1  1   2  .205

Totals                 34  3  9  3   3  3  13

BATTING: 2B - J Gonzalez (36, Levine). HR - Clayton (14, 5th
inning off Hasegawa 0 on, 1 out). SF - I Rodriguez. RBI - Clayton (52),
I Rodriguez (113), J Gonzalez (128). 2-out RBI - J Gonzalez. Runners
left in scoring position, 2 out - R Palmeiro 2, Zeile 1, Mclemore 1.
GIDP - R Palmeiro.  Team LOB - 8.

FIELDING: E - Mclemore 2 (12, bobble, ground ball); Clayton (25, bobble).

ANAHEIM                ab  r  h rbi bb so lob   avg
Davanon lf              6  1  2  2   0  0   3  .235
Edmonds dh              6  1  2  1   0  0   2  .254
Vaughn 1b               4  4  3  1   1  1   1  .282
Salmon rf               5  4  4  5   0  0   0  .266
Glaus 3b                2  2  0  0   3  1   2  .241
G Anderson cf           3  2  2  2   1  0   0  .301
Walbeck c               3  0  0  1   1  0   1  .240
Durrington 2b           2  0  0  0   0  1   2  .185
 a-Huson ph-2b          1  0  0  2   0  0   4  .262
Sheets ss               5  1  1  0   0  0   3  .198

Totals                 37 15 14 14   6  3  18

a-hit sacrifice fly to left for Durrington in the 6th.

BATTING: 2B - Edmonds (17, D Davis); Salmon (24, Wetteland);
G Anderson (36, Wetteland). 3B - Davanon (1, D Patterson).
HR - Vaughn (33, 1st inning off Helling 0 on, 2 out); Salmon 2 (16,
4th inning off Helling 1 on, 1 out, 7th inning off D Patterson 2 on,
0 out). SF - G Anderson, Huson 2. RBI - Vaughn (108), Salmon 5 (68),
G Anderson 2 (80), Huson 2 (18), Davanon 2 (4), Edmonds (23),
Walbeck (22). 2-out RBI - Vaughn, Davanon 2, Edmonds.  Runners left
in scoring position, 2 out - Durrington 1, Davanon 2, Vaughn 1,
Edmonds 1.  Team LOB - 8.

BASERUNNING: Picked off - Glaus (1st base, I Rodriguez).

FIELDING: DP: 1 (Vaughn-Sheets-Petkovsek).

TEXAS                        ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
Helling (L, 13-11)            6       5   5   4   3   2   2   4.84
M Munoz                       0       2   2   2   0   0   0   3.93
D Patterson                     2/3   3   5   5   2   0   1   5.67
D Davis                         1/3   1   0   0   0   1   0  33.75
Wetteland                     1       3   3   2   1   0   0   3.68

ANAHEIM                      ip       h   r  er  bb  so  hr    era
Levine                        4       3   0   0   0   2   0   3.39
Hasegawa (W, 4-6)             2       4   3   3   2   0   1   4.91
Petkovsek (H, 12)             2       0   0   0   1   0   0   3.47
Mintz                         1       2   0   0   0   1   0   3.60

M Munoz pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.

IBB - Walbeck (by Helling). HBP - Walbeck (by Helling).
Pitches-strikes: Levine 68-39; Hasegawa 49-28; Petkovsek 20-14;
Mintz 24-16; Helling 118-64; M Munoz 6-4; D Patterson 22-9;
D Davis 6-5; Wetteland 30-20.  Ground balls-fly balls: Levine 6-4;
Hasegawa 1-5; Petkovsek 4-2; Mintz 1-1; Helling 4-11; M Munoz 0-0;
D Patterson 0-2; D Davis 0-0; Wetteland 1-2.  Batters faced:
Levine 15; Hasegawa 12; Petkovsek 6; Mintz 5; Helling 28;
M Munoz 2; D Patterson 7; D Davis 2; Wetteland 8.

UMPIRES: HP--Jim Mckean. 1B--Mike Reilly. 2B--Chuck Meriwether.
3B--Laz Diaz.
T--3:13.  Att--33,239.   Weather: 65 degrees, clear.   Wind: 4 mph,
left to right.

AL       TEXAS AT ANAHEIM
         NOTE:  TEXAS CATCHER IVAN RODRIGUEZ EXTENDED HIS HITTING STREAK
                TO 10 GAMES WITH A SINGLE IN THE TOP OF THE FIRST INNING.

AL       TEXAS AT ANAHEIM
         NOTE:  TEXAS CENTER FIELDER TOM GOODWIN EXTENDED HIS HITTING
                STREAK TO 10 GAMES WITH A SINGLE IN THE TOP OF THE FIFTH
                INNING.

Game Log

Texas Starting Lineups -- Tom Goodwin CF, Mark Mclemore 2B, Ivan Rodriguez C, Juan Gonzalez RF, Rafael Palmeiro 1B, Todd Zeile 3B, Roberto Kelly LF, Royce Clayton SS, Luis Alicea DH, Rick Helling RHP.

Anaheim Starting Lineups -- Jeff Davanon LF, Jim Edmonds DH, Mo Vaughn 1B, Tim Salmon RF, Troy Glaus 3B, Garret Anderson CF, Matt Walbeck C, Trent Durrington 2B, Andy Sheets SS, Al Levine RHP.

Umpires -- Mckean (HP), Reilly (1B), C Meriwether (2B), Diaz (3B).

Gametime Weather: 65 degrees, Clear, wind left to right at 4 mph.

TEXAS 1ST: T Goodwin lined out to shortstop. Mclemore singled to left. I Rodriguez singled to center, Mclemore to second. J Gonzalez flied out to left center. R Palmeiro flied out to deep right center. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, ANAHEIM 0.

ANAHEIM 1ST: Davanon grounded out to second. Edmonds flied out to left. Vaughn homered to right. Salmon popped out to shallow left. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, ANAHEIM 1.

TEXAS 2ND: Zeile struck out looking. R Kelly flied out to left center. Clayton grounded out to pitcher. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, ANAHEIM 1.

ANAHEIM 2ND: Glaus struck out looking. G Anderson flied out to deep center. Walbeck grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, ANAHEIM 1.

TEXAS 3RD: Alicea grounded out to second. T Goodwin grounded out to second. Mclemore struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, ANAHEIM 1.

ANAHEIM 3RD: Durrington fouled out to right. Sheets grounded out to third. Davanon popped out to third. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, ANAHEIM 1.

TEXAS 4TH: I Rodriguez grounded out to third. J Gonzalez doubled to left. R Palmeiro grounded out to second, J Gonzalez to third. Zeile grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, ANAHEIM 1.

ANAHEIM 4TH: Edmonds lined out to second. Vaughn walked. Salmon homered to left center, Vaughn scored. Glaus walked. Glaus picked off at first, catcher to first. G Anderson singled to center. Walbeck hit by pitch, G Anderson to second. Durrington struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 0, ANAHEIM 3.

TEXAS 5TH: Shigetoshi Hasegawa relieved Al Levine. R Kelly popped out to shallow center. Clayton homered to left. Alicea walked. T Goodwin singled to right, Alicea to second. Mclemore walked, Alicea to third, T Goodwin to second. I Rodriguez hit sacrifice fly to right, Alicea scored, T Goodwin to third. J Gonzalez singled to left, T Goodwin scored, Mclemore to second. R Palmeiro flied out to center. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 3, ANAHEIM 3.

ANAHEIM 5TH: Sheets flied out to center. Davanon popped out to second. Edmonds flied out to right center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 3, ANAHEIM 3.

TEXAS 6TH: Zeile flied out to shallow center. R Kelly grounded out to third. Clayton singled to right. Alicea popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) TEXAS 3, ANAHEIM 3.

ANAHEIM 6TH: Vaughn singled to right. Salmon singled to left, Vaughn to second. Glaus safe at first on 2nd baseman Mclemore's fielding error, Vaughn to third, Salmon to second. G Anderson hit sacrifice fly to deep center, Vaughn scored, Salmon to third, Glaus to second. Walbeck intentionally walked. Huson hit for Durrington. Huson hit sacrifice fly to left, Salmon scored. Sheets safe at first on shortstop Clayton's fielding error, Glaus to third, Walbeck to second. Davanon grounded out to pitcher. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 2 Errors) TEXAS 3, ANAHEIM 5.

TEXAS 7TH: Mark Petkovsek relieved Shigetoshi Hasegawa. Huson at second. T Goodwin grounded out to pitcher. Mclemore popped out to shallow left. I Rodriguez grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 3, ANAHEIM 5.

ANAHEIM 7TH: Mike Munoz relieved Rick Helling. Edmonds reached on infield single. Vaughn singled to right, Edmonds to third. Danny Patterson relieved Mike Munoz. Salmon homered to left, Edmonds and Vaughn scored. Glaus walked. G Anderson walked, Glaus to second. Walbeck flied out to right center, Glaus to third. Huson hit sacrifice fly to center, Glaus scored. Sheets singled to left, G Anderson to second. Davanon tripled to right, G Anderson and Sheets scored. Doug Davis relieved Danny Patterson. Edmonds doubled to deep left, Davanon scored. Vaughn struck out swinging. (7 Runs, 6 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 3, ANAHEIM 12.

TEXAS 8TH: J Gonzalez walked. Sc Green ran for J Gonzalez. R Palmeiro grounded into double play, first to shortstop to pitcher, Sc Green out at second. Zeile flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 3, ANAHEIM 12.

ANAHEIM 8TH: John Wetteland relieved Doug Davis. Shave at short. Zaun catching. Simms at first. Sheldon at third. Sc Green in right. Salmon doubled to right center. Glaus walked. G Anderson doubled to deep right center, Salmon scored, Glaus to third. Walbeck grounded out to first, Glaus scored, G Anderson to third. Huson lined out to third. Sheets safe at first on 2nd baseman Mclemore's fielding error, G Anderson scored. Davanon singled to right, Sheets to second. Edmonds fouled out to third. (3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Error) TEXAS 3, ANAHEIM 15.

TEXAS 9TH: Steve Mintz relieved Mark Petkovsek. R Kelly grounded out to shortstop. Shave singled to center. Alicea struck out looking. T Goodwin singled to right center, Shave to third. Mclemore popped out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) TEXAS 3, ANAHEIM 15.