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07-03-2002, 09:06 AM
3-0!!!! WOOHOOOO!!!
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ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) -- Jay Gibbons' personal milestone sealed an historic day in major league baseball.
Gibbons recorded his first career multi-homer game and his second home run set a major league record as the Baltimore Orioles posted a 3-0 victory over the Anaheim Angels.
There were 62 home runs hit in 16 games Tuesday, eclipsing the previous record of 57 set April 7, 2000. Gibbons contributed to the assault with a solo homer in fourth inning and hit the record-setting blast in the ninth.
"The ball must've been really traveling well tonight," he said. "I haven't done enough in this game to get that kind of recognition. It's kind of a weird stat to have. I didn't even know they kept that."
Gibbons belted a leadoff homer in the ninth off the first pitch from Scott Schoeneweis, who was making his first relief appearance since July 21, 1999.
"I've been struggling with my swing for about a month," Gibbons said. "I've been trying to be relaxed and smooth up there and tonight it felt fluid."
The solo shot gave the Orioles a 3-0 lead, which was more than enough as starter Rodrigo Lopez and three relievers combined to shut down the Angels.
Lopez (7-3) tossed seven scoreless inning, allowing just four hits while striking out five. He issued five walks but continually worked out of trouble as the Angels stranded nine runners.
"Early on he was really struggling with his location," Orioles manager Mike Hargrove said. "His ball was moving a lot on him tonight. He was struggling to keep it on the plate but he made the pitches when he needed to. After the fifth inning he really found himself and from that point on he was about as good as we've seen him all year."
Buddy Groom and Willis Roberts combined for a perfect eighth inning and Jorge Julio needed just 10 pitches in the ninth to notch his 17th save.
Julio has rebounded from some early struggles and has eight saves in his last 13 appearances. He has pitched 12 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings.
Gibbons opened the scoring with a solo shot off Anaheim starter Ramon Ortiz (8-6) with two out in the fourth.
Marty Cordova and Chris Singleton opened the seventh with consecutive singles. Cordova, who went to third on Singleton's base hit, scored when Geronimo Gil bounced into a double play, making it 2-0.
Ortiz had a four-game winning streak snapped despite allowing just five hits and striking out seven in seven innings.
"Sometimes you pitch well and you don't win, sometimes you pitch bad and do win," he said. "I felt very good about my performance tonight. I know my team is very good, but today they just didn't get any runs for me."
"Ramon pitched a terrific game for us and we just couldn't support him offensively," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "Lopez made some good pitches to get out of jams. He set the table for us with some walks. But he pitched out of it."
© 2002 Sportsticker
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ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) -- Jay Gibbons' personal milestone sealed an historic day in major league baseball.
Gibbons recorded his first career multi-homer game and his second home run set a major league record as the Baltimore Orioles posted a 3-0 victory over the Anaheim Angels.
There were 62 home runs hit in 16 games Tuesday, eclipsing the previous record of 57 set April 7, 2000. Gibbons contributed to the assault with a solo homer in fourth inning and hit the record-setting blast in the ninth.
"The ball must've been really traveling well tonight," he said. "I haven't done enough in this game to get that kind of recognition. It's kind of a weird stat to have. I didn't even know they kept that."
Gibbons belted a leadoff homer in the ninth off the first pitch from Scott Schoeneweis, who was making his first relief appearance since July 21, 1999.
"I've been struggling with my swing for about a month," Gibbons said. "I've been trying to be relaxed and smooth up there and tonight it felt fluid."
The solo shot gave the Orioles a 3-0 lead, which was more than enough as starter Rodrigo Lopez and three relievers combined to shut down the Angels.
Lopez (7-3) tossed seven scoreless inning, allowing just four hits while striking out five. He issued five walks but continually worked out of trouble as the Angels stranded nine runners.
"Early on he was really struggling with his location," Orioles manager Mike Hargrove said. "His ball was moving a lot on him tonight. He was struggling to keep it on the plate but he made the pitches when he needed to. After the fifth inning he really found himself and from that point on he was about as good as we've seen him all year."
Buddy Groom and Willis Roberts combined for a perfect eighth inning and Jorge Julio needed just 10 pitches in the ninth to notch his 17th save.
Julio has rebounded from some early struggles and has eight saves in his last 13 appearances. He has pitched 12 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings.
Gibbons opened the scoring with a solo shot off Anaheim starter Ramon Ortiz (8-6) with two out in the fourth.
Marty Cordova and Chris Singleton opened the seventh with consecutive singles. Cordova, who went to third on Singleton's base hit, scored when Geronimo Gil bounced into a double play, making it 2-0.
Ortiz had a four-game winning streak snapped despite allowing just five hits and striking out seven in seven innings.
"Sometimes you pitch well and you don't win, sometimes you pitch bad and do win," he said. "I felt very good about my performance tonight. I know my team is very good, but today they just didn't get any runs for me."
"Ramon pitched a terrific game for us and we just couldn't support him offensively," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "Lopez made some good pitches to get out of jams. He set the table for us with some walks. But he pitched out of it."
© 2002 Sportsticker