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Contreras searches for consistency against suddenly hot Angels

Apr 27, 2007 - 1:47 PM LA Angels (12-10) at Chi White Sox (11-9) 8:11 pm EDT

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- Jose Contreras has been inconsistent in the first month of the season. The Cuban righthander makes his fifth start of the season when the White Sox host the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Friday.

Contreras (1-2, 6.16 ERA) was just 4-9 with a 5.40 ERA in the second half of the 2006 season.

This season, he has sandwiched a pair of solid outings between two poor starts. After allowing seven earned runs in just one inning on April 3, Contreras surrendered just one earned run over 11 combined innings over his next two outings. He yielded five runs in seven innings last Saturday and did not factor in the decision as Chicago beat the Tigers, 7-5.

The Angels have won three straight and six of seven, amassing 55 runs during that span. The offensive explosion has come on the heels of a six-game losing streak from April 12-18, during which they scored six total runs.

Ervin Santana (2-2, 5.64) starts for Anaheim. The 24-year-old righthander has struggled on the road this season, losing both his starts and allowing 11 earned runs in 8 1/3 innings.

Santana likely have the luxury of not facing White Sox slugger Jim Thome, who is expected to sit out a fourth straight game with a right rib cage injury.








  • AL
    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    LA ANGELS 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 7 0
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 x 7 7 1 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: LAA - ERVIN SANTANA, JUSTIN SPEIER (6TH), HECTOR CARRASCO (8TH) AND
    MIKE NAPOLI
    CHA - JOSE CONTRERAS, MATT THORNTON (7TH), MIKE
    MACDOUGAL (8TH), ANDREW SISCO (8TH)

    Apr 27 11:05 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    TRIPLE BY TADAHITO IGUCHI SCORED JUAN URIBE AND DARIN
    ERSTAD.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, T IGUCHI ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 3
    CHI WHITE SOX 7 BOTTOM, 8TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: A CINTRON (.067, 0-FOR-3, BB)

    Angels vs. White SoxApr 27 10:49 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY DARIN ERSTAD SCORED JUAN URIBE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, D ERSTAD ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 3
    CHI WHITE SOX 4 BOTTOM, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: T IGUCHI (.250, 0-FOR-2, BB)

    Angels vs. White SoxApr 27 9:59 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    TWO-RUN HOME RUN BY CASEY KOTCHMAN (2) TO RIGHT WITH 2 OUT
    IN THE 6TH OFF JOSE CONTRERAS SCORED GARRET ANDERSON.
    CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 3, CHI WHITE SOX 3
    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: S HILLENBRAND (.274, 1-FOR-2)

    Angels vs. White SoxApr 27 9:50 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY GARRET ANDERSON SCORED ORLANDO CABRERA.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, G ANDERSON ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 1
    CHI WHITE SOX 3 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: C KOTCHMAN (.250, 0-FOR-2)

    Angels vs. White SoxApr 27 9:49 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY PAUL KONERKO SCORED DARIN ERSTAD.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, P KONERKO ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 0
    CHI WHITE SOX 3 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J DYE (.217, 1-FOR-2, HR, RBI)

    Angels vs. White SoxApr 27 9:38 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY A.J. PIERZYNSKI (3) TO RIGHT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 4TH OFF ERVIN SANTANA.
    CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 0, CHI WHITE SOX 2
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J CREDE (.218, 0-FOR-1)

    Angels vs. White SoxApr 27 9:19 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY JERMAINE DYE (4) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN THE
    4TH OFF ERVIN SANTANA.
    CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 0, CHI WHITE SOX 1
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: A PIERZYNSKI (.203, 0-FOR-1)

    Angels vs. White SoxApr 27 9:18 PM

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