Final
  for this game

Weaver, Garland face off, each in search of first win

Apr 28, 2007 - 2:44 PM LA Angels (12-11) at Chi White Sox (12-9) 7:05 pm EDT

CHICAGO (Ticker) - Two pitchers looking for their first win face off when the Chicago White Sox meet the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on Saturday.

Chicago's Jon Garland has pitched well and has nothing to show for it. Anaheim's Jered Weaver's road to recovery is off to a rocky start.

Garland (0-1, 3.95 ERA) is coming off a great start Sunday against Detroit in which he received no-decision. The righthander allowed two earned runs and five hits in eight innings.

Weaver (0-2, 9.39 ERA), making his third start since returning from biceps tendinitis that kept him sidelined for three weeks, has been hit hard. In his last outing, he needed 70 pitches to get through two frames against the Tigers, giving up seven runs.

This will be the first career appearance against the White Sox for Weaver, a 24-year-old righthander.

Chicago won for the third time in four games with Friday's 7-3 win that snapped Anaheim's three-game winning streak.








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

    BATTERIES: LAA - JERED WEAVER, JUSTIN SPEIER (6TH), SCOT SHIELDS (7TH),
    FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ (9TH) AND MIKE NAPOLI
    CHA - JON GARLAND, BOONE LOGAN (8TH), NICK MASSET (9TH)
    AND

    Apr 28 9:46 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY REGGIE WILLITS SCORED ERICK AYBAR.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, R WILLITS ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 3
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: G MATTHEWS JR (.308, 1-FOR-1, HR, RBI)

    Angels vs. White SoxApr 28 7:33 PM


  • AL
    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ERICK AYBAR SCORED CASEY KOTCHMAN.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, E AYBAR ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: LA ANGELS 2
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 TOP, 2ND
    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: M NAPOLI (.217, 1 HR, 2 RBI)

    Angels vs. White SoxApr 28 7:25 PM


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

    CURRENT PITCHERS: LAA - JERED WEAVER
    CHA - JON GARLAND

    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: D ERSTAD (.238, 1 HR, 9 RBI)
    T IGUCHI (.258, 2 HR, 6 RBI)
    P KONERKO (.205, 3 HR, 16 RB

    Angels vs. White SoxApr 28 7:12 PM