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| ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Cleveland Indians made their first visit this season to Angel Stadium and found an old friend in the closers role for the other team -- Joe Smith. The right-hander, who spent the previous five seasons with the Indians, got three outs in the ninth inning to preserve a 6-3 victory for Los Angeles on Monday night for his first save with the Angels. His role changed after a series of poor outings by Ernesto Frieri. "I dont think your attitude changes," Smith said. "I mean, if youre coming on in the seventh or eighth inning, the goal is the same: get out of the inning with a zero and hand the ball off to the next guy. Now, the goal is to get out of the inning with a zero and slap hands. It doesnt matter what inning Im throwing. I pitch people the same." Smith retired Carlos Santana on a foul pop behind the plate, then gave up a single to pinch-hitter David Murphy before retiring Michael Brantley on a fielders choice grounder and Asdrubal Cabrera on a line drove to centre field. "When hes on your team, hes easy to root for," Indians manager Terry Francona said. "Im one of his biggest fans -- and I only had the opportunity to have him for one year. For the guys who were around him longer than that, I can see why they like him so much. Hes a pros pro. I remember a conversation I had with Smitty when he was going through free agency, and I remember telling him flat out: We want you back so bad. But if we dont get you back, I hope you break the bank." Smith, who signed a three-year, $15.75 million contract in November, was the setup man last year for the Tribe and got three saves along the way. "Joe could be successful anywhere they put him," Francona said. Fernando Salas (2-0) pitched a hitless eighth inning and got credit for the victory after the Angels broke a 3-all tie in the bottom half with an RBI single by Mike Trout and a two-run triple by Raul Ibanez against Justin Masterson (0-1). Masterson gave up six runs and seven hits in 7 1-3 innings after getting a no-decision in each of his first five starts. The right-hander hasnt posted a victory since beating the Angels 3-1 last Aug. 21 at the "Big A." Nick Swisher misplayed J.B. Shucks leadoff grounder to first base in the eighth for an error, and Erick Aybar bunted Shuck to second before Trout singled to left on a full-count pitch to snap a 3-all tie. Albert Pujols was walked intentionally in front of Ibanez, who capped the scoring with his triple to right-centre on Mastersons 113th and final pitch. Tyler Skaggs allowed three runs and four hits in seven innings and struck out six. The left-hander, staked to a 1-0 lead on Pujols RBI groundout in the first, retired his first 10 batters before giving up a double by Swisher, a walk to Jason Kipnis and Santanas second homer of the season into the left field bullpen. "Tyler hung a curveball to Santana, but other than that, he threw the ball awesome," Smith said. "If our starters go seven and give up three every time, thats great. Keep it rolling. It only makes it easier on us -- especially with this offence." Santana, the Indians switch-hitting third baseman, came in batting .122 over his first 24 games and was 3 for 22 with men in scoring position. But Francona said before the game that he wasnt ready to drop Santana out of the cleanup spot, where he has been in every game hes played. The Angels tied it in the fifth on a two-out, two-run double down the right field line by Aybar after Masterson issued a leadoff walk to Ian Stewart and a single by David Freese. Stewart started at third base while Freese was the designated hitter on his 31st birthday. The Indians, who had just gotten swept in a series at San Francisco, were 2 for 20 with runners in scoring position during that three-game set and totalled just five runs -- while their 4-5-6 hitters were a combined 0 for 29. NOTES: The Angels flight from New York didnt get in until 5:15 a.m. local time after a 3-2 loss at Yankee Stadium on Sunday that ended their 4-5 road trip. "I wish they played 20 innings," Francona said. ... Angels LF Josh Hamilton had his cast taken off Monday and is wearing a splint, the next step toward beginning his strength exercises and resuming baseball activities. Vapormax Aanbieding . They kicked off the still-going trend of host cities winning the Grey Cup and sent Hall of Fame head coach Wally Buono to the front office a champion. Vapormax Flyknit 3 Goedkoop . His head snapped back from the impact and hit the floor. 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"Who knows whats going to happen on the horizon here and right now I dont know if I want to talk about it too much.Nico Rosberg will start from pole position for the Russian GP after Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton was once again struck by unreliability. Hamilton suffered the same failure he suffered in China, losing power on his final out lap in Q2, and his Mercedes will require a new power unit to be fitted overnight ahead of Sundays race.I went out at the end of Q2 to get a feel and I lost the same power as I lost in China, Hamilton told Sky Sports F1. Hamiltons woes left Rosberg unchallenged for pole, with both Mercedes cars comfortably clear of the chasing pack over a single lap.Rosberg could even afford to abort his final run after a mistake forced the world championship leader wide. I was quite confident that the lap was good enough out there because in Q2 the Ferraris were quite far away and I knew Lewis wasnt taking any further part in qualifying, said Rosberg.It was a qualifying that felt quite exceptional for me. Mercedes Lewis Hamilton suffered yet another power unit failure ahead of Q3 Sebastian Vettel was second quickest for Ferrari, but over seven tenths of a second off the pace. However, the German will be relegated five-places on the grid after a gearbox change.The car feels good. We know on Saturday we are a little bit further back than we would hope, but I expect a strong race, said Vettel.That penalty promotes Valtteri Bottas to the front row for Sundays race after the Williams driver split the two Ferraris in the timesheets.Kimi Raikkonen was fourth quickest, ahead of Felipe Massa and Red Bulls Daniel Ricciardo. The Australian could be one to watch after showing tremendous race pace and tyre durability during Friday practice. When is the Russian GP on Sky? All the times you need to see the action from Sochi live! Sergio Perez, Daniil Kvyat and Max Verstappen completed the nine cars that took part in the final part of qualifying.Carlos Sainz was denied a spot in Q3 by a last gasp effort from Kvyat, but will at least benefit from being the first man with free tyre choice for the race.The Spaniard was ahead of Jenson Button as both McLarens once again failed to make it into the final part of qualifying. McLaren havent been in Q3 since the rebirth of their partnership with Honda, but can take some satisfaction from being just a tenth away from a place in the top ten shootout.ddddddddddddButton was a tenth of a second ahead of Fernando Alonso, the first time he has out-qualified the Spaniard this season, with Force Indias Nico Hulkenberg splitting the pair. The German was half a second slower than his team-mate Perez in the session.The two Haas cars of Romain Grosjean and Esteban Gutierrez completed the Q2 drop outs. Reaction from the top three drivers after qualifying in Russia Both Renaults once again made an early exit from qualifying as the French marques difficult return to F1 as a works team continued.Kevin Magnussen was ahead of Jolyon Palmer, but the Danes time was around nine tenths of a second slower than the Red Bull car of Ricciardo powered by the same engine.Felipe Nasrs new chassis saw the Brazilian rejuvenated as he finished the session half a second quicker than Sauber team-mate Marcus Ericsson. However, the two Swiss cars still only sandwiched the Manors of Pascal Wehrlein and Rio Haryanto at the back of the grid.Russian GP qualifyingQ31. Nico Rosberg, Mercedes, 1:35.4172. Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari, 1:36.123 *Five-place grid penalty3. Valtteri Bottas, Williams, 1:36.5364. Kimi Raikkonen, Ferrari, 1:36.6635. Felipe Massa, Williams, 1:37.0166. Daniel Ricciardo, Red Bull, 1:37.1257. Sergio Perez, Force India, 1:37.2128. Daniil Kvyat, Red Bull, 1:37.4599. Max Verstappen, Toro Rosso, 1:37.58310. Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes, No timeQ211. Carlos Sainz, Toro Rosso, 1:37.65212. Jenson Button, McLaren, 1:37.70113. Nico Hulkenberg, Force India, 1:37.77114. Fernando Alonso, McLaren, 1:37.80715. Romain Grosjean, Haas, 1:38.00516. Esteban Gutierrez, Haas, 1:38.115Q117. Kevin Magnussen, Renault, 1:38.91418. Jolyon Palmer, Renault, 1:39.00919. Felipe Nasr, Sauber, 1:39.01820. Pascal Wehrlein, Manor, 1:39.39921. Rio Haryanto, Manor, 1:39.46322. Marcus Ericsson, Sauber, 1:39.519 Every race live in 2016 Sky Sports F1 brings you every race live in 2016. Fast and easy online upgrade - click here. Also See: When is the Russian GP on Sky? Fresh engine problems for Hamilton ' ' ' |
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