Weaver flirts with no-no as Halos edge ChiSox

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05/14/2008 - Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jered Weaver threw seven innings of one-hit ball, and Mike Napoli's sacrifice fly drove in the winning run, as the Los Angeles Angels earned a 2-0 win over the Chicago White Sox.

Weaver actually had a no-hitter through four frames, but had thrown more than 70 pitches in the span and ended up with a no-decision. He struck out six and walked two. Scot Shields (2-0) threw a scoreless eighth and got the win.

Robb Quinlan went 2-for-4 with an RBI, while Garret Anderson added a pair of hits for the Angels, who have won the first two games of this four-game set.

John Danks scattered seven hits in 6 1/3 innings for Chicago, which has lost three in a row and 10 of 14. Octavio Dotel (1-2) bailed out Danks by getting the last two outs of the seventh with the bases loaded, but gave up one single to lead off the eighth inning and was on the hook for the loss.

Carlos Quentin, A.J. Pierzynski and Joe Crede had the White Sox's three hits.

The Angels had a tremendous opportunity to put up some runs in the seventh inning. Quinlan and Juan Rivera hit consecutive one-out singles, and Danks walked Gary Matthews to load the bases.

But Dotel came out of the bullpen and struck out Erick Aybar for the second out, and fanned Vladimir Guerrero on a breaking ball off the plate to end the threat.

However, the Angels were in a similar situation in the eighth, and took advantage. Torii Hunter led off with a single, and Anderson followed by looping the ball to right field.

Anderson jogged slowly to first base, as it appeared Jermaine Dye might make the catch. But Dye didn't get a good enough jump, and couldn't get to the ball, which bounced off the tip of his glove and foot and rolled to the right field line.

The play allowed Hunter to advance to third, and Napoli brought him in with a sacrifice fly. Anderson went to second and later scored on a Quinlan single for a 2-0 Angels lead.

Francisco Rodriguez came on to close out the game, and worked around a Quentin double to earn his 16th save of the season.

Weaver stifled the Chicago offense early, allowing just two baserunners -- on a pair of walks -- in the first four innings. He allowed a leadoff single to Pierzynski in the fifth, but worked out of the inning from there, and threw perfect sixth and seventh innings.

Meanwhile, the Angels had at least one baserunner in each of the first six innings, but none of them advanced past second base.

Game Notes

With the win, the Angels took the lead in the all-time series between the clubs, at 327-326...LA stranded 10 runners...Wednesday's matchup features Chicago's Jose Contreras and the Angels' John Lackey, who is expected to make his first start of the season.

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Big East Conference odds

Work left to do: Villanova, Syracuse, DePaul, West Virginia, Providence

Notre Dame and Louisville appear to have done enough to make the move, so we'll make them locks. The Cardinals, despite a modest RPI, are trending way up and have clinched at least a tie for third in the Big East, which should be more than enough with their pair of big road wins. Villanova got back to .500 and gets back to more solid footing. Syracuse got a very important road win and crippled a fellow contender in the process. West Virginia's fate could be in its hands Tuesday at Pitt.

Work left to do:

Villanova [18-9 (7-7), RPI: 21, SOS: 5] Pounded Rutgers to get back to .500. If Cats can get their last two (at UConn, vs. Syracuse), that should be enough with strong computer numbers and a host of wins away from The Pavilion. The Cats have beaten Texas and swept the Big 5 (never easy in Philly), but have a couple of losses to bubble teams (Xavier, Drexel), too. I still think they'll be OK, possibly even at 8-8.

Syracuse [20-8 (9-5), RPI: 53, SOS: 62] History says 10 wins will be plenty, but it might be hard for the Orange to get that last one with a final two vs. G'town, which is trying to win the league title, and at Villanova, which will be desperate for a W. The relative lack of nonconference heft and the weak computer numbers are still concerns, but the Orange have won four in a row and got a very, very big win at Providence on Saturday.

DePaul [16-12 (8-7), RPI: 54, SOS: 18] Beat Cincy and should get past South Florida to get to 9-7, but then what? They have beaten Kansas and Cal (right after the DeVon Hardin injury) earlier this season, but also have lost to Bradley and Purdue, among others. They'll likely need a couple of BE tourney wins, too, but we'll see ...

West Virginia [19-7 (8-6), RPI: 58, SOS: 125] The game at Pitt on Tuesday night could decide the Mountaineers' fate (barring a deep tournament run). They can still get to 9-7 in the Big East without it by beating Cincinnati, but the nine wins would be against UConn, Villanova, St. John's, South Florida, DePaul, Rutgers, Seton Hall twice and the Bearcats. Beating bubble foes is fine, but where's the beef? Outside of beating PG-less UCLA in nonconference play (still a top quality win), there's not a lot to fall back on (besides maybe NC State). WVU vs. Syracuse would be an interesting debate, as the teams don't play in the Big East regular season. WVU has the best win, but Cuse has played the much better schedule.

Providence [17-10 (7-7), RPI: 70, SOS: 33] The Friars likely saw their at-large hopes die at home in the four-point loss to Syracuse, barring an unexpected run to the Big East semis or more. The RPI, bad already, won't be helped by playing St. John's and South Florida in the final two league games.

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