These Guys Cause Twice the Trouble : Baseball: Clark and Ramirez, two new Indians, give Angels fits during home opener.

Mark Clark and Manny Ramirez, the fresh-scrubbed faces of the Cleveland Indians, seized opening day at Anaheim Stadium and made it their own, terrorizing the Angels at every turn.

The Angels couldn’t stop either. They couldn’t hit Clark, couldn’t get Ramirez out in a 9-6 loss Monday.

Clark, Cleveland’s starter, gave up one run and two hits with five strikeouts and two walks in seven innings. It was 9-1 when Manager Mike Hargrove replaced Clark to start the eighth inning.

Ramirez, playing right field, singled in the third, hit a two-run home run to left in the fifth and hit a three-run homer to right in the sixth. It was the second time in his brief career that he homered twice in a game and his five runs batted in is a personal best.

So just who are these guys?

Angel Manager Buck Rodgers, wondering that Monday morning, got his answer sometime around 3 p.m.

“We didn’t know who the masked man in right field was,” Rodgers said, “but we’ll sure remember his name after this.”

The Angels knew Clark, but only because they defeated him twice last season.

So, for the record, here’s the book on Clark and Ramirez:

--Clark, 25, is a former member of the St. Louis Cardinals’ organization, who appeared in 26 games for the Indians last season. He was 7-5 with a 4.28 earned-run average, remarkable statistics only because they’re so unremarkable.

“I just feel when I go out there I have it in my mind that I’m going to get some runs,” said Clark, making his first start this year. “And I know with my stuff I can hold down other teams.”

--Ramirez, 21, was the New York City Public High Schools’ player of the year in 1991. Last season, he batted .340 at double-A Canton-Akron, .317 at triple-A Charlotte and .170 in 22 games with the Indians.

“This was one of my best games,” said Ramirez, hitting .429 with three homers and eight RBIs in 14 at-bats. “I’m a line drive hitter. I’m feeling more comfortable without putting any pressure on myself.”

Together they buried the Angels and made a fan of Cleveland catcher Sandy Alomar.

“The guy throws a lot of strikes,” Alomar said of Clark. “He’s going to be an outstanding pitcher. He’s very smart for a guy that young. He throws so many pitches.”

When Clark’s slider went south at times on Monday, he turned to his split-finger fastball. When the split-finger fastball wasn’t working, he returned to the slider.

All the Angels managed against him were Dwight Smith’s first-inning double and Chili Davis’ seventh-inning homer.

Things got ugly as the Angels rallied with five runs in the ninth off relievers Eric Plunk and Jose Mesa.

Ramirez was gone by then, too, replaced by Wayne Kirby in the seventh. If there’s a knock on Ramirez, it’s his fielding.

Ramirez’s hitting ability, however, is not being questioned.

“To hit the ball to all fields like that . . .” Alomar said. “All he has to do is build confidence. You saw what kind of power he had to the opposite field. That’s what I like to see is that opposite-field power.”