This Time, Stars Shine at Anaheim Stadium : Baseball: Davis, Ripken and Patterson were key contributors for their teams in Orioles’ 10th-inning victory.

If baseball were more like hockey, you’d probably get the final score in your morning paper more often.

Aside from a clock to keep the timeless game moving at a more 1990s pace, baseball could do worse than pick three stars of the game as hockey does.

In honor of the man who brought hockey to Anaheim and might yet bring stability to Anaheim Stadium, Disney’s Michael Eisner--who took in the Angels-Baltimore Orioles game Tuesday--here are the three stars:

--The No. 1 star: Chili Davis, Angel designated hitter.

Davis probably could be the game’s No. 1 star every night, and Tuesday was no exception.

Two singles, a double, two runs scored and one run batted in put Davis at the center of the Angel offense again.

Manager Marcel Lachemann had it right when he said of Davis the other day, “He seems to be getting better.”

No argument here.

--The No. 2 star: Cal Ripken, Baltimore shortstop.

Tuesday’s game was No. 2,039 in a row for Ripken. Tonight will be No. 2,040. And Ripken keeps rolling along. If the grind is getting to Ripken it’s hard to tell. Beyond the hair, which seems to have more gray in it, he’s still the same smooth ballplayer he’s always been.

He had two singles, a double and drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning Tuesday.

Before Tuesday, he was batting .455 (10 for 22) with one home run and two RBIs. In the 10th inning, with Baltimore ahead, 5-4, he threw out the Angels’ speedy second baseman, Damion Easley, from deep in the hole.

Lou Gehrig would be proud.

The No. 3 star: Bob Patterson, Angel reliever.

Lee Smith gets almost all the attention, and for good reason. Twelve saves in 13 appearances ranks as huge news in Angel bullpen history.

Besides, Smith is 6 feet 6, 270 pounds and the majors’ all-time save leader.

But Patterson has quietly made himself a crucial part of the bullpen. He entered the game with a 3-1 record and a sterling 1.93 earned-run average.

Tuesday, with the game on the line, the bases loaded and the score tied, 4-4, in the top of the ninth, Patterson came through with a clutch effort.

With one out, Patterson got Andy Van Slyke to pop to short center field. Ripken, at third base, had no chance to score. Two outs.

Next, Patterson got Manny Alexander to pop out. Three outs.

Patterson has inherited 17 runners this season and only one has scored.

--Honorable mentions: Angel J.T. Snow (single, run scored and steady first base) and Angel starter Mark Langston (nine hits and four runs given up in eight innings).