Lachemann Makes Pitch for Pitching

Manager Marcel Lachemann continues to wonder when accomplishment will catch up with his expectations for his starting rotation. The staff’s failures are the key reason the Angels are in last place today, he said.

“Everyone in this division [the American League West] can hit,” Lachemann said. “Pitching is the key. I think we have the pitching to make a run, but I haven’t seen it yet.”

Right-hander Shawn Boskie, who had never won more than seven games in a season before this year, goes for his team-leading 11th victory tonight.

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Seattle designated hitter Edgar Martinez had his bruised right rib cage X-rayed Sunday morning at Anaheim Memorial Hospital. The results were termed “normal.”

Martinez, starting at third base for the first time this season Saturday, collided with catcher John Marzano when chasing a second-inning pop-up.

Neither Martinez nor Marzano, who had 30 stitches to close a cut over his left eye, started Sunday. Martinez had played all 95 games before Sunday.

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Right fielder Tim Salmon missed Sunday’s game to be with his wife, Marci, who delivered the couple’s second child. Jacob Timothy Salmon was born Sunday afternoon and weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces. . . . Third baseman George Arias is eight for 12 with four runs batted in in the last three games.