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Article: Angels' Hill isn't deterred by double play.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- April 3, 2001
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ARLINGTON, Texas _ Fifteen more minutes, Glenallen Hill vowed, and Tuesday's ninth-inning at-bat would be forgotten by the Anaheim Angels' veteran designated hitter.
Yet, it could be the most significant at-bat this season for right-hander Tim Crabtree, the Texas Rangers' closer-in-training.
Crabtree created a near-impossible task for himself and then performed his first miracle as the Rangers' replacement for John Wetteland during a 3-2 victory at The Ballpark in Arlington. The 31-year-old pitcher escaped a final-inning, bases-loaded jam by coaxing a double-play ground ball from Hill and a game-ending one-hopper to the mound from catcher Bengie Molina ...