Lackey sparks Angels past A's
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Troy Glaus drove in three runs to back a strong outing by John Lackey, and the Angels beat Oakland, 6-2, last night in Anaheim, Calif., to pull within one game of the West-leading A's with a week to play.
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When John Thomson got the call last week from his agent and was told that the Kansas City Royals wanted to sign him, it didn't dawn on him that his new manager was going to be his old one. The reunion of Thomson and Buddy Bell went well. The right-hander won in his Royals debut, outpitching John Lackey in a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.
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ANAHEIM, California -- The Anaheim Angels are keeping it close in the AL West. Garret Anderson hit a tie-breaking double in the eighth inning, Darin Erstad had a three-run homer and the Angels beat Oakland
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Josh Paul, Vladimir Guerrero and Darin Erstad hit multi-run homers to lead the Anaheim Angels to a 10-7 victory over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in St. Petersburg Thursday.
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Adam Kennedy homered and scored three times as Anaheim topped Minnesota 9-6 Friday nught. The Angels have tied a season high with their ninth straight victory.
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Jose Molina's rare home run was enough offense for the Los Angeles Angels in a 2-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Thursday night.
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Miguel Cairo makes two errors on one play in the 13th inning, allowing the Angels to edge the Yankees, 2-1, after a spirited pitchers' duel between Roger Clemens and All-Star John Lackey.
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A nightmarish performance from Yankees reliever Scott Proctor and another lackluster performance from the offense led to another loss and capped a three-game sweep for the Angels.
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John Lackey is using the locker that Paul Byrd occupied in Los Angeles' clubhouse last season. The Angels might wish they still had both pitchers.
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The Los Angeles Angels haven't given up on catching the Oakland Athletics in the American League West. Garret Anderson homered and Howie Kendrick drove in two runs, helping the Angels beat Seattle 5-3 on Wednesday night and end the Mariners' season-best six-game winning streak.
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The biggest home run in rookie Bobby Crosby's career gave the Oakland Athletics a dramatic victory and set up a winner-take-all AL West showdown with the Anaheim Angels.
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OAKLAND -- -- The essential difference between the A&#39;s and the Anaheim Angels, so narrow yet so pronounced, rang loud and clear Saturday, distilled to a single inning.
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(Sports Network) - Anaheim registered a narrow 2-1 win over the Cleveland Indians at Jacobs Field Sunday night. John Lackey pitched 7 1/3 solid innings to lead the Angels to the victory.
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Casey Kotchman, Chone Figgins and the Los Angeles Angels made it an even messier day for the New York Yankees. Kotchman and Figgins homered, Vladimir Guerrero doubled twice and the Angels kept winning against the Yankees, battering them 10-6 Friday night.
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Darin Erstad doubled in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, lifting the Anaheim Angels to a 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. The win pulled Anaheim within a percentage point of Boston and Texas in the AL wild-card race.
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Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Bartolo Colon hurled seven shutout innings of three-hit ball as the Anaheim Angels drew first blood in this three-game series for the American League West title with a 10-0 victory over the Oakland Athletics at Network
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On a ridiculous night of achievement for the Angels&#39; offense, Jeff DaVanon somehow managed to stand out. The outfielder doubled in the third inning of Wednesday night&#39;s