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The Angels never held the lead and allowed a run in the ninth to break the 4-4 tie and give the Nats the win to avoid being swept.
The Angels were down 2-0 after the first but tied it up by the third. Torii Hunter singled in the second and was driven home by Gary Matthews […]

The Angels have sealed the series win, but go for their second consecutive sweep tonight at 4:10.
Ervin Santana takes the mound to go for his tenth win. He is coming off a win in Philly where he struck out nine and yielding just two hits and an unearned run for the win. He will face […]

The Angels scored six in the first and went on to beat the Nationals 8-3 to give them the series win and their fifth straight victory.
The Angels batted around to rough up Nat’s starter Shawn Hill for six runs on five hits, two walks, and two errors in the first inning alone. Chone Figgins lead […]

The Angels took the first from the Nationals on Monday with a 3-2 win to extend their win streak to four games.
The bats had trouble hitting off of Nationals starter Jason Bergmann. He allowed them just six hits and had 6 K’s. Their only run off him came in the fifth: Casey Kotchman singled, advanced […]

The Angels are 3-0 on this road trip and head to D.C. to take on the Nationals, their first time playing at the nation’s capital since 1971, in their second of three Interleague series on this road trip.
John Lackey will take the mound and looks for his fifth win after coming off a 7-plus one-run win against […]

After getting a 7-1 win Friday, the Angels finished the sweep with a 6-2 win on Saturday and 3-2 win on Sunday.
Vlad once again continued his hot month of June and led the lineup with two solo shots, one in the fourth to take a 1-0 lead then another in the seventh to put the […]

The Angels haven’t scored seven or more runs since May 18th’s win, but they touched home seven times to get a 7-1 victory in the first game of the Interleague series with the Phillies.
Vlad led things off with a two-run homer in the first. He ended up 3 for 5 with 3 RBI and 2 […]

The Angels head out for a nine-game Interleague roadtrip beginning with the Phillies in Philadelphia tonight.
Ervin Santana will take the mound to help the Angels get their first series win after dropping the last two. Santana is going for his ninth win and has never faced the Phillies. He will face Adam Eaton, who is 2-4 […]

K-Rod had a rare blown save in the 9th inning while the Mets went on to win it 5-4 in the 10th while the Angels take the series loss.
The Mets had a 3-1 lead by the fourth but the Angels came back to take a 4-3 lead by the fifth. They scored one in the […]

The Angel offense put up six runs but lost in their first game with the Mets, but they put up six runs again and got the win after John Lackey held the Mets to one run.
The Angels tagged Mets’ ace Johan Santana for five runs, four earned, on eight hits. They came out to score […]

The Angel offense came alive last night, but the Mets already had the lead in the first and never trailed as the Angels lost 6-9.
The Angels matched the Mets with 11 hits, but only six runs were scored to take the loss. This is only the second time in the last 25 games that the […]

The Angels dropped their second straight to the Braves, 2-9, to lose the series but avoid the sleep with a 2-0 shutout on Sunday.
Ervin Santana took the mound Saturday to face Charlie Morton in his MLB debut. Morton held the Angels to just three runs on five hits, they ended up with eight hits on […]

Two Angel runs early on wasn’t enough to take the win as Jon Garland and the Angels takes a 2-5 loss.
The Braves got on board with one in the second but the Angels tied it up in the bottom half with a solo shot by Torii Hunter. The Angels took the lead in the third […]

The Angels continue their homestand by hosting the Braves this weekend for a three-game Interleague series, the first time in three years that the two clubs are meeting. In their past 23 games against National League teams, the Angels are 18-5.
The Angels will send Jon Garland to the mound to face the Braves for the […]

Today’s off day will allow for an extra day of rest for the injured Angels before beginning a six-game Interleague homestand.
Garret Anderson was scratched from Wednesday’s lineup for a sore right knee, but two straight days of rest should allow him to feel healthy enough to return to the lineup for Friday’s opener against the […]

John Lackey had another strong outing to hold the Rays to two runs to give the Angels a 4-2 win.
The Angels were down 1-0 from the first inning until the fifth when Gary Matthews Jr. hit a solo shot to give the Angels their first hit of the game. The Rays took the lead again […]

Jered Weaver held the Rays to one run through eight while the offense put up six runs to beat the Rays 6-1 and even up the series.
The offense took charge in the first, scoring four runs, including a homerun by Garret Anderson. Maicer Izturis got on to extend his hit streak to 10 games, and […]

The Angels lost their second straight and first of the series with the Rays to allow Tampa Bay to move just one game behind first in the AL East. Joe Saunders was roughed up for eight runs and failed to see his 10th win.
The Angels bats did heat up in the game, with four runs on […]

The Angels return to Angel Stadium after a 5-1 roadtrip to Seattle and Oakland. They will host the Rays beginning today, who stand just 1 1/2 behind Boston in the AL East.
The Angels had a seven-game win streak snapped in the 12th on Sunday, but hope to beginning another win streak by sending Joe Saunders […]

The A’s tied the Angels at 3 in the seventh to send the game to extras, but an A’s grand slam in the 12th snapped the Angel’s seven-game win streak.
The Angels scored all three runs off A’s starter Rich Harden in the fourth. Vlad drove a two-run shot to left to score Garret Anderson and himself […]

The Angels took another from the A’s for their seventh straight win to put them 5 1/2 above the A’s in the division.
The Angels took the lead again in the first with a leadoff solo homerun by Maicer Izturis on the first pitch by A’s starter Greg Smith. That was Izturis’ second straight leadoff homerun, and he ended […]

Kelvim Escobar had a brief bullpen session off the mound on Friday. This was the first time Escobar has thrown off the mound since last season, where he went 18-7 with a 3.40 ERA as a starter.
Escobar should return just after the All-Star Break, but may begin his season as a reliver instead of a […]

The Angels went into Oakland with a five-game win streak and beat the A’s 3-1 to move the streak to six.
The Angels never trailed in the game, scoring first with solo homer in the first by Macier Izturis. They added another in the third, though unearned, by Vlad’s single. Vlad went 2 for 4 with […]

The Angels, sporting a five-game win streak, head to Oakland to play the A’s in a three-game series. The A’s have a four-game win streak of their own but the Angels still remain 3 1/2 up in the division.
The Angels will send John Lackey to the mound for his fifth start. He is just 1-1 […]

The Angels completed their sweep of the Mariners in Seattle, their first of the season, and continued to extend their win streak to eight games.
The Angels got on top first with three runs in the first. Reggie Willits had a leadoff walk before Macier Izturis singled and Howie Kendrick doubled to score Willits. Torii Hunter then […]

The Angels beat the Mariners 5-4 to add a win to their now four-game winning streak, giving Joe Saunders his AL-leading ninth victory.
The Angel offense jumped out on top to score all five runs in the first four innings, all off Mariners starter Erik Bedard, to give themselves a 5-0 lead. This was the first time in 13 games that the […]

The Angels began their roadtrip in Seattle and beat the Mariners 4-2 to move to a three-game win streak.
The offense failed to score more than four runs for the 13th consecutive game, but the help of the pitching staff has still allowed the Angels to have a 9-4 record in that stretch. The Angels jumped […]

Vladimir Guerrero is out of the lineup tonight after jamming his knee when sliding into third in Sunday’s game. Vlad went just 4 for 20 on the homestand and has an average of .249, but it still atop the highest vote-getters for the 2008 All-Star Game. His .249 BA is still better than the Angels […]

The Angels had two consecutive walk-off wins over the weekend to take the series from the Jays and improve to 3 1/2 game above the A’s.
Toronto scored a run in each the fourth and seventh innings, but the Angels answered back with one of their own in the bottom half of the innings to keep […]

Jered Weaver failed to get his third consecutive win as the Angels fell to the Blue Jays, 4-10.
The offense got a familiar bat back in the lineup on Friday with the return of second baseman Howie Kendrick. Kendrick was placed in the seventh slot and went hitless but got an RBI off a sacfly in his […]