American League Game Summary - Baltimore At LA Angels Of Anaheim
POSTED: 10:01 pm PDT July 4,
2009
Anaheim, CA -- (Sports Network) - Vladimir Guerrero capped a six-run eighth inning with a monster three-run homer, as Los Angeles overcame an early deficit to wallop Baltimore, 11-4, in the third matchup of a four-game set at Angel Stadium. Torii Hunter finished 2-for-4 with a walk and three RBI for Los Angeles, which has won has won eight of its last 11 games. Bobby Abreu collected three hits, walked, scored twice and knocked in a run, while Chone Figgins and Juan Rivera each drove in a run. Angels starter Sean O'Sullivan gave up four runs on nine hits in 5 2/3 innings, but did not factor in the decision. Jason Bulger (3-1) hurled 1 1/3 scoreless innings to earn the victory. "We banged out 17 hits and with Vladimir going deep, that was definitely nice," said Angels manager Mike Scioscia. "A good offensive night." Adam Jones went 3-for-4 and had two RBI for the Orioles, who have lost five of seven. Jason Berken got the start for Baltimore and allowed three runs -- two earned -- on seven hits in four-plus innings of work. Danys Baez (4-3) yielded two runs and three hits in his lone inning to take the loss. Once down 4-0, the Angels forged ahead in the seventh on a costly misplay. Baez took over on the mound at the start of the inning for Matt Albers, who tossed two scoreless frames, and quickly ran into trouble as the Angels loaded the bases with no outs on a pair of singles and a walk. A double-play grounder by Guerrero tied the game at four, and then Rivera hit a routine pop up to shallow right field that fell in between Nick Markakis and second baseman Brian Roberts, producing the go-ahead run. Los Angeles blew the game open with six runs in the eighth off Brian Bass. A one-out double by Figgins plated a run and put two men in scoring position. Following an intentional walk to Abreu, Hunter lined a two-run single to left. Guerrero then clobbered a pitch to the seats in left field for an 11-4 Angels lead. "We had breakdowns in a lot of areas and we paid the price for it," said Baltimore manager Dave Trembley. "You could feel the momentum change in the fifth inning. We didn't get outs when we needed to." Baltimore put up a three-spot in the third, stringing together four straight hits to begin the inning. Gregg Zaun led off with a double, Robert Andino singled and Roberts doubled to right field to drive in the first run of the game. Jones continued the hit parade with an RBI single, and Markakis followed with a sacrifice fly. Another base hit by Jones extended the lead to 4-0 in the top of the fifth, but Los Angeles responded with three runs in the bottom half of the frame. With the bases loaded and nobody out, Abreu punched a single through the left side of the infield to put the Angels on the board and chase Berken from the mound in favor of Albers. A groundout by Hunter made it 4-2, and Guerrero slapped a single up the middle, closing the gap to one run. Albers, though, was able to get Rivera to ground into a double play to end the inning.Game Notes:Maicer Izturis had three hits for the Angels...Los Angeles finished 6-for-14 with runners in scoring position, while Baltimore was 4-for-8...Berken won his major league debut on May 26, but since then the right-hander has lost five of his last seven starts.
Copyright 2009 Courtesy of The Sports Network.







