Lackey gets 14th win as Angels top Athletics <h3>LA ANGELS 4, OAKLAND 3</h3>By Tom Kent PA SportsTicker contributing writer OAKLAND, California (Ticker) - John Lackey joined an elitegroup. Lackey pitched 6 2/3 quality innings and Garret Anderson drovein three runs as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim posted a 4-3victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday. Lackey (14-6), who entered fresh off a complete-game shutout inhis last start against the Seattle Mariners, tied Cleveland'sC.C. Sabathia and Victor Zambrano of the Chicago Cubs for themajor league lead in wins. Boston's Josh Beckett also was inline for his 14th win Sunday. The righthander yielded three runs and nine hits while walkingtwo and striking out five. A pair of relievers bridged the wayto closer Francisco Rodriguez, who pitched around a pair oftwo-out walks to nail down his 27th save of the season. The Angels have won 130 consecutive games when leading aftereight innings, the longest active streak in the majors. With the Angels trailing, 3-2, in the seventh, Chone Figginssingled to right off Athletics reliever Kiko Calero (1-5) andOrlando Cabrera doubled. After Anderson's RBI sacrifice fly tocenter, Casey Kotchman drove in the winning run with a single tocenter. Anaheim opened the scoring in the first inning off Oaklandstarter Dan Haren when Vladimir Guerrero drew a four-pitch walkand Anderson followed with an RBI triple for a 1-0 edge. With two outs and the score tied at 1-1 in the fifth inning,Cabrera reached first on a bunt single down the third base line.Guerrero walked and Anderson lined an RBI single to centerfield for a 2-1 advantage. Haren, who entered with an American League-low 2.44 ERA and athree-game winning streak, yielded two runs and seven hits insix innings while walking three and striking out six. Dan Johnson belted a two-run, go-ahead blast in the sixth for a3-2 Oakland advantage. It was the 11th home run of the year forJohnson, who entered with just two hits in his last 32 at-bats. Despite being in third place, 10 games behind Anaheim in theAmerican League West, the Athletics have taken eight of 13 fromthe first-place Angels this season.
AL: LA ANGELS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LA ANGELS (4) AT OAKLAND (3) - HOW THEY SCORED ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LA ANGELS 1ST: C Figgins struck out looking. O Cabrera fouled out to first. V Guerrero walked. V Guerrero stole second. G Anderson tripled to deep right center, V Guerrero scored. G Matthews Jr struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 1, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 2ND: J Cust singled to center. M Ellis doubled to left, J Cust to third. D Johnson walked. M Scutaro grounded into double play, third to second to first, J Cust scored, D Johnson out at second, M Ellis to third. K Suzuki grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 1, OAKLAND 1. LA ANGELS 5TH: J Mathis lined out to left. C Figgins struck out swinging. O Cabrera reached on bunt single to third. V Guerrero walked, O Cabrera to second. G Anderson singled to center, O Cabrera to third, V Guerrero to second. G Matthews Jr struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 2, OAKLAND 1. OAKLAND 6TH: J Cust singled to left. M Ellis flied out to right. D Johnson homered to left center, J Cust scored. M Scutaro grounded out to shortstop. K Suzuki singled to center. J Furmaniak struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 2, OAKLAND 3. LA ANGELS 7TH: K Calero relieved D Haren. C Figgins singled to center. O Cabrera doubled to left, C Figgins to third. V Guerrero intentionally walked. G Anderson hit sacrifice fly to center, C Figgins scored. G Matthews Jr grounded into fielder's choice to first, V Guerrero out at second, O Cabrera to third. C Kotchman singled to center, O Cabrera scored, G Matthews Jr to third. A Brown relieved K Calero. M Izturis grounded into fielder's choice to second, C Kotchman out at second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 4, OAKLAND 3.</div>
AL: LA ANGELS at OAKLAND <div class="pre">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LA ANGELS (4) AT OAKLAND (3) - EVENT LOG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ La Angels Starting Lineups -- C Figgins 3B, O Cabrera SS, V Guerrero RF, G Anderson LF, G Matthews Jr CF, C Kotchman 1B, M Izturis 2B, R Quinlan DH, J Mathis C, J Lackey RHP. Oakland Starting Lineups -- T Buck RF, S Stewart LF, N Swisher CF, J Cust DH, M Ellis 2B, D Johnson 1B, M Scutaro SS, K Suzuki C, J Furmaniak 3B, D Haren RHP. Umpires -- C.B. Bucknor (HP), Joe West (1B), Ed Rapuano (2B), Ed Hickox (3B). Gametime Weather: 61 degrees, Rain, wind out to center at 15 mph. LA ANGELS 1ST: C Figgins struck out looking. O Cabrera fouled out to first. V Guerrero walked. V Guerrero stole second. G Anderson tripled to deep right center, V Guerrero scored. G Matthews Jr struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 1, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 1ST: T Buck struck out swinging. S Stewart grounded out to second. N Swisher struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 1, OAKLAND 0. LA ANGELS 2ND: C Kotchman flied out to center. M Izturis flied out to left. R Quinlan doubled to deep right center. J Mathis grounded out to shortstop. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 1, OAKLAND 0. OAKLAND 2ND: J Cust singled to center. M Ellis doubled to left, J Cust to third. D Johnson walked. M Scutaro grounded into double play, third to second to first, J Cust scored, D Johnson out at second, M Ellis to third. K Suzuki grounded out to shortstop. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 1, OAKLAND 1. LA ANGELS 3RD: C Figgins flied out to center. O Cabrera lined out to right. V Guerrero popped out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 1, OAKLAND 1. OAKLAND 3RD: J Furmaniak popped out to second. T Buck reached on infield single to second. S Stewart struck out swinging. N Swisher singled to center, T Buck to third. J Cust walked, N Swisher to second. M Ellis fouled out to catcher. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 1, OAKLAND 1. LA ANGELS 4TH: G Anderson grounded out to second. G Matthews Jr walked. C Kotchman singled to left, G Matthews Jr to second. M Izturis struck out swinging. R Quinlan grounded into fielder's choice to third, C Kotchman out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 1, OAKLAND 1. OAKLAND 4TH: D Johnson lined out to right. M Scutaro lined out to shortstop. K Suzuki lined out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 1, OAKLAND 1. LA ANGELS 5TH: J Mathis lined out to left. C Figgins struck out swinging. O Cabrera reached on bunt single to third. V Guerrero walked, O Cabrera to second. G Anderson singled to center, O Cabrera to third, V Guerrero to second. G Matthews Jr struck out swinging. (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 2, OAKLAND 1. OAKLAND 5TH: J Furmaniak fouled out to catcher. T Buck grounded out to pitcher. S Stewart reached on infield single to shortstop. N Swisher flied out to left. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 2, OAKLAND 1. LA ANGELS 6TH: C Kotchman singled to center. C Kotchman caught stealing second, catcher to shortstop. M Izturis grounded out to second. R Quinlan singled to center. J Mathis struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 2, OAKLAND 1. OAKLAND 6TH: J Cust singled to left. M Ellis flied out to right. D Johnson homered to left center, J Cust scored. M Scutaro grounded out to shortstop. K Suzuki singled to center. J Furmaniak struck out swinging. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 2, OAKLAND 3. LA ANGELS 7TH: K Calero relieved D Haren. C Figgins singled to center. O Cabrera doubled to left, C Figgins to third. V Guerrero intentionally walked. G Anderson hit sacrifice fly to center, C Figgins scored. G Matthews Jr grounded into fielder's choice to first, V Guerrero out at second, O Cabrera to third. C Kotchman singled to center, O Cabrera scored, G Matthews Jr to third. A Brown relieved K Calero. M Izturis grounded into fielder's choice to second, C Kotchman out at second. (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 4, OAKLAND 3. OAKLAND 7TH: T Buck struck out swinging. S Stewart singled to left. N Swisher fouled out to third. J Speier relieved J Lackey. S Stewart to second on wild pitch by J Speier. J Cust walked. M Ellis grounded into fielder's choice to third, J Cust out at second. (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 4, OAKLAND 3. LA ANGELS 8TH: R Quinlan flied out to center. J Mathis grounded out to second. C Figgins grounded out to second. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 4, OAKLAND 3. OAKLAND 8TH: S Shields relieved J Speier. D Johnson struck out swinging. M Scutaro walked. M Piazza hit for K Suzuki. M Piazza fouled out to first. J Furmaniak struck out swinging. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 4, OAKLAND 3. LA ANGELS 9TH: R Bowen catching. O Cabrera grounded out to third. V Guerrero fouled out to first. G Anderson flied out to left. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 4, OAKLAND 3. OAKLAND 9TH: F Rodriguez relieved S Shields. T Buck fouled out to left. S Stewart fouled out to catcher. N Swisher walked. J Cust walked, N Swisher to second. M Ellis flied out to center. (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors) LA ANGELS 4, OAKLAND 3.</div>
Lackey gets 14th win as Angels top Athletics <h3>LA ANGELS 4, OAKLAND 3</h3>By Tom Kent PA SportsTicker contributing writer OAKLAND, California (Ticker) - John Lackey joined an elitegroup. Lackey pitched 6 2/3 quality innings and Garret Anderson drovein three runs as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim posted a 4-3victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday. Lackey (14-6), who entered fresh off a complete-game shutout inhis last start against the Seattle Mariners, tied Cleveland'sC.C. Sabathia, Victor Zambrano of the Chicago Cubs and Boston'sJosh Beckett for the major league lead in wins. "It means a lot to me to be in first place in the AmericanLeague West," said Lackey, when asked about his 14th victory."That's all I care about." The righthander yielded three runs and nine hits while walkingtwo and striking out five. A pair of relievers bridged the wayto closer Francisco Rodriguez, who pitched around a pair oftwo-out walks to nail down his 27th save of the season. The Angels have won 130 consecutive games when leading aftereight innings, the longest active streak in the majors. "I thought (Lackey's) stuff started out really good," Angelsmanager Mike Scioscia said. "As the game went on, maybe he gota little frayed, but he pitched a great game. They made himwork for every out." With the Angels trailing, 3-2, in the seventh, Chone Figginssingled to right off Athletics reliever Kiko Calero (1-5) andOrlando Cabrera doubled. After Anderson's RBI sacrifice fly tocenter, Casey Kotchman drove in the winning run with a single tocenter. "I wasn't counting on too many runs today," Lackey said."(Oakland starter Dan Haren) is having a great year and pitchingwell. For the guys to come back and pick me up like that, itwas big." Anaheim opened the scoring in the first inning off Haren whenVladimir Guerrero drew a four-pitch walk and Anderson followedwith an RBI triple for a 1-0 edge. With two outs and the score tied at 1-1 in the fifth inning,Cabrera reached first on a bunt single down the third base line.Guerrero walked and Anderson lined an RBI single to centerfield for a 2-1 advantage. Haren, who entered with an American League-low 2.44 ERA and athree-game winning streak, yielded two runs and seven hits insix innings while walking three and striking out six. "They worked me pretty good," Haren said. "They got my pitchcount up so I couldn't go that deep. I wanted to go seven oreight but in that last inning I was all over the place." Dan Johnson belted a two-run, go-ahead blast in the sixth for a3-2 Oakland advantage. It was the 11th home run of the year forJohnson, who entered with just two hits in his last 32 at-bats. "John pitched great today," Cabrera said. "Even the home run hegave up was a good pitch. He just got beat the other way. Itwas good that we could get the lead back for him after that." Despite being in third place, 10 games behind Anaheim in theAmerican League West, the Athletics have taken eight of 13 fromthe first-place Angels this season.
