Angels Light Up Yankees 11-4
It almost looked like the Angels we saw back in 2002 when they won their first World Series.
“[Garret Anderson] and I were just talking about that, how it looked a lot like that [2002 rally],” said ace John Lackey, who gave up three runs and nine hits in seven innings but got a no-decision. “It was a close game, and we blew it up a bit.
“That definitely put us on a nice little roll in the postseason that year, but right now, we’re not going too crazy with it. Our goals are pretty high. We want to do well at the end.”
Normally, the Yankees are 51-1 this season when leading after six innings. However that was not the case tonight. The Yankees are now 51-2 when leading after six innings and now have badly bruised egos.
It all started with Mark Teixeira with a solo homer of Dan Giese to bring the Angels within 2-1, the Big GA and Mike Napoli hit home runs off Jose Veras in the seventh inning to tie 3-3, then…game the explosive eighth inning.
After Guerrero’s home run, Torii Hunter doubled and scored on Anderson’s single to right.
Howie Kendrick reached on an error, and Juan Rivera hit a two-run double. Napoli singled off reliever David Robertson, and Chone Figgins and Maicer Izturis hit RBI singles before Teixeira, the ninth batter of the inning, grounded to second for the first out.
Guerrero’s RBI single made it 11-3 before Hunter and Anderson struck out, ending the inning.
The Angels improved to a major league-best 73-43, the most games (30) they have been over .500 since the end of the 2002, when they were 99-63.
They are 16-5 since the All-Star break. Including playoff games, they are 71-60 against the Yankees since 1996.
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