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Sunday, Jul. 16 5:00pm ET
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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- San Diego wasted a three-run lead in the ninth and Trevor Hoffman and Anaheim's Troy Percival, two of baseball's most feared closers, both blew saves. But the craziness didn't end there. Angels reliever Alan Levine fielded Eric Owens' bases-loaded bunt with two outs in the 10th inning, but dropped the ball for an error to give the Padres a 6-5 win in a wild finish Sunday. "Maybe the tide is turning," said Owens, whose sacrifice fly in the ninth tied the game at 5. "Early in the season it seemed like we didn't get very many breaks and now we're getting a few bounces. That's what you have to have to get some wins." This interleague homestand opened with the Padres beating Seattle 2-1 in 10 innings Thursday when Carlos Guillen, subbing for injured All-Star shortstop Alex Rodriguez, committed an error that allowed the winning run to score. After Padres rookie pinch-hitter Kory DeHaan doubled leading off the 10th and took second on Ben Davis' groundout, Angels rookie manager Mike Scioscia pulled out all the stops. Al Martin was intentionally walked and Scioscia went to a drawn-in, five-man infield against rookie Kevin Nicholson, who struck out. With the infield back to normal, Ryan Klesko was intentionally walked to load the bases. Owens pushed a bunt down the first-base line and Levine (1-2) could have had a routine out, but dropped the ball as DeHaan scored. "I took my eye off the ball," Levine said. "I started to throw before I caught it. I had plenty of time. He's out if I make the play." Owens, who replaced Martin as the leadoff hitter on May 10, said it was his decision to bunt. The shadows were making it hard to see and first baseman Scott Spiezio was playing deep. "If I get it past the pitcher it's a no-brainer, but I didn't, but it still worked out," Owens said. "They've got one of the best-hitting lineups in baseball. It's tough to keep going. Right there, we needed to end it. We're just lucky to get out of here with a win." Donne Wall (3-2) pitched a scoreless 10th for the win. The Padres led 4-1 entering the ninth, but the Angels jumped on Hoffman for four runs and four hits with just one out, with Mo Vaughn hitting a towering two-run homer for a 5-4 lead. Kevin Stocker, who hit a two-run triple, was aboard for Vaughn's 24th homer. "When you get to Trevor Hoffman, that happens as often as going 65 miles per hour on the Hollywood Freeway," Scioscia said. It was the fourth blown save in 27 chances for Hoffman, and only his second at home since the beginning of the 1998 season. "Yesterday I had a 1-2-3 ninth inning, but today was a debacle," said Hoffman, who got his 23rd save Saturday night against Seattle. "I have to tip my cap to the at-bats there." Percival then blew his sixth save in 27 chances. Martin doubled leading off the ninth, was sacrificed by Nicholson and, after pinch-hitter Klesko walked, scored on Owens' sacrifice fly. Percival loaded the bases when he hit Ruben Rivera and walked Bret Boone, but struck out Phil Nevin. Anaheim's Darin Erstad went 3-for-5, pushing his major league-leading total to 152 hits, and Garret Anderson went 4-for-5. The Padres took a 4-0 lead when Boone, Joe Vitiello and Davis homered with none out in the fourth. Boone hit a leadoff homer to left, his 18th, to snap a scoreless tie. After Nevin singled, Vitiello, making his Padres debut after being promoted from Triple-A Las Vegas, hit an opposite-field shot to right. Davis followed with an impressive homer that hit an advertising sign on the face of the second deck, just inside the left-field foul pole. All three homers came off Jarrod Washburn. Vitiello, who played 205 games with the Kansas City Royals from 1995-99, went 3-for-4, tying his career high for hits. Rookie Adam Eaton allowed one run and eight hits in 6 1/3 innings, struck out seven and walked two, but ended up with his seventh no-decision in nine starts. Washburn allowed four runs on six hits in six innings, struck out seven and walked one. After wasting some big scoring chances earlier, the Angels got their first run in the seventh when pinch-hitter Orlando Palmeiro singled and scored on Erstad's double. The Angels' leadoff batter reach base three of the first four innings, but failed to score. Anaheim batters were 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position in the first four innings, including the fourth, when the Angels loaded the bases with none out. Game notesAnderson was back in the lineup after missing Saturday's game at Los Angeles with a tender right knee. ... Vitiello became the 45th player to play for the Padres this year. The club record is 48 in 1991. ... OF Dusty Allen, who went 0-for-12 in nine games, was optioned back to Las Vegas. ... Vitiello started at 1B in place of Klesko, who came in with a 2-for-20 slump. ... Padres RHPs Brian Boehringer and Carlton Loewer are scheduled to undergo arthroscopic shoulder surgery Tuesday. ... After the game, the Angels recalled RHP Brian Cooper from Edmonton to start Monday night's game and optioned RHP Lou Pote to Edmonton. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Anaheim Clubhouse San Diego Clubhouse RECAPS Boston 5 Montreal 2
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