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Friday, Jul. 28 10:05pm ET
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- With two runners on and a 3-0 count, Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia didn't hesitate to give Mo Vaughn a green light. Vaughn made the move pay off, capping a seven-run sixth inning with a tiebreaking three-run homer as the Anaheim Angels rallied from a five-run deficit Friday night to beat the Chicago White Sox 10-7. "We'll give a lot of guys the green light, depending on the situation," Scioscia said. "Some guys obviously get it in more situations than others, and Mo's at the top of the list. ... He put a great swing on it and gave us a tremendous lift, needless to say." Mike Sirotka took a 7-3 lead into the sixth, then allowed Tim Salmon's leadoff homer. Sirotka gave up three more hits, including Adam Kennedy's second RBI single of the game, and reliever Kevin Beirne (1-1) loaded the bases by hitting Bengie Gil with his first pitch. Darin Erstad's sacrifice fly and Kevin Stocker's RBI single tied it, and Vaughn hit a 3-0 pitch 430 feet to right-center for his 26th homer. "There hasn't been one time where I haven't had a green light," Vaughn said. "I just wanted to make sure I was in the right position so that I didn't foul a ball off or pop it up. I wanted to make sure I swung through the zone." Winner Mike Holtz (1-2) threw just two pitches, retiring Chris Singleton to end the sixth with two on. Shigetoshi Hasegawa pitched two scoreless innings, extending his shutout streak to 18 1/3 innings, and Troy Percival got three outs for his 24th save in 31 chances. Garret Anderson hit his 30th homer as the Angels avoided what would have been their first four-game losing streak this season. Chicago lost for the sixth time in eight games. Sirotka, in his first start after agreeing to a $6.8 million, two-year contract extension, allowed seven runs -- six earned -- and eight hits in 5 1/3 innings. "I don't think that really had an effect on him. I think what had an effect on him was the time he spent in the dugout between innings," White Sox manager Jerry Manuel said. "Sometimes, when your team scores runs, it can become detrimental to your pitcher. He wasn't sharp all night, anyway, so sitting there waiting for us to do our thing maybe affected him." Chicago took a 5-0 lead in the second on Paul Konerko's homer, Herbert Perry's two-run double, Jose Valentin's RBI double and a run-scoring bloop single by Magglio Ordonez, who drove in three runs. Anaheim's Ken Hill gave up seven runs and 11 hits in 5 1/3 innings. "You do have to give some credit to Ken Hill," Scioscia said. "If he doesn't come back strong after that five spot in the second and put up those zeros, we don't win that ballgame." Anaheim got two runs in the bottom half on a passed ball by Brook Fordyce with a runner on third and Adam Kennedy's RBI single. Anderson's homer made it 5-3 in the fourth, but Ordonez hit a two-run single off Mike Fyhrie in the sixth. "This team has been very, very good at coming back, and doing whatever it takes to win the game," Vaughn said. "Even if you get down five runs early, you still have seven innings left to play. A run here and there, and before you know it, the pressure's back on the other side. We just have that mentality to keep swinging." Game notesAnderson and Troy Glaus are only the third tandem in the Angels' 40-year history to hit 30 or more homers each in the same season. It also happened in 1979 with Don Baylor and Bobby Grich, and in 1995 with Tim Salmon and Jim Edmonds. ... Erstad's next homer would give the Angels five players with 20 or more homers in the same season for the fourth time. It also happened in 1995, 1992, and the team's inaugural 1961 season. ... Gil started at DH for the first time in 345 major league games and was 1-for-2. It was only the sixth time Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia batted his starting DH bat ninth and when they do, they are 2-for-15 with one RBI. ... Sirotka allowed more than three earned runs for only the second time in his last 15 starts. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Chi. White Sox Clubhouse Anaheim Clubhouse Elbow injury to keep White Sox's Eldred out another month
RECAPS Cleveland 0 Baltimore 0
Anaheim 10
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