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Saturday, Sep. 16 7:05pm ET
Anaheim 7, Minnesota 6 | |||||
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) _ Bengie Molina had three hits and three RBIs, including a go-ahead two-run, single with two outs in the eighth inning, as the Anaheim Angels rallied to beat the Minnesota Twins 7-6 Saturday night. Angels, who trailed 5-1 at one point, won their fourth straight to move within four games of Cleveland and Oakland in the AL wild card race. Corey Koskie had three RBIs for Minnesota and had put the Twins ahead 6-5 with a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh. Twins reliever LaTroy Hawkins (2-3) was ejected by umpire Derryl Cousins after walking Ron Gant on a disputed pitch with two outs and a runner on first base in the eighth. Tory Glaus, who had walked against Eddie Guardado to open the inning, moved to second on the walk and Anaheim loaded the bases when Garrett Anderson reached on a high hopper that pitcher Travis Miller could not field in time. Molina followed with a liner over first baseman Ron Coomer for the go-ahead runs. Mo Vaughn hit a three-run homer in the sixth and pinch-hitter Scott Spiezio's sacrifice fly tied the game at 5 in the seventh. Koskie had two hits for the Twins and has five RBIs in the last two nights. Shigetoshi Hasegawa (10-5) pitched 1 1-3 hitless innings for the win, becoming Anaheim's first double-digit winner. Troy Percival pitched the ninth for his 30th save in 39 chances. The Twins scored three runs in the fourth against Anaheim starter Scott Schoeneweis to take a 4-1 lead. John Barnes got his first major league hit and RBI during the inning after being called up from Salt Lake City earlier in the day for the Twins. Koskie and Jacque Jones also drove in runs during the inning, and Koskie singled home another run in the fifth to make it 5-1. The Angels took a 1-0 lead in the second inning on consecutive singles by Gant, Anderson and Molina. Minnesota tied it in the bottom of the third on a triple by Chad Moeller and a sacrifice fly by Denny Hocking. Notes: Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura attended Saturday's game with his wife, Terry, who threw out the ceremonial first pitch. ... The Twins called up six players from Triple-A Salt Lake City: infielders Casey Blake and Luis Rivas, catcher Matt LeCroy, pitchers Joe Mays and Jason Ryan, and Barnes. Rivas was also in the Minnesota lineup and singled in his first major league at bat.
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