Angels play long ball, spoil Pudge's Yankee debut
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07/31/2008 -
Bronx, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Torii Hunter, Juan Rivera and Vladimir
Guerrero all blasted three-run homers as the LA Angels of Anaheim routed New
York, 12-6, in the opener of a four-game set at Yankee Stadium.
Chone Figgins and Garret Anderson both finished 4-of-5 for the AL West-leading
Angels, who pounded out 18 hits en route to winning their fourth straight and
for the eighth time in nine games. Mark Teixeira added his first two hits in
an Angels uniform after being acquired earlier in the week from the Atlanta Braves.
"I think we pressured these guys all night tonight," Angels manager Mike
Scioscia said. "That's what you need to do. We did a lot of good things on the
bases, good things at the plate and home runs were definitely a part of it
tonight."
Jon Garland (10-6) allowed three runs on seven hits in six innings to pick up
the win.
Bobby Abreu and Xavier Nady homered for the reeling Yankees, who have dropped
four of their past five games and are now 4 1/2 games behind Tampa Bay in the
AL East.
Catcher Ivan Rodriguez, making his New York debut after being acquired for
reliever Kyle Farnsworth on Wednesday, finished 1-for-3.
Andy Pettitte (12-8) was touched for nine runs on 11 hits in just 5 1/3
innings.
"I didn't keep anybody off base," Pettitte said. "I didn't keep guys who have
little power in the ball park. I didn't do anything right tonight. I was
terrible tonight."
The Angels jumped all over Pettitte with six runs in the third. Figgins led
off with a single up the middle and, after Erick Aybar grounded out to third,
Teixeira got on with an infield single to short. Guerrero's deep fly to left
chased Figgins to third and Teixeira followed by swiping second setting the
stage for Hunter, who crushed his 18th homer over the wall in right-
center.
"We actually worked the count," Hunter said. "Early on this season we were one
of the teams that swung at everything. In the last week or so we've been
working the count."
Pettitte continued to struggle from there, giving up consecutive singles to
Anderson and Howie Kendrick before Rivera, a former Yankee, blasted his sixth
home run of the season deep over the fence in left.
The Yankees finally got to Garland in the fourth when Abreu slammed a one-out
solo homer just over the wall in right. It was the third home run in two games
for Abreu.
New York added another run in the fifth when Melky Cabrera slapped a two-out
triple to right and Johnny Damon followed with an RBI single. Meanwhile,
Guerrero misplayed Damon's hit in right and the veteran advanced all the way
to third but Garland wiggled out of further trouble by getting Derek Jeter to
ground out.
The Angels got both of those runs back and more in the sixth. Jeff Mathis
laced a double into the gap in right-center and Figgins followed with a run-
scoring single off the glove of Alex Rodriguez at third. After Figgins swiped
second and Pettitte walked Aybar, Yankees manager Joe Girardi finally pulled
the plug on the struggling left-hander and went to Chris Britton.
Britton, who was recalled from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre before the game,
managed to get Teixeira to pop out but Guerrero followed by belting yet
another three-run homer over the wall in left to make it a 10-2 game.
Nady's leadoff homer in the seventh, his second as a Yankee, drew to New York
to within 10-3. Later in the inning, Rodriguez was thrown out at home trying
to score on Damon's hard liner to the mound that was dropped by Darren Oliver.
Home plate umpire Ed Hickox called Rodriguez out, even though replays showed
otherwise.
"He said I didn't touch the plate," Rodriguez said. "I touched the plate with
my left hand. Other guys were telling me they saw the replay and that I was
safe. It's part of the game."
The Angels kept pouring it on in the eighth, however. Figgins led off with a
single and quickly scored on an Aybar triple. Teixeira then followed with a
run-scoring single.
New York tacked on three runs in the ninth off the Angels bullpen. Nady,
Wilson Betemit and Cabrera led off the frame with three consecutive singles
and Damon forced in a run by drawing a walk. Jeter and Abreu followed with
back-to-back RBI grounders to account for the final margin.
Game Notes
The six-run third for the Angels tied their best inning of the year...Yankees
reliever Edwar Ramirez was suspended for three games and fined an
undisclosed amount of money for throwing at the head of Baltimore first
baseman Kevin Millar during the seventh inning of Wednesday's game. Ramirez
has elected to file an appeal and was available for New York...The Yankees
made a minor deal before the game sending slick fielding shortstop Alberto
Gonzalez to the Washington Nationals in exchange for minor-league pitcher
Jhonny Nunez. The 25-year-old Gonzalez, who played in 28 games during a pair
of stints with the Yankees this season but was just 9- for-52 at the plate.
Nunez, 22, appeared in 26 games (17 starts) combined with Single-A Potomac and
Double-A Harrisburg this season, going just 2-8 with a 4.85 ERA...The Yankees
also signed veteran pitcher Victor Zambrano to a minor league deal. The right-
hander was last in the major leagues in 2007, when he pitched in 13 games for
Toronto and Baltimore.
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