WORLD SERIES Angels rally from 5-0 deficit to force Game 7



Barry Bonds' miscue in the outfield helped Anaheim keep the series alive.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Maybe there is some magic in that monkey.
Troy Glaus lined a two-run double after a key misplay by Barry Bonds in the eighth inning, capping an amazing rally that lifted the Anaheim Angels over the San Francisco Giants 6-5 Saturday night and sending the World Series to Game 7.
After he homered again, Bonds had it right in his hands -- the ball, the game, the championship.
But then it all slipped away as he bobbled and fell on Garret Anderson's single, setting up Glaus' go-ahead hit off Robb Nen and capping the Angels' comeback from a late 5-0 deficit.
Optimism abounds
Give credit to that Rally Monkey, too. Because somehow, when the pesky primate began jumping up and down on the scoreboard, the Angels and the sellout crowd of 44,506 would not be denied.
Scott Spiezio hit a three-run homer in the seventh to make it 5-3 and Darin Erstad's leadoff shot started the rally in the eighth.
Now, Bonds gets one final chance at the only prize that has ever eluded him.
A bad omen for him -- of the last seven Game 7s in the Series, the home team has won every time.
Tonight, in a fitting wrapup to baseball's first all wild-card World Series, either San Francisco or Anaheim will win its first title. It'll be Livan Hernandez starting for the Giants against Ramon Ortiz, providing the tendinitis in his right wrist has gone away.
Reliever Brendan Donnelly was the Game 6 winner and Troy Percival pitched the ninth for his second save of the Series.
Tim Worrell took the loss. For Nen, it was a familiar sight -- the Rally Monkey made its debut at Anaheim on June 6, 2000, and on that day, the Angels rallied to beat the Giants reliever in the bottom of the ninth.
Bonds goes deep
Unstoppable at the plate, Bonds hit his fourth home run of the Series, a solo shot in the sixth that made it 4-0. When Kenny Lofton scored in the seventh, the World Series trophy was clearly in the Giants' grasp.
But the resilient Angels and their fans never gave up, never left the building -- though they also play in Southern California, this isn't a Dodgers crowd.
Erstad's homer was the fourth of the game and 21st of the Series, setting a record. The drive also set the Angels' main man, their mascot, into hysterics.
Tim Salmon followed with a single and was replaced by pinch-runner deluxe Chone Figgins. Anderson looped a single down the left-field line and Figgins, running all the way, sped to third.
But when Bonds bobbled the ball and dropped it -- he's past his prime as a Gold Glove, Anderson took second. Giants manager Dusty Baker opted for his relief ace, yet Nen could not stop the rising storm as Glaus doubled to the gap in deep left-center.
Bonds also dropped that ball as he tried to pick it up.
Glaus did not advance, but he didn't need to because the damage already was done.