Thome's RBI single, homer propel Phillies to 3-0 win

Jimmy Rollins also hit a solo home run for Philadelphia.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Given a choice, Larry Bowa would rather get a successful sacrifice bunt out of leadoff hitter Jimmy Rollins than a home run.
So the Philadelphia Phillies manager was visibly frustrated in the dugout Monday night after Rollins tried to bunt two runners over with no outs in the sixth inning and popped out to first base.
But Jim Thome picked up Rollins later in the sixth with an RBI single, triggering a 3-0 victory over the Anaheim Angels in the first meeting between the teams, and the only game on the major league schedule.
"You've got to lay bunts down, and I know Jimmy understands that," Bowa said after his 200th win as Phillies manager. "That's very important for us to be successful. I know he didn't do it on purpose, but those are little things that you have to do to win games -- and we didn't get it done."
Homers help
Rollins and Thome hit solo homers in the eighth, giving Jose Mesa some breathing room for his 16th save and 103rd with the Phillies, which tied Steve Bedrosian's club record.
"Jimmy redeemed himself a little bit with a home run, but we're not hitting the ball that good to not execute in that situation," Bowa said.
The only Philadelphia baserunner through the first five innings was Mike Lieberthal, who singled leading off the second and fifth innings against Jarrod Washburn (6-6). The Angels' left-hander was charged with three runs and eight hits over 72/3 innings.
"I actually don't think I threw very well," Washburn said. "I made a lot of mistakes early in the game that I got away with and there were some hard-hit balls that were right at guys. And late in the game, there were a couple of mistakes that I didn't get away with. It could have been a lot uglier than it was."
Padilla (5-7) allowed five hits, struck out two and walked none.
Scott Spiezio led off the third and fifth innings with singles for the Angels' only hits to that point -- although Padilla hit two other batters.
Spiezio singled again in the seventh, but Brad Fullmer overslid third base and David Bell tagged him for the second out after taking a one-hop throw from right fielder Bobby Abreu. Padilla then retired Benji Gil on a comebacker.
Spiezio was stranded at third base in the third when Adam Kennedy struck out and Darin Erstad grounded out. Erstad, sidelined since April 20 because of tendinitis in his right hamstring, was activated from the DL before the game.