AMERICAN LEAGUE Anaheim rallies from 5-2 deficit to defeat Indians

Brendan Donnelly had another scoreless relief effort for the Angels.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Everyone is scoring runs against John Lackey, so it's a good thing for the Anaheim Angels that no one is scoring against Brendan Donnelly.
The Angels' come-from-behind 6-5 victory over Cleveland on Wednesday night underscored the directions in which the two pitchers' seasons are going.
18 scoreless innings
Lackey allowed five runs and a career-high 12 hits in 51/3 innings, raising his ERA to 7.38. Donnelly pitched a scoreless eighth, keeping his ERA unblemished in 18 innings in 14 games.
"Somebody mentioned something about some kind of streak, but I don't think about that. I think about going out night by night and doing my job," Donnelly said. "I try to go for perfection."
Opposing batters were 0-for-22 with runners in scoring position against the right-hander, until Josh Bard doubled and was held up at third on John McDonald's one-out single. But Donnelly escaped the jam by retiring pinch-hitter Bill Selby on a foul pop and Matt Lawton on a flyout.
Donnelly, who has stranded all seven runners he has inherited, also has retired the first batter in 12 of his outings -- including this one, as he struck out Travis Hafner.
"Anytime you see numbers like that, they're going to surprise you, because that's not something that happens every day," said teammate Troy Percival, who got his fourth save. "But it doesn't surprise me out of Brendan, because he's very tough mentally and he's not afraid to pitch in any situation."
Well-rested bullpen
The Angels' bullpen was strong after two days' rest, thanks to Monday's travel day and Tuesday night's complete-game victory by Jarrod Washburn. So the relievers were ready to come to Lackey's rescue after he fell behind 5-2 on home runs by Shane Spencer and John McDonald.
World Series MVP Troy Glaus, who homered in the second against Brian Anderson, tripled in the sixth and scored on Shawn Wooten's sacrifice fly. Glaus then capped a three-run seventh with a go-ahead RBI single on reliever David Riske's first pitch.
All three runs were charged to Dave Elder (1-1), who surrendered doubles by David Eckstein and pinch-hitter Jeff DaVanon, and an RBI single by Tim Salmon.
Scot Shields (2-1) pitched a perfect seventh for the victory, as the Angels sent the rebuilding Indians to their 11th loss in 13 games and eighth straight on the road.
Spencer's two-run homer ended a 4-for-34 slump for the six-year veteran, who had had only one RBI since April 21.
"I've started like this my whole career, so I'm used to it," Spencer said. "I wish it wasn't like that, but they told me from the beginning that they were going to be patient with me. The second time around, I'll remember things about pitchers and start swinging better."
Cleveland's bullpen has six blown saves in 11 chances.