Angels pummel Yanks, 12-7

Sunday, August 27, 2006 The East Division leaders have lost four of their past five games. ASSOCIATED PRESS ANAHEIM, Calif. — Rookie Howie Kendrick went 4-for-4 with a tie-breaking homer, Garret Anderson homered and drove in four runs and the Los Angeles Angels beat slumping Alex Rodriguez and the New York Yankees 12-7 in a testy matchup Saturday. The Angels and Yankees drew warnings from plate umpire Tim McClelland after a flurry of brushback pitches and hit batsmen in the middle innings. Both teams were perched on the top step of their dugouts after that, and there was no more trouble. Ervin Santana (13-6) allowed five runs and seven hits over 61/3 innings, good enough to help send the AL East-leading Yankees to their fourth loss in five games following their draining five-game sweep at Boston. The Angels, trying to stay close in the AL West, improved to 55-51 against New York since Joe Torre became its manager in 1996. They are the only team to hold an edge over the Yankees in that span, and also have beaten them in two playoff series. Torre tweaked his batting order, putting Rodriguez in the second spot for the first time this season. The two-time MVP went 0-for-5 and struck out three times; the previous night, Rodriguez was 0-for-5 and fanned four times in a 6-5 loss. Rodriguez has struck out 13 times in his last 23 at-bats. Rodriguez gets save Francisco Rodriguez got four outs for his 36th save after Scot Shields gave up two-run homer by Johnny Damon in the eighth. Melky Cabrera flied out to the warning track with the bases loaded to end the game. Vladimir Guerrero got three hits for the second straight game and drove in two runs. His RBI triple triggered a three-run seventh that gave the Angels a 9-5 lead. Ex-Yankee Juan Rivera, at the center of earlier trouble, added an RBI double during a three-run eighth. He clapped his hands while running toward first base. Jorge Posada's sacrifice fly made it 5-all in the Yankees sixth. Kendrick hit a leadoff homer in the bottom half against Brian Bruney (0-1), and went on for his first four-hit game in the majors. The trouble began after Yankees star Derek Jeter was hit by a pitch above the left arm in the fifth, the second straight day he was plunked. In the bottom half, Bruney sent Guerrero bailing out of the batter's box with an up-and-in pitch. One out later, Bruney threw a pitch behind Rivera. Rivera took offense and glared at Bruney, who was called up from the minors Wednesday when Mike Mussina went on the disabled list. Catcher Sal Fasano and McClelland calmed down Rivera, and both sides were warned. Bruney hit Adam Kennedy in the sixth but was not ejected, and Angels manager Mike Scioscia talked to McClelland on the field between innings. Anderson put the Angels ahead 3-1 in the third with his 13th homer, off Cory Lidle. Mike Napoli, whose bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the ninth inning beat the Yankees on Friday, hit a two-run double in the fourth for a 5-2 lead. Scioscia argued that the ball had cleared the 18-foot wall and bounced back. NEW YORKLOS ANGELES abrhbiabrhbi Damon cf4222Figgins cf4100 ARod 3b5000Izturis 3b4010 Jeter ss4110OCbera ss3321 BAbreu rf4110VGrero dh4332 Giambi 1b2112GAndsn lf5224 CWlson ph0000JRivra rf5011 Guiel 1b1000Kndrck 1b4241 Cano 2b4021Quinlan 1b0000 BWllms dh4220AKndy 2b4121 MeCbr lf4011Napoli c3012 Fasano c1000 Posada c1001 Totals347107Totals36121612 New York010121020—7 Los Angeles10220133x—12 E—JRivera (6). DP—New York 2. LOB—New York 10, Los Angeles 8. 2B—Giambi (21), BWilliams (25), OCabrera 2 (38), VGuerrero (27), JRivera (21), Kendrick (16), Napoli (11). 3B—VGuerrero (1). HR—Damon (22), GAnderson (13), Kendrick (2). SB—Kendrick (6), AKennedy (13). CS—OCabrera (3), AKennedy (9), Napoli (3). S—Fasano, Izturis. SF—Cano, Posada. IPHRERBBSO New York Lidle3 2-395521 Bruney L,0-12 1-311103 Dotel1-312210 MMyers2-321101 Villone133330 Los Angeles ESantana W,13-66 1-375435 Romero1-300000 Shields112222 FrRodriguez S,361 1-320012 HBP—by Bruney (AKennedy), by ESantana (Jeter). WP—Dotel, Villone, ESantana. Umpires—Home, Tim McClelland; First, Brian Knight; Second, Marty Foster; Third, Bill Welke. T—3:40. A—44,185. Royals 2, Blue Jays 0 TORONTO — Runelvys Hernandez outpitched Roy Halladay for his first career shutout, leading the Royals to the win. Mark Teahen and Ryan Shealy homered for Kansas City, which ended a three-game losing skid. Hernandez (4-8) allowed seven hits in his eighth start since being recalled from the minors. He struck out four and walked one in Kansas City's third shutout of the season, tying Boston and Washington for the fewest in the majors. Hernandez threw 121 pitches, 86 for strikes. Halladay (16-4) lost despite pitching a four-hitter in his fourth complete game of the season. KANSAS CITYTORONTO abrhbiabrhbi DJesus lf4010Jhnson lf4010 Grdzln 2b4000Ctlnotto dh4030 Teahen 3b4111VWells cf4000 MiSwy dh4000Glaus 3b3000 Brown rf2000Ovrbay 1b4010 Shealy 1b3121BMolna c4010 Bako c3000Rios rf4000 Berroa ss3000AHill 2b3000 Gthrght cf3000JMcDld ss3010 Totals30242Totals33070 Kansas City110000000—2 Toronto000000000—0 DP—Toronto 1. LOB—Kansas City 2, Toronto 7. 2B—Catalanotto (27). HR—Teahen (17), Shealy (3). IPHRERBBSO Kansas City RuHrdz W,4-8970014 Toronto Halladay L,16-4942217 Umpires—Home, Joe West; First, Jim Wolf; Second, Ed Rapuano; Third, Tony Randazzo. T—2:08. A—38,070. Orioles 3, Devil Rays 2 BALTIMORE — Ramon Hernandez singled in the winning run with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Orioles to the win. It was the ninth straight road loss for the Devil Rays, who went hitless over the last three innings and fell to 1-17 on the road since the All-Star break. Nick Markakis and Jeff Conine homered for the Orioles, who have won seven of 10. Corey Patterson singled with one out in the ninth off Shawn Camp (6-2), then stole second. After Kevin Millar popped out, Hernandez lined a 3-2 pitch up the middle. Patterson scored standing up, well ahead of the late throw. Chris Ray (2-4) got three straight outs in the top of the ninth for the win. TAMPA BAYBALTIMORE abrhbiabrhbi Zobrist ss5011BRbrts 2b4000 Upton 3b4020Mrkkis rf4121 Crwfrd lf4000Mora 3b4010 Norton dh4021Tejada ss4020 Cantu 2b4010Gbbons dh4000 Hollins cf4010Conine lf4111 TLee 1b4110CPttson cf4110 Paul c4020Millar 1b2010 ToPerz rf3110RaHrdz c4011 Witt ph1000 Baldelli cf0000 Totals372112Totals34393 Tampa Bay001100000—2 Baltimore000100101—3 Two outs when winning run scored. DP—Tampa Bay 1. LOB—Tampa Bay 8, Baltimore 7. 2B—Paul (9). HR—Markakis (12), Conine (9). SB—CPatterson (39). IPHRERBBSO Tampa Bay Shields752214 Meadows120000 Camp L,6-2 2-321100 Baltimore Bedard7112206 Williams100000 Ray W,2-4100001 HBP—by Shields (Millar). Umpires—Home, Gary Cederstrom; First, Tim Welke; Second, Jim Reynolds; Third, Kerwin Danley. T—2:38. A—26,379. Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.