Angels rout Sabathia, Tribe, 14-2

Chone Figgins opened the game by hitting a 3-2 pitch over the wall.
CLEVELAND (AP) -- John Lackey allowed two hits in seven innings, Vladimir Guerrero hit one of three homers off Indians ace C.C. Sabathia and the Los Angeles Angels routed Cleveland 14-2 Sunday night.
Lackey (4-3) won for the first time in seven starts since April 26. The right-hander walked four and struck out four. Travis Hafner reached on catcher's interference in the second inning but was erased on one of three double plays turned by Los Angeles.
Top hitter
Kendry Morales had three hits and three RBIs for the Angels, who took two of three in the series and have won eight of 11. Los Angeles has won four consecutive series after going winless in its previous eight.
The Angels took a 3-0 lead in the first inning against Sabathia (5-2), who had pitched complete games in his two previous starts. The left-hander was 14-2 with a 1.97 ERA since Aug. 5 and had surrendered only five earned runs in his last 40 innings.
Chone Figgins opened the game by hitting a 3-2 pitch over the wall in left for his third homer for Los Angeles. Two outs later, Guerrero reached down and pulled a low pitch out to left for his 16th drive.
Tim Salmon followed with a single and scored on Morales' double to left-center. Grady Sizemore got to Morales' flyball with a leaping effort, but dropped it when he crashed into the wall.
In the second, Figgins drew a two-out walk, stole second and scored on a single by Orlando Cabrera. A sacrifice fly by Juan Rivera and two-run homer by Mike Napoli, his third, made it 7-0 in the third.
How bad it was
Sabathia gave up seven runs, eight hits and four walks over five innings in his worst outing since allowing eight runs in only 21/3 innings at Oakland on July 25.
Morales had a two-run double and Rivera a two-run single off Jason Davis in the sixth to make it 11-0.
Pinch-hitter Dallas McPherson hit his ninth homer in the eighth off Guillermo Mota, who allowed three runs in 12/3 innings.
Victor Martinez and Ben Broussard hit back-to-back homers off Angels closer Francisco Rodriguez in the ninth. It was Martinez's sixth homer and first since April 27. Broussard has eight homers.
Notes
Angels pitchers have a 2.40 ERA at Jacobs Field since 2001, the best of any team. ... Cabrera had two hits and has reached base safely in 35 consecutive games. ... Indians SS Jhonny Peralta went 0-for-3 and is in a 1-for-19 slump. ... Mota has allowed nine homers in 242/3 innings.
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