Tribe roadtrip ends in frustrating loss

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Los Angeles Angels' Vernon Wells (10) scores ahead of the throw to Cleveland Indians catcher Carlos Santana (41) on a double by the Angels' Alberto Callaspo (not pictured) during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, May 8, 2011.

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Cleveland Indians center fielder Grady Sizemore, right, shakes hands with third base coach Steve Smith after hitting a solo home run against the Los Angeles Angels during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, May 8, 2011.

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ANAHEIM, Calif.

A costly fielding error by third baseman Adam Everett led to three unearned runs in the sixth inning against Fausto Carmona and a bitter end to a 3-3 West Coast trip for the Cleveland Indians.

Peter Bourjos drove in the tying run in the eighth with an infield single, Erick Aybar followed with a two-run double and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Indians 6-5 on Sunday to give Mike Scioscia his 1,000th victory as a major league manager.

Trailing 2-0, the Angels grabbed a 3-2 lead in the sixth with four two-out hits after Everett — starting at third for the sixth time this season — misplayed a grounder toward the hole by Vernon Wells.

“I just missed it. That’s the bottom line,” Everett said. “Obviously, it cost us the game. You can’t word it any other way. We can’t make mistakes like we did and expect to win a ballgame on the road.”

Maicer Izturis singled, and Wells reached on Everett’s miscue before pitching coach Tim Belcher came out for a visit with Carmona. Alberto Callaspo drove the right-hander’s next pitch to the fence in left-center for a double that scored both runners.

Howie Kendrick followed with a bunt single that hugged the third-base line, and Hank Conger put the Angels ahead with a bloop RBI single to center. But it all could have been avoided without Everett’s second error of the season.

“If I want a ball hit to somebody, it would be Adam Everett,” manager Manny Acta said. “He’s been one of the best defensive players in this game over the last 10 years.

“You want perfection, but you’re not going to get perfection every day. It’s not going to happen. But it didn’t matter, because we had the lead again after that.”

Angels reliever Fernando Rodney (2-1) got credit for the win, despite blowing a 3-2 lead for Dan Haren in the top of the eighth. Travis Hafner had an infield RBI single that tied the score, and Orlando Cabrera put Cleveland in front with a run-scoring fielder’s choice grounder.

Rafael Perez gave up a double to Kendrick in the bottom half and was relieved by Joe Smith (1-1). Rookie Mark Trumbo had an infield single before Bourjos hit a chopper off the plate that Smith fielded and had no play on. Aybar put the Angels back in front 6-4 with a drive to left-center that scored two.

Rookie closer Jordan Walden gave up one-out doubles to Grady Sizemore and Asdrubal Cabrera in the ninth, but the right-hander struck out Shin-Soo Choo and Carlos Santana to get his sixth save.

Carmona pitched seven innings, allowing eight hits and striking out seven. The right-hander, who won 19 games for the Indians in 2007, has a a 2.22 ERA over his last seven starts after giving up 10 runs on opening day against the Chicago White Sox.