Game 98: Big inning gives Angels the win

July 25, 2009

Game 98: Big inning gives Angels the win
Minnesota @ Los Angeles (Game 3 of 4)
The Twins watch a two run lead turn into a seven run deficit as the Angels sent 13 batters to the plate and scored nine runs in route to an 11-5 win over Minnesota on Saturday afternoon.
The Twins got on the board in the top of the third inning off a rocket 2-run home run from Jason Kubel for his 18th homer of the season.  Nick Blackburn was also mowing down the Angels as he retired the lineup in order in the first three innings.  The Angels made sure that didn’t happen again in the fourth inning.
The Angels started their 9-run rally with a solo home run from Chone Figgins.  Maicer Izturis followed with a double and scored on a single from Bobby Abreu to tie to game at two.  Kendry Morales then doubled to center to score Abreu to take the lead.  Mike Napoli then singled before Erick Aybar grounded into a 3-3-2 double play.  With two outs, Howard Kendrick singled to center to score Napoli and Blackburn then walked Matthews before being pulled out of the game.
R.A. Dickey took over and gave up back-to-back RBI singles to Reggie Willits and Chone Figgins to make it 6-2.  Izturis then cleared the bases with a 3-run home run to make it 9-2.  Dickey gave up one more single to Abreu before finally getting Morales to fly out to left field to end the inning.
Bobby Keppel took over in the fifth and restored some order to the game while the Twins looked to make a comeback.  The Twins started the seventh inning with back-to-back singles from Denard Span and Joe Mauer and Span would score on an RBI single from Kubel.  Kubel would score on a throwing error by Figgins and Michael Cuddyer scored on single from Brian Buscher to make it 9-5.  The two-out rally would be killed on a fly out from Brendan Harris.
The Angels put two more runs on the board in the bottom of the eighth off Jose Mijares to put the game out of reach for the Twins.  Robert Mosebach came out and finished the game for the Angels and pitched out of a scoring threat to give the Angels an 11-5 win over the Twins.  It is the fourth consecutive loss for the Twins who have now gone 3-6 during the road trip.
Attendance: 35,922 (Angel Stadium)

Minnesota @ Los Angeles (Game 3 of 4)

The Twins watch a two run lead turn into a seven run deficit as the Angels sent 13 batters to the plate and scored nine runs in route to an 11-5 win over Minnesota on Saturday afternoon.

The Twins got on the board in the top of the third inning off a rocket 2-run home run from Jason Kubel for his 18th homer of the season.  Nick Blackburn was also mowing down the Angels as he retired the lineup in order in the first three innings.  The Angels made sure that didn’t happen again in the fourth inning.

The Angels started their 9-run rally with a solo home run from Chone Figgins.  Maicer Izturis followed with a double and scored on a single from Bobby Abreu to tie to game at two.  Kendry Morales then doubled to center to score Abreu to take the lead.  Mike Napoli then singled before Erick Aybar grounded into a 3-3-2 double play.  With two outs, Howard Kendrick singled to center to score Napoli and Blackburn then walked Matthews before being pulled out of the game.

R.A. Dickey took over and gave up back-to-back RBI singles to Reggie Willits and Chone Figgins to make it 6-2.  Izturis then cleared the bases with a 3-run home run to make it 9-2.  Dickey gave up one more single to Abreu before finally getting Morales to fly out to left field to end the inning.

Bobby Keppel took over in the fifth and restored some order to the game while the Twins looked to make a comeback.  The Twins started the seventh inning with back-to-back singles from Denard Span and Joe Mauer and Span would score on an RBI single from Kubel.  Kubel would score on a throwing error by Figgins and Michael Cuddyer scored on single from Brian Buscher to make it 9-5.  The two-out rally would be killed on a fly out from Brendan Harris.

The Angels put two more runs on the board in the bottom of the eighth off Jose Mijares to put the game out of reach for the Twins.  Robert Mosebach came out and finished the game for the Angels and pitched out of a scoring threat to give the Angels an 11-5 win over the Twins.  It is the fourth consecutive loss for the Twins who have now gone 3-6 during the road trip.

Attendance: 35,922 (Angel Stadium)

Written by Jason Graening · Filed Under Summaries 

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