Angels rout O's

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09/13/2007 - Baltimore, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Garret Anderson and Vladimir Guerrero combined to drive in nine runs as the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim pounded the Baltimore Orioles in the second of a three-game set at Camden Yards, 18-6.

Anderson finished 3-for-6 with a home run and two runs scored, while Guerrero was 2-for-6 on the night. Chone Figgins also went 2-for-4 with three runs scored, reaching base four times.

Kelvim Escobar (17-7) got the win despite allowing six earned runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings of work, striking out three and walking two.

The Angels have won two in a row, and six of nine overall.

Orioles starter Daniel Cabrera (9-16) managed to last 4 1/3 innings after a disastrous five-run first, and finished the night having surrendered 10 runs - eight earned - on nine hits, striking out five and walking four.

Tike Redman was 2-for-4 with a home run, and Ramon Hernandez and Aubrey Huff also had two hits apiece for Baltimore, which has dropped three straight and nine of 11.

Figgins led off the first with a single to left, then stole second. After Orlando Cabrera walked, Guerrero reached on an error by Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts to load the bases with no one out. Anderson then doubled home Figgins and Cabrera, and Maicer Izturis followed with an RBI single to center. Casey Kotchman plated Anderson with a sacrifice fly, and Howie Kendrick scored Izturis with a ground ball that was misplayed by Miguel Tejada. Cabrera regrouped to strike out Jeff Mathis and Reggie Willits, but not before the O's were in a 5-0 hole.

The Angels began the second the same as the first, with Figgins singling and subsequently stealing second. Cabrera then moved him to third with an infield hit, and Guerrero beat out a swinging bunt down the third base line to score Figgins.

In the fourth, Cabrera worked a leadoff walk, then came home on Anderson's two-run homer to make it 8-0.

Baltimore got five back in the bottom half, beginning with Redman's homer to right to lead off the inning. Two batters later, Tejada tripled to right, and after Kevin Millar walked, Huff singled home Tejada. Hernandez then singled to left to load the bases for Scott Moore. Millar scored when Escobar uncorked a wild pitch, and Moore then brought Huff home with a single through the middle. Jay Payton followed and grounded into a fielder's choice, scoring Hernandez.

Guerrero scored a pair in the fifth with a two-out bloop single off reliever Rocky Cherry, bringing home Mathis and Willits. Anderson then notched his fifth RBI of the night with a single through the right side to score Figgins for an 11-5 lead.

Nick Markakis slammed his 19th home run of the season, a solo shot to right- center, with one out in the bottom of the fifth.

LA padded its lead with six more in the eighth on just one hit. Izturis and Kotchman each worked one-out walks, prompting Baltimore to bring Fernando Cabrera out of the bullpen to replace Cherry. Kendrick greeted Cabrera with an RBI single scoring Izturis, and Mathis then reached on a fielder's choice, scoring Kotchman. On the play, third baseman Brandon Fahey's throwing error allowed Kendrick to move to third, and Cabrera then walked Willits to load the bases. Another walk to Figgins forced in another run.

Danys Baez came on and immediately issued another walk - to Cabrera - bringing home Mathis. Baez then got the second out by inducing a fielder's choice from Guerrero, which scored Willits, and finally ended the inning when he got Anderson to ground to first.

Brandon Wood smashed a two-run home run in the ninth for the 18-6 count.

Game Notes

It was the sixth straight road win for the Angels, who extended their lead over Seattle in the AL West to 10 games...Guerrero had missed the previous four games with an inflamed right triceps...Angels centerfielder Gary Matthews, Jr. did not play after spraining his right ankle Tuesday...Escobar is now 13-5 lifetime against the O's, and the Angels have gone 7-2 vs. Baltimore this season, including 4-1 at Camden Yards.

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