ANAHEIM, Calif. - Garret Anderson hit a disputed three-run homer in the eighth inning to break open a tie game, Orlando Cabrera added a two-run homer to cap the seven-run inning, and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 10-3 on Saturday.
Jason Grilli (5-3), pitching his third inning of relief, gave up an infield hit to Vladimir Guerrero leading off the eighth and was replaced by Tim Byrdak. Casey Kotchman sacrificed the runner to second, and Gary Matthews Jr. was intentionally walked before Anderson drove a 1-0 pitch toward the top of the 18-foot wall in right field.
A fan appeared to reach over the railing and glove the ball, but first base umpire Ed Montague ruled it a home run - Anderson's fifth. Tigers manager Jim Leyland came out to argue that it should have been a ground-rule double, but the decision stood.
The Angels tacked on four more, including Cabrera's home run off Jose Capellan, his sixth. The two homers matched the total the Angels hit in their previous 19 games combined.
Scot Shields (3-3) pitched a hitless eighth inning for the win. It was the right-hander's 34th with the Angels, tying Dave LaRoche's club record for victories by a reliever.
In a matchup of former first-round draft picks who are just starting to establish themselves at the major league level, Detroit's Andrew Miller (No. 6 overall in 2006) and Angels lefty Joe Saunders (No.12 overall in 2002) battled to a 1-1 tie through five innings. Neither got a decision, as the Tigers' bullpen coughed up a 3-1 lead Magglio Ordonez gave Miller in the sixth with a two-run homer off Saunders.
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Jason Grilli (5-3), pitching his third inning of relief, gave up an infield hit to Vladimir Guerrero leading off the eighth and was replaced by Tim Byrdak. Casey Kotchman sacrificed the runner to second, and Gary Matthews Jr. was intentionally walked before Anderson drove a 1-0 pitch toward the top of the 18-foot wall in right field.
A fan appeared to reach over the railing and glove the ball, but first base umpire Ed Montague ruled it a home run - Anderson's fifth. Tigers manager Jim Leyland came out to argue that it should have been a ground-rule double, but the decision stood.
The Angels tacked on four more, including Cabrera's home run off Jose Capellan, his sixth. The two homers matched the total the Angels hit in their previous 19 games combined.
Scot Shields (3-3) pitched a hitless eighth inning for the win. It was the right-hander's 34th with the Angels, tying Dave LaRoche's club record for victories by a reliever.
In a matchup of former first-round draft picks who are just starting to establish themselves at the major league level, Detroit's Andrew Miller (No. 6 overall in 2006) and Angels lefty Joe Saunders (No.12 overall in 2002) battled to a 1-1 tie through five innings. Neither got a decision, as the Tigers' bullpen coughed up a 3-1 lead Magglio Ordonez gave Miller in the sixth with a two-run homer off Saunders.
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