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Wednesday, May 17 10:05pm ET
Angels walk off win win over O's | |||||
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- This walk-off stuff is starting to grow on Scott Spiezio. Spiezio singled home the winning run with one out in the ninth inning, rallying the Anaheim Angels to an 8-7 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday night. His timely, broken-bat single to center came with the same bat he used when he hit the second of back-to-back home runs in the ninth inning Sunday to beat the Texas Rangers. "You don't want to get used to these kind of things because you want to have the lead going into the ninth. But I'll take as many as I can get, as long as they win games," Spiezio said. "It wasn't the prettiest thing, but I'll take any kind of a hit for a win." AL batting leader Darin Erstad tied it at 7 with an RBI single off Mike Timlin (0-1) in the eighth. Timlin walked Tim Salmon leading off the ninth, and Anderson sacrificed. After Troy Glaus was intentionally walked, Spiezio lined a 1-0 pitch to center that scored Salmon and sent Baltimore to its eighth loss in nine games. "Spiezio's ball was a sinker down and away that broke his bat and just happened to go where we weren't," Timlin said after his first blown save in four chances. It was the 10th blown save for Baltimore, most in the AL. "Anytime you have a game that you should win and don't, it's terribly frustrating," Orioles manager Mike Hargrove said. Troy Percival (1-2) earned the victory with an inning of hitless relief, despite walking three batters. Cal Ripken, starting at third base after missing four games because of scar tissue inflammation in his back, hit an RBI double in the first inning for the Orioles. Albert Belle drove in three runs for Baltimore. Pat Rapp, who lasted only 3 1/3 innings last Thursday against Boston, pitched six innings and gave up four runs and five hits, including Glaus' 11th homer. The Orioles took a 3-0 lead in the first but gave it right back. They regained the lead in the second on a bases-loaded, two-run infield single by Belle off Scott Schoeneweis. The left-hander was charged with seven runs and 10 hits in six-plus innings. "Even thought it wasn't a great outing, we still came out with a victory. And that's all that matters," Schoeneweis said. "It just shows the type of character that we have on this team. "They're a great group of guys and they battle every time out. I spotted Baltimore an early lead but we just keep coming right back. I can't say enough about these guys. They've picked me up almost every time." With two outs and the runners moving on a 3-2 pitch, Glaus charged Belle's slow grounder to third and failed to make the barehanded pickup as Rich Amaral hustled home right behind Charles Johnson. The Orioles added an unearned run in the sixth when B.J. Surhoff walked, stole second and scored on Glaus' error. After Glaus homered in the bottom half, Delino DeShields led off the seventh with a double and scored on Jeff Conine's sacrifice fly to give Baltimore a 7-4 lead. Game notesRipken grounded into a double play for the 328th time in his 20-year career, tying the major league record set by Hank Aaron. ... Keith Luuloa, promoted from the Angels' Triple-A Edmonton club after Tuesday night's game, made his major league debut as a pinch-runner for Bengie Molina and scored a run. Luuloa joined Onan Masaoka of the Dodgers and Benny Agbayani of the Mets as the only current Hawaiian-born players in the majors. ... Rapp outlasted Benji Gil in a 15-pitch duel, striking him out in the fourth inning after nine consecutive foul balls. ... Tim Belcher, who hasn't pitched for the Angels since undergoing surgery on his right elbow Dec. 2, threw off a mound for 10 minutes (all fastballs) and reported no discomfort. He'll repeat the routine Saturday. ... Rapp and Schoeneweis combined to throw 100 pitches during the first two innings. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Baltimore Clubhouse Anaheim Clubhouse RECAPS Texas 11 Tampa Bay 6
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