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Saturday, May 20 10:05pm ET
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Mo Vaughn's second two-run homer keyed a four-run seventh inning as the Anaheim Angels rallied to a 9-8 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday night. With the Royals leading 8-5 on Mike Sweeney's bases-clearing double in the top of the seventh, Vaughn homered off Paul Spoljaric and Scott Spiezio hit an RBI single off Dan Reichert (2-3) to tie it. Spiezio scored from first for the go-ahead run when Bengie Molina hit a soft single into short right field off Reichert. Shigetoshi Hasegawa (3-0), the fifth of seven Anaheim pitchers, got two outs for the victory. Troy Percival pitched the ninth for his 12th save. Benji Gil's error with no outs led to four unearned runs for Kansas City in the top of the seventh, three on Sweeney's bases-clearing double off Hasegawa. Sweeney, 4-for-6, matched his career best with his second four-hit game of the season and the fifth overall. He also matched his career high with four RBI. After Gil overran Mark Quinn's potential double-play grounder, putting runners at first and third with no outs, Rey Sanchez, with two hits in his last 30 at-bats, singled off Hasegawa to make it 5-5. Vaughn, 3-for-5, gave the Angels a 5-4 lead with a two-run homer in the fifth off Mac Suzuki. Sweeney's RBI single gave the Royals a 1-0 lead in the first, and Johnny Damon made it 2-0 with a sacrifice fly in the second. Spiezio's third-inning leadoff homer brought the Angels within 2-1. Anaheim took its first lead in the fourth when Spiezio was walked intentionally to load the bases, and Molina's two-run single made it 3-2. Kansas City regained the lead in the fifth when David McCarty chased Al Levine, Anaheim's emergency starter, with a game-tying RBI double. Quinn's sacrifice fly off Mike Fyhrie made it 4-3. Levine got the start after Jason Dickson was placed on the disabled list with hip tendinitis. Levine allowed four runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out two in his second career start in 136 appearances. Suzuki gave up six hits and five runs, struck out four and walked two in 4 1/3 innings. Game notesRoyals right fielder Jermaine Dye banged his right knee on the wall making a catch of Adam Kennedy's first-inning fly and had to leave the game in the bottom of the second with a bruised kneecap; precautionary X-rays were negative. ... Sanchez blooped a single into left in the second to snap an 0-for-18 slide. ... Long reliever Mark Petkovsek, diagnosed by team physician Dr. Craig Millhouse with "viral syndrome and dehydration" before the game, won't be available to the Angels until Monday. ... Kansas City leadoff batter Johnny Damon, who has begun 16 games with hits, walked to lead off a game for the first time this season. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Kansas City Clubhouse Anaheim Clubhouse RECAPS Detroit 2 Boston 1
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