Sports News

MLB: LA Angels 5, LA Dodgers 4

(Boxscore)
Published: June 20, 2009 at 1:46 AM

ANAHEIM, Calif., June 20 (UPI) -- Juan Rivera hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning Friday that lifted the Los Angeles Angels to a 5-4 inter-league win over the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Angels overcame a 4-1 deficit to win their seventh straight game. They staged a late comeback for the second straight outing, having pulled out a 4-3 victory Wednesday over San Francisco.

James Loney hit a solo shot for the Dodgers in the fourth and Rafael Furcal added a two-run homer in the fifth to build their lead.

The Angels, however, tied it with a three-run sixth -- two of the runs coming in on a single by Maicer Izturis and another one scoring on Mike Napoli's sacrifice fly.

Rivera hit his home run leading off the eighth. He fouled off six pitches from Guillermo Mota (3-2) before blasting one over the left-field fence.

Justin Speier (3-1) was credited with the win after retiring the only batter he faced to end the eighth.

Brian Fuentes came on to collect his 19th save. The Dodgers put runners on first and second with two away, but Fuentes struck out Matt Kemp swinging to end the game.

© 2009 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Order reprints



Additional News Stories
What makes holidays special can kill pets
NHL: Chicago 7, San Jose 2
NBA: Portland 93, New Jersey 83
NBA: Sacramento 111, New York 97
COL BKB: Kentucky 73, Stanford 65 (OT)
NHL: Anaheim 3, Carolina 2
NHL: Los Angeles 3, Edmonton 1
fark
The six most horrific lessons ever taught in elementary school
Thirty-two percent of American men are obviously watching Alton Brown more than the Dallas Cowboys...
Old and Busted: Crashing a wedding reception. New Hotness: Crashing Obama's first State Dinner
Truthers won't be getting much sleep this week after Wikileaks posts 573,000 pager messages from...
Photoshop this Unisphere
Coño man, it has been 10 years since Elián touch our hearts, Ft Lauderdale