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Mike Napoli homered, Joe Saunders pitched five strong innings and the Los Angeles Angels closed out an impressive regular season with a 5-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.
Justin Morneau hit two homers, rookie Anthony Swarzak shut down the Angels' potent lineup with 6 2-3 strong innings, and the Minnesota Twins ended Los Angeles' eight-game winning streak with a 10-1 victory Sunday.
John Lackey pitched seven solid innings and the Los Angeles Angels knocked around CC Sabathia to complete a sweep of the New York Yankees with a 5-4 victory Sunday.
Gary Matthews Jr. stole home and hit a three-run double, Juan Rivera, Jeff Mathis and Maicer Izturis homered and the Los Angeles Angels cashed in on four Arizona errors to defeat the Diamondbacks 12-8 on Sunday afternoon.
Pinch-hitters Torii Hunter and Vladimir Guerrero opened Los Angeles' three-run rally with consecutive singles in the eighth inning, and the Angels beat the San Francisco Giants 4-3 Wednesday for their season-high sixth straight victory.
Joe Saunders stopped Seattle's early-season joyride by allowing just three hits and a run in seven innings and Mike Napoli hit a go-ahead, two-run single in a five-run sixth to send the Los Angeles Angels to a 5-1 victory over the Mariners on a Thursday night.
The Boston Red Sox brushed aside the 100-win Angels in four games, dismissing their best-in-baseball regular season as last month's news.
The Los Angeles Angels posted their team-record 100th win, with Joe Saunders pitching six sharp innings and Mike Napoli homering Sunday in a 7-0 win over the Texas Rangers.
Kendry Morales, Mike Napoli and Brandon Wood hit solo home runs in order during a span of four pitches from Keith Foulke in the seventh inning and the AL West champion Los Angeles Angels withstood a late rally by the Oakland Athletics for a 6-4 victory Thursday to avoid a three-game sweep.
Jesus Flores lined an RBI single to right-center with one out in the bottom of the ninth to give the Washington Nationals a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels Wednesday.
Mike Napoli homered twice and drove in a career-high five runs to power the Los Angeles Angels to a 10-2 victory over the Dodgers on Sunday.
Jered Weaver and two relievers combined to pitch a three-hitter and Mike Napoli hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the eighth, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 2-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night.
Ervin Santana rebounded from a three-run first to pitch seven strong innings, Mike Napoli homered and the Los Angeles Angels handed the Texas Rangers their fourth straight loss, 7-4 Monday night.
Mike Napoli hit his first career grand slam, a second-inning drive that powered the Los Angeles Angels over the Cleveland Indians 9-5 Wednesday.
Joe Saunders knows the drill by now — win a game for the Los Angeles Angels, get sent back to the minor leagues. Saunders pitched well again in an emergency start for the ailing Bartolo Colon, Mike Napoli hit a two-run homer after watching one get taken away from teammate Erick Aybar, and the Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-4 on Saturday night.
The Los Angeles Angels are on a roll because they are back to doing the things that have made them one of baseball's most successful teams since Mike Scioscia became manager.
Joe Saunders showed everyone that he's ready to help the Los Angeles Angels' pennant drive.
* Daniel Bard's debut earlier this week was pretty impressive, as he reached 98 miles per hour with his fastball while tossing two scoreless innings. Bard struck out the first batter he faced, Mike Napoli, who said afterward: "He kind of blew my doors off there.
Scioscia sees a lot of himself in Napoli - Jake Peavy certainly looked healthy against the Dodgers. The command was there all night long, and he also had great bite on his slider. It looks like his fantasy owners can relax.
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