Nick Adenhart picks up first big league win for Angels
ANGELS 10, CHICAGO 7
Guerrero's three-run home run helps Adenhart beat the White Sox, 10-7, for first major league win.

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ANGELS REPORT
Doctors believe the 'grabbing' the second baseman felt was the tearing of scar tissue. There's no timetable for his return. >>

May 12, 2008
TAMPA BAY 8, ANGELS 5
Tampa Bay completes three-game sweep that knocks Angels out of first place and sends them home with their longest losing streak in 13 months. >>

COLUMN ONE
Erica Ford washes and repairs their uniforms, along with those of other teams. But she's not cleaning up when it comes to salary. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Second base is far from his favorite spot, but that's where the Angels need the rookie to play right now, and he's glad to do whatever will keep him in majors. >>

May 11, 2008
TAMPA BAY 2, ANGELS 0
Rays shut out the Angels for the second consecutive game, putting hitting coach Hatcher in crisis mode. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Third baseman joins second baseman Kendrick and shortstop Izturis on disabled list because of a hamstring injury. >>

May 10, 2008
TAMPA BAY 2, ANGELS 0
Tampa Bay pitcher holds Angels to one hit, throwing only 92 pitches, and Evan Longoria's homer wins it in the ninth inning. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Off to a 6-0 start, the left-hander doesn't want to get ahead of himself. >>

May 9, 2008
ANGELS REPORT
Which is more prestigious, the Angels pitcher's World Series ring or his girlfriend's Olympic gold medal? >>

BASEBALL
After an elbow injury sidelined him for almost two seasons, the former Angel has flourished as the Rays' new closer. >>

May 8, 2008
KANSAS CITY 9, ANGELS 4
Right-hander gives up 10 hits and a career-high eight runs. Anderson and Napoli hit home runs for L.A. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Second baseman experiences some soreness in hamstring while on rehab assignment at Class-A Rancho Cucamonga. >>

May 7, 2008
ANGELS 5, KANSAS CITY 3
They improve to a major league-best 12-5 away from home by rallying to beat Royals behind Garret Anderson, who drives in all five runs. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Right fielder shows signs of ending his prolonged slump, hitting a triple, a double and a line-drive out in victory over Royals. >>

May 6, 2008
ANGELS 4, ROYALS 0
The Angels' right-hander strikes out nine and improves his record to 6-0 in the victory. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Angels' manager is unhappy with offense's output even though his team has had to cope with several injuries. Figgins, Kendrick may be back soon. >>

May 5, 2008
ANGELS 6, ORIOLES 5
Angels' home runs and defense, and Baltimore baserunning gaffes, allow pitcher to improve his record to 6-0 despite giving up 12 hits in five innings. >>

ANGELS REPORT
MRI exam shows he has a mild hamstring strain. Right-hander Moseley goes on the disabled list because of tightness in his forearm. >>

May 4, 2008
BILL SHAIKIN / SUNDAY REPORT
Young pitcher who was sent down to the minors last season is now 5-0 this season and enjoying life. >>

ANGELS 3, ORIOLES 1
He corrects a flaw in his delivery and looks like the pitcher that beat the Angels in the 2005 ALCS in a victory over Baltimore. >>

KURT STREETER
Both local teams shopped for center fielders last winter. The Angels won the bidding for Hunter, who has been everything they hoped. The Dodgers signed Jones, who so far looks like another free-agent bust. >>

May 3, 2008
BALTIMORE 4, ANGELS 3
Slugger is hitless for the fifth game in a row and Angels' rally falls short in the ninth. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Outfielder has been in a slump, but Scioscia is counting on his production from the two-hole. >>

May 2, 2008
OAKLAND 15, ANGELS 8
But he's not alone in having a bad night on the mound, as the A's pound five pitchers for 20 hits. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Second baseman had hoped to start a rehab assignment, but his hamstring is still sore. >>

BILL SHAIKIN / ON BASEBALL
It's not too early to start judging postseason hopes. The Angels are in first place in the West, and the Dodgers have won six in a row. >>

May 1, 2008
ANGELS 6, OAKLAND 1
The right-hander remains unbeaten as Anaheim defeats Oakland, 6-1. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Anderson, Guerrero and Matthews all struggling in the role. >>

April 30, 2008
ANGELS REPORT
Green or Adenhart will start Thursday against the A's. Lackey throws three innings in minors. >>

April 29, 2008
ATHLETICS 14, ANGELS 2
Angels aren't on their A's game in loss as Garland gives up seven runs. >>

ANGELS REPORT
The Angels option right-handers Arredondo and Thompson to triple A to make space for emergency call-ups Bobby Wilson, a catcher, and Brandon Wood, an infielder. >>

April 28, 2008
ANGELS 6, DETROIT 2
They defeat Tigers and win two of three in Detroit after taking two of three in Boston. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Pitcher rejoins the Angels on Sunday after spending two days in the team hotel because of severe flu-like symptoms, but the virus now appears to have hit catcher Mathis. >>

April 27, 2008
DETROIT 6, ANGELS 4
After being no-hit into the sixth inning, Anaheim ties the score with three runs in the seventh before giving back the runs. Guerrero picks up 2000th hit of his career. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Scioscia looks for more production out of cleanup slot. >>

April 26, 2008
ANGELS 4, DETROIT 3
The right-hander forgets all about his previous difficulties at Detroit and shuts down the Tigers in a 4-3 victory. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Left fielder acknowledges that if he doesn't break out of his slump soon, Manager Mike Scioscia may have little choice but to drop him from the cleanup spot. >>

April 25, 2008
ANGELS 7, BOSTON 5
Trailing the Red Sox by two runs, the Angels rally for four runs in the seventh inning. The team's last series win in Fenway was in 2006. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Wary of the food at Fenway after getting food poisoning during last year's playoffs, he avoids food at the stadium, saving his appetite for home runs. >>

ANGELS
One hundred and eighty-three games into his major league career, John Lackey made his first minor league rehabilitation assignment appearance Thursday night. >>

April 24, 2008
ANGELS 6, BOSTON 4
Gary Matthews Jr. hits two home runs and Casey Kotchman adds one as Jon Garland pitches out of several jams for six solid innings at Fenway Park. >>

ANGELS REPORT
He gets advice to widen his stance slightly after a bad game at the plate. He picks up two hits Wednesday. >>

April 23, 2008
BOSTON 7, ANGELS 6
Beckett is scratched from start, but Red Sox rally from 5-1 deficit >>

ANGELS REPORT
Struggling cleanup hitter shows some good signs against Red Sox. >>

April 22, 2008
ANGELS REPORT
Only 14-25 at Fenway Park since 2000, they return with a stronger lineup to the place where they twice lost feebly en route to being swept in last year's playoff series. >>

CROWE'S NEST
Angels outfielder made headlines in 1978 when he offered to forfeit salary after a slow April at the plate. Today it is all but forgotten, overshadowed by his tragic shooting death five months later. >>

April 21, 2008
Seattle 4, Angels 2
They load bases with two out in ninth inning, but Anderson strikes out looking in loss to Seattle. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Center fielder is given a day off to help heal big toe he injured crashing into the outfield wall on April 12. >>

April 20, 2008
ANGELS 4, SEATTLE 1
Right-hander, avoiding the inconsistency and loss of focus that have plagued him in past, gives up only three hits in a dominating eight-inning performance. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Ace right-hander cruises through 40-pitch simulated game and is on schedule to start for Class-A Rancho Cucamonga on Thursday. >>

April 19, 2008
ANGELS 5, SEATTLE 4
Center fielder has three doubles, three RBIs and a game-saving catch at the fence in victory over Mariners, all after an auto accident on his way to the ballpark. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Team's closer hasn't been his usual dominant self in the early season, posting a 5.40 ERA, but Scioscia says it's nothing to worry about. >>

April 18, 2008
ANGELS 5, KANSAS CITY 3
Closer has to clean up his mess in the ninth. Anderson's three-run double is the big hit for Angels. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Swollen finger is bothering the slugger, who says he will be back Friday. >>

April 17, 2008
KANSAS CITY 3, ANGELS 2
If you are the starting pitcher for the Angels, it is not a good thing when Mike Scioscia visits the mound in the second inning. >>

Angels vault from 13th to sixth on Forbes' annual rankings of baseball teams, while Dodgers turn double-digit losses under Fox into double-digit profits under the McCourts. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Team promotes reliever Serrano but Reagins says the top prospect will remain at triple-A Salt Lake because of inconsistency. >>

April 16, 2008
ANGELS 7, RANGERS 4
Struggling right fielder delivers a bases-clearing double in the sixth inning to end a 4-4 tie with Texas. The recently shaky L.A. bullpen notches five scoreless innings. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Outfielder Anderson is pleased to see the entire team wear No. 42 to recognize the first African American to play in the major leagues. >>

April 15, 2008
ANGELS 7, TEXAS 4
After a rough first inning, the right-hander settles down in 7-4 victory over the Rangers. >>

ANGELS REPORT
The third baseman manages to field a wicked one-hopper and record the final out despite losing sight of the ball. >>

April 14, 2008
ANGELS 10, SEATTLE 5
Second baseman has three hits, raising his average to .500, but suffers hamstring injury that could sideline him for several games. Team avoids a series sweep in Seattle. >>

ANGELS REPORT
SEATTLE -- Not that the Angels are feeling sorry for themselves, but with their top two starters, John Lackey and Kelvim Escobar, on the disabled list, they were curious to see how often a team has lost a 19-game winner and an 18-game winner at the same time. >>

April 13, 2008
SEATTLE 8, ANGELS 3
Matthews hits into three double plays and makes a costly error to help the Mariners prevail. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Third baseman is piling up the walks. >>

April 12, 2008
SEATTLE 8, ANGELS 5
Angels rally to within one run, but Mariners, who struggled in the series in 2007, get two insurance runs and hold on for an 8-5 victory. >>

ANGELS REPORT
The right-hander could return to the team by the first or second week of May. >>

April 11, 2008
ANGELS REPORT
Matthews will again wear No. 42 for Tuesday's game, with six teammates joining him this year. >>

April 10, 2008
ANGELS 9, CLEVELAND 5
They beat the Indians, 9-5, aided by Napoli's first career grand slam and the second of the series. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Indians find it 'curious' that slugger was plunked a day after his big home run. >>

April 9, 2008
CLEVELAND 4, ANGELS 3
With K-Rod sidelined with bum ankles, Speier fails to close the game as Hafner delivers Cleveland a win with a two-run homer in the ninth inning. >>

ANGELS REPORT
The team's closer will be sidelined for at lease three days while the results of an MRI test are evaluated. >>

April 8, 2008
ANGELS 6, CLEVELAND 4
Center fielder's second home run of the game, in the bottom of the ninth, defeats Indians. >>

ANGELS REPORT
The All-Star closer doesn't look like the same pitcher of the last three seasons. >>

April 7, 2008
TEXAS 10, ANGELS 4
Bottom third of Texas lineup accounts for nine RBIs in 10-4 win, with catcher Laird hitting two homers and driving in six. Garland has a bad day. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Slugging right fielder used to crush Rangers pitching but has been less effective since they began stacking three infielders on left side last season. >>

April 6, 2008
ANGELS 2, RANGERS 1
Young right-hander doesn't have his 'A' stuff but goes seven strong innings to beat Texas, 2-1. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Team owner treats several fans to merchandise from the Angel Stadium shop. >>

April 5, 2008
RANGERS 11, ANGELS 6
Angels can't solve the pitcher, who keeps them off balance the whole game. >>

BILL DWYRE
It slipped into our consciousness like a college student showing up late and easing into the back row of a packed lecture hall. >>

ANGELS REPORT
Now that he's shuttling to other positions besides his usual center-field spot, the outfielder says stadium lights are the latest challenge. >>

April 4, 2008
ANGELS 5, MINNESOTA 4
The starter, who struggled away from home last season, is sharp against the Twins in a 5-4 victory. >>

ANGELS REPORT
The team's closer has altered his delivery to deal with a sore left ankle. So far, his fastball is being clocked at 91 mph, down from his normal 94 mph. >>

April 3, 2008
ANGELS 1, MINNESOTA 0
Double plays are key in stopping Twins >>




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