Vaughn’s Single Wins It, Fletcher’s Play Saves It : Baseball: Brewers’ shortstop ends 3-2 victory over Angels with double play off Curtis’ grounder.

Greg Vaughn got picked off. Then he got ticked off.

Next time up he delivered a go-ahead hit for the Milwaukee Brewers as they defeated the Angels, 3-2, Tuesday night.

“I made a big mistake, it would have been two runs. I just wanted to get us the win,” Vaughn said after his eighth-inning, two-out single sent the Brewers to victory and kept the pressure on Toronto in the AL East.

The Brewers, who remained 4 1/2 games behind the Blue Jays, got a tying two-out single in the seventh from Scott Fletcher, who then went behind second with two runners on in the ninth and started a game-ending double play.

Fletcher, batting .358 this season with runners on base, had missed the previous four games because of a hamstring injury. “It he doesn’t make that play, the game is tied again and we’re still out there playing,” Vaughn said.

Fletcher backhanded Chad Curtis’ hard grounder, raced to the bag and then threw to first.

“He hit it pretty good toward the middle and fortunately I was able to get it, and once I did I knew I had some time as far as taking it myself and turning the double play,” Fletcher said.

The Brewers have 11 games left, all against AL West opponents.

“We won and we’re not worried about Toronto. We can’t do anything about that,” said Vaughn. “We are just going to play the best we can and look for some help.”

Kevin Seitzer opened the eighth with a single off Mark Langston (12-14) and advanced to second when right fielder Tim Salmon bobbled the ball. Vaughn’s line-drive single to center scored pinch-runner Mario Diaz.

“It was a routine hit. I took my eyes off it. I didn’t watch it go in the glove,” said Salmon. “There’s no excuse. It’s just one of those things.”

Dan Plesac (5-4) pitched a scoreless eighth. Darren Holmes worked the ninth for his fifth save.

The Brewers tied the score, 2-2, in the seventh on Fletcher’s soft single after Langston had walked three batters.

Vaughn drew a leadoff walk and went to second on a groundout. John Jaha walked, but Langston picked off Vaughn at second. B.J. Surhoff walked and Fletcher hit a soft fly that second baseman Luis Sojo tried to reach with a dive.

Sojo knocked shortstop Gary DiSarcina’s legs out, and Sojo was shaken up and had to leave the game. Jaha scored to tie it, 2-2.

The Angels had taken a 2-1 lead in the seventh when Lee Stevens doubled off Jaime Navarro and scored on Sojo’s single off reliever Mike Fetters.