Anderson not worried about power shortage

Home runs have never been a significant part of the Angels’ approach, but they have been conspicuously absent for one of the longest stretches in franchise history.

Thursday marked the 12th consecutive game in which the Angels did not homer, a streak second only to an 18-game drought during the 1976 season. The last Angel to homer was Mike Napoli in the eighth inning July 1 at Baltimore.

Left fielder Garret Anderson, who is among only a handful of power threats on the Angels’ roster, said the 114-inning drought was insignificant so long as the team found other ways to produce runs.

“There is more than one way to win ballgames,” said Anderson, who had two hits -- both singles -- and drove in two runs Thursday during the Angels’ 3-0 victory over Tampa Bay at Tropicana Field.

“I’ve been on teams that hit a lot of home runs and we didn’t win. I don’t even think about it when writers say we don’t hit home runs. That doesn’t mean anything to me.”

There are few power sources on a team whose 64 homers rank ahead of only Kansas City (63) in the American League.

Vladimir Guerrero, who hit at least 32 homers in each of his first three seasons with the Angels, is experiencing a slight drop-off with 14 homers in 94 games. Gary Matthews Jr. has 10 homers, putting him nearly on pace to match the career-high 19 he hit last season with Texas. And Juan Rivera, who hit 23 homers last season, has been sidelined all season by a broken leg.

Anderson, limited to 45 games because of a bothersome right hip, has hit three homers. His career low was eight in 1997.

“Home runs are a byproduct of me getting my swing together,” said Anderson, who is still honing his stroke after two trips to the disabled list. “I never claimed to be a home-run hitter. I’m a hitter first and the other stuff comes after it. Home runs are gravy to me.”

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The mystique of the Renaissance Vinoy Resort might have grown over the last few days after the Angels experienced several bizarre occurrences at the supposedly haunted St. Petersburg hotel.

Pitching coach Mike Butcher said the lights in his room suddenly turned on at 4:11 a.m. Thursday.

“I thought it was kind of odd,” said Butcher, who believed the only possible explanation was that a light dimmer switch had malfunctioned.

Another team official said a magazine in her room had inexplicably opened overnight. She later tried to re-create conditions that could have led to the magazine blowing open on its own, to no avail.

Nonetheless, the Angels didn’t seem overly spooked by the incidents.

“The Scooby-Doo Mystery Machine came by and they assured me everything was going to be OK,” Butcher said.

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Shortstop Orlando Cabrera, hitting only .125 this month after batting .385 in June, was given the day off. “Probably his last 30 at-bats, maybe he’s just getting out of his game a little bit,” Manager Mike Scioscia said. “This guy plays every day, and sometimes it’s good just to mentally sit back and let a little bit of air out.” Maicer Izturis replaced Cabrera at shortstop, with Chone Figgins taking Izturis’ spot at second base. ... Guerrero scored the 1,000th run of his career on Anderson’s sixth-inning single.

ben.bolch@latimes.com