LA Angels 6, Minnesota 5
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, May 27, 2011
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature:
53°
Umpires:
Home -
Mike DiMuro, 1B -
Jim Reynolds, 2B -
Tim Welke, 3B -
Andy Fletcher
Attendance:
38976
By SportsDirect Inc.
Erick Aybar belted a three-run homer to highlight a five-run uprising in the eighth inning and Maicer Izturis had an RBI single in the ninth as the Los Angeles Angels rallied to a 6-5 road victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday.
After tripling to lead off the ninth, Peter Bourjos came around to score on Izturis' single to right.
Aybar finished 2-for-5 with three RBIs for the Angels.
Scott Downs (3-1) got the win after pitching two-thirds of an inning of scoreless relief. Closer Jordan Walden tossed a scoreless ninth inning to earn his 11th save of the season.
The Minnesota bullpen blew a stellar start from Scott Baker, who pitched seven scoreless innings and struck out six. Minnesota reliever Jim Hoey (0-2) gave up two runs to take the loss.
The loss continued the struggles for Minnesota, which has dropped five of its last seven games.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| LA Angels |
|
Minnesota |
|
Tyler Chatwood
|
Player |
Scott Baker
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
5.2 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
2 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
8 |
Hits |
6 |
|
4.76 |
ERA |
0.00 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| LA Angels
|
13 |
1 |
19 |
.342 |
15 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Minnesota
|
12 |
0 |
16 |
.324 |
19 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
0 |