Dodgers 1 - 4 Angels
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Angels look to sweep bitter interleague rivals

May 20, 2007 - 1:39 PM LA Dodgers (25-18) at LA Angels (26-18) 3:35 pm EDT

ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) -- Winning at home has become almost expected for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Beating the Los Angeles Dodgers has almost become routine.

The Angels look for a season-high fifth straight win on Sunday when they try to sweep the Los Angeles Dodgers in Anaheim for the third time in five years at home.

The Angels, who own a 16-6 mark at home, swept the Dodgers here in 2003 and 2005 and they are in position to do so again. They have outscored their interleague rivals, 15-3 in this series' first two games to move to a season-high eight games over .500.

The Angels are on their third four-game winning streak of the year and have won nine of 11 overall.

Kelvim Escobar (4-2, 3.35 ERA) looks to continue the team's home success and his solid work at Angel Field this season. The righthander is 3-1 with a 2.18 ERA in five starts at home, where he allowed seven hits and struck out a season-high nine for his fourth career shutout in his last home outing, an 8-0 victory over Cleveland on May 10.

However, Escobar followed that up with his worst outing of the season when he allowed season highs of eight runs and eight hits over 2 1/3 innings last Tuesday in an 11-3 loss at Seattle. Escobar is 1-1 with a 4.05 ERA in two starts against the Dodgers, including tossing seven scoreless innings in his last outing against them.

The Dodgers will counter with Derek Lowe (4-4, 3.90), who looks to win his fourth straight decision against the Angels. The righthander is 5-4 with a 2.94 ERA in 25 career games - nine starts - against the Angels, including a seven-inning gem in his only start - a win - against the Angels last season at Dodger Stadium.

Lowe has never won in Anaheim, going 0-2 with a 4.58 ERA in three starts here. He managed to pick up a win on Tuesday, despite allowing four runs and eight hits over 5 1/3 innings in a 9-7 victory over St. Louis.

The Dodgers have dropped 13 of their last 16 games in Anaheim.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    LA DODGERS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2
    LA ANGELS 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 x 4 9 0 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: LOS - DEREK LOWE AND RUSSELL MARTIN
    LAA - KELVIM ESCOBAR, SCOT SHIELDS (9TH), FRANCISCO
    RODRIGUEZ (9TH) AND JOSE MOLINA

    HOME RUNS: LOS - NONE
    LAA - NONE

    May 20 6:00 PM


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    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY JEFF KENT SCORED JUAN PIERRE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, J KENT ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: LA DODGERS 1
    LA ANGELS 4 TOP, 9TH
    DUE UP FOR LA DODGERS: O SAENZ (.222, 0-FOR-3)

    Dodgers vs. AngelsMay 20 5:55 PM


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    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY GARY MATTHEWS JR SCORED ORLANDO CABRERA.
    SITUATION: 3 RUNS IN, G MATTHEWS JR ON FIRST, V GUERRERO ON
    SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: LA DODGERS 0
    LA ANGELS 4 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: C KOTCHMAN (.263, 1-FOR-2, RBI)

    Dodgers vs. AngelsMay 20 5:02 PM


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    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY VLADIMIR GUERRERO SCORED JOSE MOLINA. ERROR BY
    RAFAEL FURCAL ALLOWED TOMMY MURPHY TO SCORE.
    SITUATION: 2 RUNS IN, V GUERRERO ON FIRST, O CABRERA ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: LA DODGERS 0
    LA ANGELS 3 BOTTOM, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: G MATTHEWS JR (.292, 0-FOR-2)

    Dodgers vs. AngelsMay 20 5:00 PM


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    AT LA ANGELS - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY CASEY KOTCHMAN SCORED VLADIMIR GUERRERO.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C KOTCHMAN ON FIRST, G MATTHEWS JR ON
    SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: LA DODGERS 0
    LA ANGELS 1 BOTTOM, 1ST
    DUE UP FOR LA ANGELS: M IZTURIS (.256, 1 HR, 14 RBI)

    Dodgers vs. AngelsMay 20 3:51 PM

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