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Angels RHP Santana looks for first road win vs. Cardinals

Jun 9, 2007 - 2:37 PM La Angels (39-23) at St Louis (26-32) 7:15 pm EDT

ST. LOUIS (Ticker) -- Ervin Santana takes the mound looking to solve his road woes when the Los Angeles Angeles of Anaheim face the St. Louis Cardinals in the second game of their three-game interleague series on Saturday.

Santana (4-6, 5.32 ERA) has been great at home this season 4-1 with a 2.41 ERA but is winless on the road thus far going 0-5 with a 9.30 ERA in six starts.

In addition to that, Santana is 23-6 at home compared to just 9-16 on the road for his career.

In his last start - at home - Santana allowed three runs and seven hits in seven innings with eight strikeouts but did not factor into the decision against Baltimore on Sunday.

In his last road start the righthander was pounded for eight runs and seven hits in 3 2/3 innings by Detroit on May 24.

The Cardinals will be looking to exploit this strange trend as they look to stop a two-game skid. Braden Looper (6-4, 3.72) takes the mound for St. Louis trying to stop a lineup that has scored 36 runs in the last three games.

In his last start Looper allowed three runs and seven hits in six innings in a no-decision against Houston on Sunday.

The Angels took the opener by scoring six runs in seventh inning en route to a 10-6 win. Casey Kotchman had three hits and two RBI as the Angels, who pounded out 15 hits, won their fifth straight road game.