ALDS GAME 2: ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK ANGELS RALLY TO EVEN SERIES AT GAME APIECE ANGELS 8, NEW YORK 6.Byline: Joe Haakenson Staff Writer NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of - Mike Scioscia n. A golf shot not tallied against the score, granted in informal play after a poor shot especially from the tee. [Probably from the name Mulligan.] Noun 1. , Troy Percival Troy Eugene Percival (born August 9, 1969 in Fontana, California) is a Major League Baseball reliever on the St. Louis Cardinals. Percival came out of retirement on June 8, 2007 when he signed a minor league deal with the Cardinals[1]. got the ball and the Angels got their first postseason victory in 16 years. One night after being criticized for not going to his closer in the eighth inning, the Angels' manager summoned Percival in a strikingly similar situation Wednesday night. Percival's performance wasn't pretty but the results were all the Angels cared about after coming away with an 8-6 victory over the New York Yankees  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. in front of 56,695 at Yankee Stadium • • [ to even the best-of-five series at one game apiece. The game featured plenty of hitting by both teams, particularly the Angels, who pounded out 17 hits, including home runs from Tim Salmon ``We're still in this,'' Scioscia said. ``This gives us a little momentum now going back home, but we've got a big challenge ahead of us.'' The Yankees got homers from Derek Jeter and Alfonso Soriano, Soriano's turning a 4-3 Angels lead into a 5-4 Yankees advantage in the sixth inning. With the Angels staring at an 0-2 deficit in the series, lightning struck - twice - in the eighth inning. Anderson and Glaus began the inning with back-to-back homers off Orlando Hernandez to put the Angels ahead 6-5. The Angels added another run in the eighth to go up 7-5, but the lead was far from safe as the Yankees put another scare into the Angels in the bottom of the eighth. After Nick Johnson singled with one out, Raul Mondesi hit a chopper up the middle that pitcher Ben Weber tried to grab with his bare hand. Mondesi was safe with an infield single, and Weber had to leave the game with a sprained index finger on his right hand. Scioscia summoned Brendan Donnelly, who gave up Tuesday's game-deciding, three-run homer to Bernie Williams. But this time Donnelly struck out John Vander Wal John (Henry) Vander Wal (born April 29, 1966 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is a former American Major League Baseball player, a left-handed hitter who played outfield and first base for eight different teams over 14 seasons. looking. ``I hope Weber's OK, but I'm just glad I got the chance to get back in a game,'' Donnelly said. ``I tried to do the opposite of what I did (Tuesday) night. Both guys (Williams and Vander Wal) are left-handers and both were trying to hit the ball out. So I did the opposite and got the opposite result.'' With two outs, Scioscia brought in Percival, though Scioscia said it had nothing to do with what happened Tuesday. ``I thought the elements were right to use Percy,'' he said. ``(Tuesday) night pointed us in a different direction.'' Percival, though, didn't get the job done without creating angst in the Angels' dugout. On his first pitch, he hit Soriano in the back to load the bases. Percival said it had nothing to do with being too pumped up. ``(Catcher Bengie Molina) called for a fastball away, but I said no,'' Percival said. ``I've seen him (Soriano) reach out over the plate and hit the ball. You let him do that, he's going to hurt you. So I came in on him and it got away from me, about seven, eight inches, ... or two feet.'' Up next was Jeter, who was 5 for 6 with two homers and two walks in the series going into that at-bat. Percival got ahead in the count 1-2, then struck him out looking at a fastball that appeared to be a little off the outside corner. Percival struggled in the ninth, giving up a run and three hits, but he got Mondesi to pop out with the tying runs on base to end it. ``You expect every game to be close going into the eighth inning,'' Percival said. ``They're all going to be like that, and Scioscia didn't want to burn me out.'' Hernandez relieved ineffective Yankees starter Andy Pettitte and immediately shut down the Angels' offense in the middle innings. The Angels had four runs and eight hits off Pettitte in three innings before Hernandez came in and retired the first 11 batters he faced. Hernandez held the Angels to just Darin Erstad's infield single in four innings going into the eighth when Anderson and Glaus went back-to-back, setting up the wild finish. CAPTION(S): photo, 2 boxes Photo: (color) Troy Glaus, right, congratulates Garret Anderson on his eighth- inning solo homer. Glaus then duplicated the feat to give the Angels the lead. Bill Kostroun/Associated Press Box: (1) ANGELS 8, YANKEES 6 (2) ANGELS vs. NEW YORK YANKEES Best-of-five series tied 1-1 |
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