Angels 1, Oakland 2
8/31/2008

It was an exciting game as the Angels of Anaheim faced the team of Oakland on a Monday night game at the Angel Stadium.

Dallas Braden, batterymate Kurt Suzuki and left fielder Jack Cust made sure the Angels did not run the Athletics out of the ballpark with their aggressive game. During the first inning, Dallas Braden picked off Chone Figgins, Suzuki threw out the Angels' career base stealer in the third and Cust cut down a runner going from first to third - the Angels' specialty - in a 2-1 win versus the AL West leaders.

"Our defense got three extra outs, which was nice because it gave Dallas another inning," manager Bob Geren said after his team won its sixth straight series opener. "He got a whole inning's worth of outs on the bases. Figgins led off with a single, but Braden recorded his fourth pickoff before throwing his next pitch.”

For the Angels, Jered Weaver allowed two runs and three hits in seven innings and struck out eight.

For the Athletics, Frank Thomas scored Oakland's second run on a wild pitch in the fourth inning, after drawing his second walk and advancing on a double by Jack Hannahan.

Mike Napoli hit his 14th homer on Braden's first pitch of the sixth. Napoli is 9-for-41 against Oakland pitching since the start of last season, and six of his hits have been home runs.

It was the 26th pickoff by the Oakland staff, which leads the majors. Rookie Greg Smith, Tuesday night's scheduled starter, has 14 of them.

“One of the facets of my game I like to practice is controlling the running game and giving Zuke a chance to throw a guy out when he does decide to take off," said Braden.

"It was awesome," Braden said. "I mean, nobody wants to be in a hole right out of the gate, especially against these guys. It's ridiculous,” he added.

"It's really base running 101," Scioscia said. “It took a perfect throw, but still, Erick has to run hard to have a chance.”

"Everybody in the world knows he's going to run, and he's usually successful," Suzuki said.

"Before I was a guy who wanted to light up the Ks. But now I'm a guy who really just tries to let the defense do their job," stated Braden.

"The difference is just his strike-zone command," Geren said.

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