Angels 4, Rangers 5
7/13/2008

The Angels of Anaheim and the team of Rangers had an exciting game on a Wednesday night.

The team of Angels of Anaheim went ahead 4-2 in the seventh when Juan Rivera quickly atoned for his defensive miscue with a tiebreaking two-run homer. Rivera's 415-foot blast to left-center off Frank Francisco, who had already walked Torii Hunter, came a half inning after Rivera made an error that led to Texas tying the game.

Marlon Byrd led off the sixth inning with a single to left, however, Rivera let the ball get under his glove and roll to the wall. The two-base error allowed Byrd to get to third and he scored on a sacrifice fly by Jarrod Saltalamacchia to make the score 2-2. Saltalamacchia reached base because right fielder Vladimir Guerrero dropped the ball for his first error this season. Rivera, who had only seven RBIs and was hitting .188 in his 33 games before Wednesday, drove in the Angels’ first run with a sacrifice fly in the second off Warner Madrigal, the converted outfielder from the Angels organization who made a surprise start. Kinsler extended his hitting streak to 21 games with a leadoff single in the first. But he struck out three times after that. Moreover, Saltalamacchia drove in both Texas runs, including an RBI single in the fourth inning that got the Rangers within 2-1. Madrigal, who spent his first seven professional seasons in the Angels organization, started for Vicente Padilla, who was put on the disabled list because of neck stiffness. Texas had planned to call up a Double-A pitcher for his major league debut, but opted instead to get through the game with relievers already on the roster.

In addition, Madrigal gave up four singles against 11 batters, but allowed one run over three innings in his first professional start. The stocky right-hander hit .272 with 34 homers in 301 games a minor league outfielder before making the switch to the mound midway through 2006.

On the other hand, Josh Hamilton pumped his right arm as he rounded first base, as much in relief as celebration. The real fun came when he was mobbed by his teammates at home plate.

"I always see guys on TV tossing their helmet and jumping into the crowd,"

Hamilton lined a 3-1 pitch into the right-field seats for what he said was his first walk-off homer ever - as an amateur or a pro, with Michael Young on base after an RBI single. Moreover, it also was his first homer in 70 at-bats over 19 games since June 17.

"There's been a drought on the home runs. At the same time, you can't think about when you're going to hit your next one," Hamilton said. "But that's why you keep battling, keep playing. Something always happens like that to remind you why you love the game."

"I knew it wasn't going to land on the field,"

The team of Texas moved four games over .500 for the first time since 2006, and got within 6 1/2 games of the AL West-leading Angels. Hamilton is the former No. 1 overall draft pick by Tampa Bay in 1999 who was out of baseball for more than three seasons because of addictions to cocaine and alcohol. He has been sober for nearly three years, and last year finally made his major league debut with 19 homers in 90 games for Cincinnati. The Reds traded Hamilton last winter, and Wednesday he played his 89th game for the Rangers. He leads the major leagues with 89 RBIs and was voted an All-Star starter by fans. He will participate in the Home Run Derby.

Francisco Rodriguez, who already had 35 saves, gave up three runs in only his third blown chance this season.

"Frankie's been right on all year and just really throwing the ball well and occasionally one's going to slip through the cracks," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "That's what happened."

"I put myself in that situation. I couldn't locate my pitches early in the inning," Rodriguez said. "I didn't make pitches early in the count. I think I fell behind every single one of them. If you do that, you're going to get hurt."

Furthermore, Jamey Wright, the fourth Texas pitcher used during a makeshift night on the mound, worked two scoreless innings.

The game was a thrilling one as a crowd of 24,515 have seen it.

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