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SAN DIEGO (AP) -- San Diego wasted a three-run lead in the ninth
and Trevor Hoffman and Anaheim's Troy Percival, two of baseball's
most feared closers, both blew saves.
But the craziness didn't end there.
Angels reliever Alan Levine fielded Eric Owens' bases-loaded
bunt with two outs in the 10th inning, but dropped the ball for an
error to give the Padres a 6-5 win in a wild finish Sunday.
"Maybe the tide is turning," said Owens, whose sacrifice fly
in the ninth tied the game at 5. "Early in the season it seemed
like we didn't get very many breaks and now we're getting a few
bounces. That's what you have to have to get some wins."
This interleague homestand opened with the Padres beating
Seattle 2-1 in 10 innings Thursday when Carlos Guillen, subbing for
injured All-Star shortstop Alex Rodriguez, committed an error that
allowed the winning run to score.
After Padres rookie pinch-hitter Kory DeHaan doubled leading off
the 10th and took second on Ben Davis' groundout, Angels rookie
manager Mike Scioscia pulled out all the stops. Al Martin was
intentionally walked and Scioscia went to a drawn-in, five-man
infield against rookie Kevin Nicholson, who struck out.
With the infield back to normal, Ryan Klesko was intentionally
walked to load the bases. Owens pushed a bunt down the first-base
line and Levine (1-2) could have had a routine out, but dropped the
ball as DeHaan scored.
"I took my eye off the ball," Levine said. "I started to
throw before I caught it. I had plenty of time. He's out if I make
the play."
Owens, who replaced Martin as the leadoff hitter on May 10, said
it was his decision to bunt. The shadows were making it hard to see
and first baseman Scott Spiezio was playing deep.
"If I get it past the pitcher it's a no-brainer, but I didn't,
but it still worked out," Owens said. "They've got one of the
best-hitting lineups in baseball. It's tough to keep going. Right
there, we needed to end it. We're just lucky to get out of here
with a win."
Donne Wall (3-2) pitched a scoreless 10th for the win.
The Padres led 4-1 entering the ninth, but the Angels jumped on
Hoffman for four runs and four hits with just one out, with Mo
Vaughn hitting a towering two-run homer for a 5-4 lead. Kevin
Stocker, who hit a two-run triple, was aboard for Vaughn's 24th
homer.
"When you get to Trevor Hoffman, that happens as often as going
65 miles per hour on the Hollywood Freeway," Scioscia said.
It was the fourth blown save in 27 chances for Hoffman, and only
his second at home since the beginning of the 1998 season.
"Yesterday I had a 1-2-3 ninth inning, but today was a
debacle," said Hoffman, who got his 23rd save Saturday night
against Seattle. "I have to tip my cap to the at-bats there."
Percival then blew his sixth save in 27 chances. Martin doubled
leading off the ninth, was sacrificed by Nicholson and, after
pinch-hitter Klesko walked, scored on Owens' sacrifice fly.
Percival loaded the bases when he hit Ruben Rivera and walked Bret
Boone, but struck out Phil Nevin.
Anaheim's Darin Erstad went 3-for-5, pushing his major
league-leading total to 152 hits, and Garret Anderson went 4-for-5.
The Padres took a 4-0 lead when Boone, Joe Vitiello and Davis
homered with none out in the fourth.
Boone hit a leadoff homer to left, his 18th, to snap a scoreless
tie. After Nevin singled, Vitiello, making his Padres debut after
being promoted from Triple-A Las Vegas, hit an opposite-field shot
to right. Davis followed with an impressive homer that hit an
advertising sign on the face of the second deck, just inside the
left-field foul pole. All three homers came off Jarrod Washburn.
Vitiello, who played 205 games with the Kansas City Royals from
1995-99, went 3-for-4, tying his career high for hits.
Rookie Adam Eaton allowed one run and eight hits in 6 1/3
innings, struck out seven and walked two, but ended up with his
seventh no-decision in nine starts.
Washburn allowed four runs on six hits in six innings, struck
out seven and walked one.
After wasting some big scoring chances earlier, the Angels got
their first run in the seventh when pinch-hitter Orlando Palmeiro
singled and scored on Erstad's double.
The Angels' leadoff batter reach base three of the first four
innings, but failed to score. Anaheim batters were 0-for-8 with
runners in scoring position in the first four innings, including
the fourth, when the Angels loaded the bases with none out.
Game
notes
Anderson was back in the lineup after missing Saturday's
game at Los Angeles with a tender right knee. ... Vitiello became
the 45th player to play for the Padres this year. The club record
is 48 in 1991. ... OF Dusty Allen, who went 0-for-12 in nine games,
was optioned back to Las Vegas. ... Vitiello started at 1B in place
of Klesko, who came in with a 2-for-20 slump. ... Padres RHPs Brian
Boehringer and Carlton Loewer are scheduled to undergo arthroscopic
shoulder surgery Tuesday. ... After the game, the Angels recalled
RHP Brian Cooper from Edmonton to start Monday night's game and
optioned RHP Lou Pote to Edmonton.
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