Both Los Angeles teams had dramatic wins last night in interleague action. We start with the AL club, the Angels. They got a walk-off single by Maicer Izturis to give themselves a 4-3 walk-off win. They probably should have won a lot easier, except they left 14 men on base and Jordan Walden blew a save in the ninth inning, giving up a homer to Danny Espinosa with two outs in that inning. LA got 16 hits, including three from Alberto Callaspo and four from Peter Bourjos, but just could not win easily thanks to superb Washington defense. The walk-off single both spoiled things for Davey Johnson in his first game as manager of the Nats and allowed Izturis to salvage his day after making two errors from the field.
Meanwhile, the LA Dodgers of the National League won very easily, pounding out 25 hits and 15 runs while giving up just 4 hits to win 15-0 against the Minnesota Twins. Every member of the LA starting lineup garnered at least 2 hits, including 4-hit days from Tony Gwynn, Matt Kemp, and Trent Oeltjenn. The funniest thing about the day was that the Dodgers only hit three homers, all solo shots, so 12 runs came from 22 hits for LA. They left 12 men on base, but went 8 for 19 with runners in scoring position, so I guess it just all evens out in the end. Well, good thing the Red Sox aren't playing them this year!
Trivia
Matt Kemp's solo blast for the Dodgers gave him 22 homers, tops in the NL.
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