Toronto Blue Jays 1 Los Angeles Angels 4 (September 8, 2006)
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0 commentsThe rookie pitched effectively into the eighth inning, and Garret Anderson and Mike Napoli homered Friday night in a 4-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays that extended the Angels' winning streak to six games.
Saunders (5-2) won for the first time in five outings after winning his first four starts this season. The left-hander, who has helped the Angels stay in contention despite a season-ending shoulder injury to 2005 Cy Young Award winner Bartolo Colon , allowed one run and five hits in 7 2-3 innings.
Scot Shields got one out in the eighth and Francisco Rodriguez pitched a scoreless ninth for his 40th save in 43 attempts, extending his scoreless streak to 27 1-3 innings.
Facing an offense that came in batting a major league-leading .292 against left-handers, Saunders blanked the Blue Jays after giving up an RBI single by Vernon Wells in the first. He allowed only one hit after Aaron Hill singled with two outs in the third.
Garrett Anderson had an RBI double in the fourth and scored the go-ahead run moments later on a double-play grounder by Howie Kendrick . Napoli made it 3-1 in the seventh with his 14th homer and second in his last 36 games. It was only the second allowed by Burnett in his past eight starts.
Anderson sealed the deal in the eighth with his 16th homer, off reliever Jason Frasor .
Date
September 8, 2006
