Maicer Izturis

Vladimir Guerrero and Torii Hunter, together at last. The Los Angeles Angels agreed to a five-year, $90 million deal Wednesday with the 32-year-old free agent, who hit .297 with 28 homers and drove in 107 runs in his contract year with the Minnesota Twins. The seven-time Gold Glover will be their everyday center fielder and hit in the middle of the lineup, making things a whole lot more complicated for the opposition to pitch around Guerrero. Between Vlad, Torii, Garret Anderson and last... Read Full Story

Congratulations to Maicer Izturis on hitting his first career grand slam, which aided in the Los Angeles Angels 10-1 bitch-slapping of the Minnesota Twins Friday night. The switch-hitting third baseman smoked an 0-1 Scott Baker pitch deep into the right-field seats in the sixth inning for his fourth longball of the year and second in four games. Izturis is batting .268 with 31 RBIs and 3 stolen bases on the season. [Los Angeles Daily News] | [6-4-2] | [Monsters and Critics] Read Full Story

AP - Curt Schilling returned from the disabled list and gave up a tiebreaking home run to Maicer Izturis in the seventh inning as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 on Monday night in a matchup of division leaders. Read Full Story

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Angels manager Mike Scioscia wasn’t too comfortable with the way the Minnesota Twins’ infield was guarding against a bunt by Maicer Izturis, so he called him over and told him to swing away. Izturis did just that, hitting his third home run in 11 at-bats to drive in the tying and go-ahead runs for Los Angeles in the eighth inning of a 4-3 victory Saturday night. One of the team’s least-likely power threats at 5-foot-8 and 165 pounds, Izturis hit his first career grand slam in Friday night’s... Read Full Story