Maicer Izturis

Los Angeles Times Izturis' game-winning sac fly ends Angels' 2-1 win over slumping Yankees Washington Post By AP, ANAHEIM, Calif. — Although Jered Weaver left the New York Yankees in awe after eight shutdown innings, he didn't leave the mound with a victory. Maicer Izturis made sure the Los Angeles Angels didn't completely waste another stellar start by ... Haren, Angels blank Yankees Los Angeles Times Angels pound Yankees Boston Globe Jorge can't make pain go away ESPN OCRegister...Read Full Story

New York Times Izturis' error costs Angels grandly in loss San Jose Mercury News Los Angeles Angels' Maicer Izturis loses a ball hit by New York Yankees' Mark Teixeira for an error, to load the bases, in the eighth inning of a baseball game in New York, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. The Yankees won 6-5. ... How long can Mr. Automatic still be ... automatic? ESPN Granderson's 32nd Home Run and Cano's Slam Power Yankees New York Times Cano, Granderson lead Yankees over Angels 6-5 Seattle Post...Read Full Story

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

New York Daily News Izturis' error costs Angels grandly in loss San Jose Mercury News Los Angeles Angels' Maicer Izturis loses a ball hit by New York Yankees' Mark Teixeira for an error, to load the bases, in the eighth inning of a baseball game in New York, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011. More: Izturis’ error costs Angels grandly in loss – San Jose Mercury News Related BlogsRead Full Story

There's Garret Anderson , Torii , Vlad , and... Mike Napoli ! The Los Angeles Angels catcher is leading the club with 10 homers after nailing two on Sunday to drive in a career-high five runs in the Halos’ 10-2 victory over the cross-town Dodgers . His 10 bombs equal the number between Anderson and Hunter and are six more than the slumping Guerrero. Why are his 23 RBIs so impressive? Napoli has only played in 27 of the team's 46 games, since he's sharing backstop duties with Jeff Mathis...Read Full Story

Kendry Morales homered and drove in three runs, and the Los Angeles Angels wasted no time clinching their third straight AL West title with an 11-0 victory over the second-place Texas Rangers on Monday night. Ervin Santana pitched a seven-hitter for his fourth career shutout, while Maicer Izturis had three hits and two RBIs to wrap up the Angels' sixth playoff berth in eight seasons. Los Angeles (92-64) will open at home in the best-of-five first round next week — most likely against Boston...Read Full Story

Torii Hunter hit a two-run homer to cap an eight-run second inning and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 12-3 Friday night. Jered Weaver won his first career appearance against Arizona, Maicer Izturis doubled and tripled, driving in two runs and scoring two, and Bobby Abreu had two hits and two RBIs while helping the Angels to a season high for runs. Kendry Morales and Juan Rivera also had two hits apiece as the Angels (39-32) improved to a major league-best 12-4 in...Read Full Story

After 17 seasons in the game, Garret Anderson is hanging up his glove. Funny, we totally thought he retired already. The 38-year-old left fielder broke into the majors back in 1994 and ended up compiling more than 2,500 hits, 287 home runs, and a career batting average of .293. He also enjoyed a World Series title with the Los Angeles Angels in 2002 and three All-Star selections. Anderson spent his first 15 big league seasons with the Halos before joining the Atlanta Braves in 2009 and...Read Full Story

Joe Saunders won his fourth straight start, Bobby Abreu drove in two runs without the benefit of a hit and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Chicago White Sox 7-1 on Friday night. Saunders (13-7) allowed just three hits over seven innings, struck out three and retired his final 15 batters after Jayson Nix homered leading off the third. The left-hander has a 1.85 ERA over his last four outings, after a stretch of eight starts in which he was 1-3 with a 9.63 ERA. Vladimir Guerrero and Maicer...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