Maicer Izturis

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

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

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

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

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

FOXSports.com Scioscia and Tracy Are Managers of the Year New York Times The Manager of the Year awards were announced Wednesday and, as usual, there were no surprises. The winners were Jim Tracy of the Colorado Rockies and Mike Scioscia of the Los Angeles Angels. Keep up with the latest news on The Times's ... Scioscia, Tracy are managers of year Washington Post Tracy appreciates the Rockies' vote of confidence FOXSports.com La Russa runner-up in NL MOY voting MLB.com Seattle Post Global... Read Full Story

Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jamie Walker was fined by the commissioner's office Thursday for criticizing umpire Angel Hernandez. Hernandez called a balk on Walker during the seventh inning of Tuesday night's 7-5 loss to the Los Angeles Angels at Camden Yards when the left-hander appeared to pick off Maicer Izturis. Three batters later, Kendry Morales hit a two-run double for a 7-4 lead. "It's a (terrible) call," Walker said. "I don't know if the guy's got something against me or what, but no... Read Full Story

Vladimir Guerrero has a torn muscle in his chest and will miss at least a month. The Angels sent the slugger to Los Angeles on Friday to be examined by noted team orthopedist Dr. Lewis Yocum, who found Guerrero's pectoral tear. An MRI test the day before showed a strain. Manager Mike Scioscia said before the game at Minnesota that Guerrero would be re-evaluated again in a month, but expressed optimism for his recovery and said he can heal without surgery. Guerrero hadn't played in the field... 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

BOSTON The Angels have arrived in Boston and manager Mike Scioscia met briefly with the media at a mostly-dark Fenway Park. Scioscia said there will be no lineup changes for Sunday’s Game 3. That means: 3B Chone Figgins RF Bobby Abreu CF Torii Hunter DH Vladimir Guerrero 1B Kendry Morales LF Juan Rivera 2B Maicer Izturis C  Mike Napoli SS Erick Aybar LHP Scott Kazmir Red Sox manager Terry [...] Read Full Story