Twins go for sweep of Angels

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07/22/2007 - (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Losers of two straight and five of the last six, the LA Angels of Anaheim try to salvage a win as they close out a three-game set against the Minnesota Twins at the Metrodome this afternoon.

On Saturday Joe Mauer produced one of the most exciting plays in baseball when he hit an inside-the-park home run that scored three in the bottom of the eighth inning to help give the home team a 5-2 triumph over the Angels.

Jason Bartlett and Torii Hunter also homered for the Twins, who won their second straight outing after falling in three straight to Detroit. Starting pitcher Boof Bonser, who has not earned a victory since the second week of June, allowed two runs on five hits with one strikeout over 7 2/3 innings before Pat Neshek got the final out in the eighth for the win, his fifth in six decisions this season.

Chone Figgins finished up 2-for-4 with an RBI and scored a run for the visitors, while Garret Anderson and Maicer Izturis both added a pair of hits in the setback.

Jered Weaver, who has not won in more than a month, gave up two runs on five hits with a walk and two strikeouts over seven innings for LA. Scot Shields was saddled with the loss, his third of the campaign.

Off the field it was announced that catcher Jose Melina was switching teams and coasts as the Angels traded him to the Yankees for pitcher Jeff Kennard.

Matt Garza, who has yet to allow a run this season, makes his way to the mound for the Twins this afternoon. The right-hander out of Fresno State is making just his fourth appearance of the season and his first since dropping a 1-0 decision to Detroit on Tuesday.

Against the Tigers Garza allowed just a single unearned run on three hits over seven innings of action and still that wasn't enough as the Minnesota offense failed to supply any support.

Garza, who is 4-7 in his career thus far, is facing off against the Angels for the very first time.

Similarly, LA's Joe Saunders is getting his first-ever look at the Twins lineup as he tries to remain undefeated on the campaign.

The left-hander, who hails from Virginia, has been called up from Triple-A Salt Lake to take the spot in the rotation previously held by Ervin Santana who was optioned to the minors on Wednesday.

Saunders last threw at the major league level against Pittsburgh back on June 22, a game in which he allowed four runs on seven hits and fanned three in six innings of work. His performance was just enough to push him to 3-0 on the season and 10-3 for his career thus far.

The Angels, who have now gone 14 straight games without a home run, are just one game ahead of Seattle in the AL West and are a game below .500 on the road at 25-26. Over the last week the team has averaged barely three runs per game, with Figgins accounting for five runs scored and a batting average of .545, the rest of the club just .248.

As for the Twins, who are five games over .500 this season yet still eight games out of the race for first in the AL Central, they have Justin Morneau accounting for two home runs and six knocked in over the last six games, giving him 81 RBI on the season and keeping him in second place in that department in the AL.

The Angels took two of three meetings with Minnesota out in the Golden State earlier this season.

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