8/18 - Angels (67-55) @ Rays (76-48): Game 1

Matt Garza: (9 - 7), 3.02 ERA vs. Jon Garland: (10 - 8), 5.61 ERA

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays troubles against the Angels this season continue, losing the first game of three at home against them. The Angels scored three quickly in the top of the first on a Garret Anderson two-run homer, and Casey Kotchman RBI double, but the Rays scored two in the second with RBI singles by Cliff Floyd and Ben Zobrist. In the third inning, Torii Hunter belted an RBI double to take one of those runs back, but Carl Crawford tied it up in the fifth with a two-run single. Finally, Mike Napoli broke the tie in the top of the ninth with a solo shot off Edwin Jackson pitching in relief as the Angels beat the Rays by one.

Final Score:
Angels: 5
Rays: 4


Jon Garland: 6 IP, 10 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Justin Speier (W, 6-0): 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Scot Shields (SV, 7): 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

Chone Figgins: 2-5, 3B, R
Vladimir Guerrero: 1-4, R
Garret Anderson: 1-4, HR (16), 2 RBI, R, K
Torii Hunter: 3-4, 2 2B, RBI, R
Casey Kotchman: 1-4, 2B, RBI
Mike Napoli: 2-4, HR (8), RBI, R, K


Matt Garza: 7 IP, 11 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Edwin Jackson (L, 6-9): 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

B.J. Upton: 1-5, R
Carlos Pena: 2-4, 2B, R
Carl Crawford: 2-4, 2 RBI, R
Cliff Floyd: 1-4, RBI, R, K
Ben Zobrist: 2-4, RBI