ANAHEIM 2, MINNESOTA 1 IN ANAHEIM

Date:  Friday, October 11.

Batting star:  Dustan Mohr was 2-for-4 with a stolen base.

Pitching star:  Eric Milton pitched six innings, giving up one run on five hits and two walks and striking out four.

Opposition stars:  Jarrod Washburn struck out seven in seven innings, giving up one run on six hits and no walks.  Garret Anderson was 2-for-4 with a home run and a double.  Troy Glaus was 2-for-3 with a home run and a walk.

The game:  The Twins had men on first and third with none out in the first inning, but Torii Hunter flied out to end the inning.  It cost them, as Anderson homered leading off the second to put the Angels ahead 1-0.  The Twins put men on first and second with one out in the third, but Corey Koskie fanned and Matthew LeCroy flied out to end the inning.  There were no more real threats until the seventh.  Mohr led off the inning with a single and scored from first on a Jacque Jones double to tie it 1-1.  Anaheim had men on second and third with one out in the seventh, but the Twins used four pitchers in the inning--LaTroy Hawkins, Johan Santana, Mike Jackson, and J. C. Romero--and got out of the inning with the game still tied.  in the bottom of the eighth, however, Glaus led off with a home run to give the Angels a 2-1 lead.  The Twins did not get a man on base after the seventh inning.

WP:  Francisco Rodriguez.  LP:  Romero.  S:  Troy Percival.

Notes:  LeCroy was the DH rather than David Ortiz.  He was 1-for-3.

This was the first game of the post-season in which Michael Cuddyer did not play.  Mohr was the right fielder in his stead.

Jarrod Washburn was pretty average for his career, but he had an excellent season in 2002.  He was 18-6, 3.15, 1.18 WHIP.  He was fourth in Cy Young voting.  For his career he was 107-109, 4.10, but in 2002, he was really good.

Record:  Anaheim took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.