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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- The Kansas City Royals respected Darin Erstad's speed so much they were thrown off their game.
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After getting ahead of Anaheim slugger Tim Salmon with two
strikes in the eighth inning, Royals starter Chad Durbin pitched out twice, expecting Erstad to steal second.
He eventually did, taking third on catcher A.J. Hinch's throwing
error. The Angels capitalized when Garret Anderson hit an RBI single for a 3-2 victory Saturday night.
"I tried to get into scoring position anyway I could," said
Erstad, who has nine stolen bases in 10 attempts this season.
"Durbin was really pitching a good game. He had some good stuff,
so you have to scratch for anything you can. Fortunately, we got
just enough."
Erstad singled with one out in the eighth to extend his hitting
streak to 13 games. Salmon, who homered in the second, worked to
count to 3-2 before Durbin (3-4) walked him. Anderson drove in the
go-ahead run with a single to right that chased the right-hander.
"I wouldn't second-guess anything we did," Durbin said. "It
didn't affect my concentration at all. It's a necessary part of the
game. He ran and he ended up on third, so obviously it was
necessary that we held him on."
Scott Schoeneweis (5-3) pitched eight innings, allowing two
runs, seven hits and three walks while striking out two. Troy
Percival pitched the ninth for his 13th save in as many attempts.
Schoeneweis had his second strong outing after surrendering 11
earned runs over four-plus innings on May 23 at Baltimore. His last
time out, he pitched seven scoreless innings at Tampa Bay.
"If I'm consistent with my sinker, I'm going to get a lot of
ground balls and have a low pitch count, which enables me to throw
late in games," the left-hander said. "It gives our bullpen and
gives our team confidence in me."
Dave McCarty, who gave the Angels a glimpse of his power last
season with a game-tying pinch homer off Percival, had given the
Royals a 2-1 lead when he led off the fourth with a homer off
Schoeneweis.
But the Angels tied it at 2 in the bottom half of the inning on
a one-out RBI single by Wally Joyner that scored Troy Glaus, who
drew a leadoff walk. It was the Angels' last hit until Erstad's in
the eighth.
The Royals took a 1-0 lead in the first on Joe Randa's
bases-loaded RBI groundout.
Salmon tied it with his sixth homer, increasing his club-record
total to 236.
Durbin, facing the Angels for the first time, allowed three runs
and five hits in 7 2/3 innings. He tied a career best with six
strikeouts and walked three while throwing 132 pitches -- the most
by a Royal this season.
Game notes
McCarty's homer was the first against Schoeneweis at Edison
Field this season after 31 1-3 innings, and only the third in his
11 starts. ... The Royals became the fifth team that Salmon has hit
at least 20 home runs against, including Cleveland (27), Texas
(26), Baltimore (21) and Detroit (21). ... Rookie Dee Brown was 0-for-4, and is hitless in 18 career at-bats against Angels
pitching. ... Jeff DaVanon, who homered Friday night in his first
game after being recalled from Triple-A, struck out all three times
up. ... Kennedy tried to short-hop a throw to second by catcher
Jorge Fabregas on a third-inning steal by Sweeney and was spiked
just above his left wrist. Sweeney handed Kennedy his glove and
gave him a pat on the backside, just to show him it wasn't
intentional. ... The Royals are 1-7 in one-run decisions and 4-16
against lefties.
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