Darren Oliver News

Ken Rosenthal of FoxSports.com believes the Angels and Rangers have been most aggressive in pursuing free-agent relief pitcher Darren Oliver .

The always diligent Fox Sports duo of Ken Rosenthal and Jon Morosi have chucked yet another log onto the Seattle Mariners piping red Hot Stove.

Because all three were Type A players under the free-agent rankings, their former teams would have received two draft picks if they had been offered arbitration and then signed with new clubs.

Here's a rundown of Tuesday's biggest Hot Stove news, rumors and rumblings. Holliday out in Anaheim? The big-ticket item of the day came from Angels general manager Tony Reagins, who told the Los Angeles Times that Monday's FOXSports.com report listing the only plausible suitors for free-agent slugger Matt Hollday as the Angels, Yankees and Red Sox ...

Topping the to-do list: Pitching was awful -- starters, relievers, hot dog vendors called to throw an inning.

Speaking to the Los Angeles Times, Angels general manager Tony Reagins shot down a FOX Sports report that linked the Angels to free agent left fielder Matt Holliday.

ANAHEIM, CALIF. -- Until the seventh inning of Game 5 of the American League Championship Series, Mark Teixeira -- once a star for the Los Angeles Angels, now a star for the New York Yankees -- had scarcely helped his present team more than his former team. Teixeira, playing in his first league championship series, had been just a touch off, watching called strikes go by, skying popups, relying only on his always-sterling defense to redeem himself.

'I'm obviously not hot right now,' Teixeira said Wednesday, one day before he got hot.

As the American League Championship Series traverses back to the East Coast, nasty weather will once again be in the forecast.

Nine of the 13 runs scored in Game Five of the American League Championship Series crossed the plate after the starting pitchers were removed from the game.

The umpires had another rough night in Game 4 of the AL championship series. Two blown calls went against the Angels during a 10-1 loss to the New York Yankees.

Jeff Mathis crushes a pitch from Kennedy that one-hops the wall in left for a lead-off double.

Erick Aybar followed Izturis' RBI single with a two-run triple during the Angels' two-out rally in the seventh to break up a stellar pitching duel between Weaver and Beckett, Boston's ace and most reliable playoff performer.

Dodgers stun Cards...Angels take opener...Rockies and Phils all square LOS ANGELES Down by a run with two out and nobody on in the bottom of the ninth, the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for a 3-2 victory over St.

ANAHEIM, Calif. - John Lackey hadn't won a playoff game in seven years, not since he clinched the Angels' only World Series title as an excitable rookie.

Angels beat Rangers 5-0 with combined 1-hitter Eds: APNewsNow. Angels 5, Rangers 0. AP Photo ANS102, ANS105, ANS103 ANAHEIM, Calif.

Just when we thought they were out, they pull themselves back in. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim had effectively won the AL West and were out of any playoff races, any heated battles for divisional supremacy, and last-minute scrambles for a final spot in October.

All that Hunter knew was, he got a juicy pitch. Hunter hit a tiebreaking home run off the four-time All-Star, and the Los Angeles Angels put another crimp in Chicago's playoff hopes with a 3-2 victory over the White Sox on Sunday.

Mariners , Angels 1. AP Photo WAKC102 B9 GREG? ? BELL AP Sports Writer SEATTLE Jose Lopez's two-ou4 double in the seventh inning made rookie Doug Fister a winner and sen4 the Seattle Mariners to yet another one-run victory, 2-1 over the first-place Los Angeles Angels on Tuesda9 night.

Jose Lopez's two-out double in the seventh inning made rookie Doug Fister a winner and sent the Seattle Mariners to yet another one-run victory, 2-1 over the first-place Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.

Slowed by injuries at the start of the season, Los Angeles Angels right-hander Ervin Santana is finishing strong.