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With the Angels trying to even the ALCS and force a Game 7 on Sunday night, former-Yankee Bobby Abreu put Los Angeles ahead with a two-out RBI single in the fourth inning.

The terms "locked in," "relaxed" and "patient" frequently come up in discussions of Alex Rodriguez 's remarkable playoff run after years of postseason stumbles.

About all the Los Angeles Angels managed to prove in all but two of the final six games of their 2009 is that you can't get to the World Series by playing like the 1962 Mets with a smattering of the 1964 Phillies.

Los Angeles Angels starter Joe Saunders pitches during the first inning of Game 6 of the American League Championship baseball series against the Yankees .

Shortly after Nick Swisher's pop fly settled into Eric Aybar's glove for the final out in a 7-6 win over the Yankees on Thursday, Angels manager Mike Scioscia plopped into his office chair and reflected upon the victory that saved his team's season.

The American League Championship Series turned twice on Thursday, toward the Yankees and then away from them, both times at precisely the same moment.

Chone Figgins and the Los Angeles Angels know they're heading straight into more than one kind of storm, and they can't wait to get wet.

Angels pitcher John Lackey could be making the most important start of his career on Thursday in Game 5 of the ALCS against the Yankees.

Bobby Abreu and the Angels had just one run and four hits against CC Sabathia and Mariano Rivera in losing Game 1. AP 1. The Angels didn't show up for Game 1 of the ALCS Friday, looking more like they'd rather be curled up by a fireplace than fighting through the New York autumnal cold for the American League pennant.

Coming off a 4-1 victory in Friday night's opener, the Yankees were trying to take a two-game lead as the best-of-seven series heads to the warmth of southern California.

Joe Saunders' eyes won't be glued to his laptop screen, tracking the Nor'Easter that's expected to move through the Big Apple today.

Two of New York's runs were unearned as the usually sure-handed Angels made three errors and let what should have been an inning-ending infield pop up drop for a run-scoring single on a cold, blustery night in the Bronx.

The Angels were able to exorcise their demons and sweep the Red Sox in the ALDS.

Angels manager Mike Scioscia picked right-hander John Lackey to start Friday night's Game 1 of the American League Championship Series against CC Sabathia and the New York Yankees .

The Angels were beaten. They had to be. Down 5-2 in the eighth inning and facing two stellar relievers lined up to close the game, they could only look to tomorrow and a Game Four match-up between Joe Saunders and Jon Lester.

Athletics 11. Blue Jays 12. Reds 13. White Sox 14. Brewers 15. Rangers 16. Cubs 17.

With the great postseason poker tournament just days away, Mike Scioscia has begun surveying his cards while doing his best not to tip his hand.

The Red Sox head into their American League Division Series with the Los Angeles Angels riding a four-game winning streak during which they outscored the woeful Cleveland Indians 32-18. But they can't escape the fact that they went 6-8 in their final 14 games, raising the question if they've truly turned themselves around in time to make a serious ...

Eds: APNewsNow. Angels 5, Athletics 3. AP Photo OAS108 OAKLAND, Calif. Mike Napoli homered, Joe Saunders pitched five strong innings and the Los Angeles Angels closed out an impressive regular season with a 5-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday.

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