Kendrys Morales News

Kendrys Morales had three hits, including a home run, scored twice and drove in two runs to help the Los Angeles Angels complete their first four-game road sweep of the Seattle Mariners in 27 years with a 4-2 victory Sunday.

Manager Eric Wedge talks Franklin Gutierrez & the approach of the young players.

The broken record of flailing swings, empty at-bats and strikeouts piling up against Los Angeles starter Dan Haren irritated Seattle manager Eric Wedge to no end.

Albert Pujols had three hits, including the 450th home run of his career Dan Haren struck out a career-high 14 in tossing his sixth career complete-game shutout, and the Los Angeles Angels won their third straight with a 3-0 win over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night.

Whatever is causing the Angels ' bats to continue exercising their collective right to remain silent, it's safe to say it wasn't Mickey Hatcher's fault.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - B.J. Upton hit an RBI double in the 11th inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 on Wednesday.

Bob Melvin has little to explain about Oakland's losses the past two days: Four hits in two games is not going to amount to much.

Doha and Baku were eliminated from the race for the 2020 Olympics on Wednesday as the IOC trimmed the field of candidates from five cities to three.

This is what Angel fans were dreaming about the day the club signed both Pujols and Wilson: Los Angeles Angels at Oakland Athletics - May 22, 2012 - MLB.com . "Wilson and Pujols led the way against the Athletics on Tuesday, the $240 million first baseman hitting his fourth homer, the $77.5 million left-hander twirling eight one-hit innings in a 5-0 ... (more)

Ivan De Jesus hit a two-run double with two outs in the ninth to give the Dodgers the lead and Dee Gordon went airborne to turn a game-ending double play as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied past the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-7... The Phoenix Coyotes avoided a sweep with a gutty performance in Los Angeles.

C.J. Wilson and Ernesto Frieri combined on a one-hitter and the Los Angeles Angels broke out of their offensive slump in a 4-0 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night.

Tommy Milone tossed seven innings of one-run ball and the Oakland Athletics slipped past the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, 2-1, in the first test of a three-game series on Monday.

By the time interleague action ends on Sunday night, the 2012 MLB season will have reached the one-quarter mark, and while some of the usual suspects are at the top of the hitting charts, there are some surprises as well.

At the beginning of the season, I, as well as many other people, expected to see that Angels and the Texas Rangers battling all season for the top of the American League West.

It's not often that I write totally off-topic posts, but the recent firing of Mickey Hatcher, the former long-time Hitting Coach for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, got me thinking about just how the nature of the job of a big-league hitting coach.

Taken on April 22nd as Jim Johnson struck out Howie Kendrick to end the game and salvage one win in Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Angels? They don't look comfortable anywhere right now. Ross allowed five hits in six strong innings to snap a three-start skid, Josh Reddick homered and Seth Smith hit a two-run double in the A's 5-0 victory over the Angels on Monday night.

Los Angeles Angels' Albert Pujols celebrates his three-run home run against the Chicago White Sox during the third inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, May 16, 2012.

Offense: Mike Trout -CF, Alberto Callaspo -3B, Albert Pujols -1B, Kendrys Morales -DH, Mark Trumbo -RF, Howie Kendrick -2B, Vernon Wells -LF, Erick Aybar -SS, Bobby Wilson -C. Bench: Maicer Izturis-INF, Peter Bourjos -OF, John Hester-C. In case you hadn't heard, the Angels finally got around to cutting one of their endless supply of veteran ... (more)

It's not unheard of for a team to be shut out eight times in the first 36 games of a season.