ANAHEIM, Calif. - John Lackey pitched seven solid innings, and the Los Angeles Angels knocked around CC Sabathia to complete a sweep of the New York Yankees with a 5-4 win yesterday.
Lackey (4-4) quickly worked through the Yankees' lineup, allowing two runs on six hits. The Angels' ace struck out six in one of his most efficient starts since missing the first six with a forearm strain.
Sabathia (8-6) gave up five runs and struck out six in 62/3 innings against the Angels, who have won eight of their last nine games against the Yankees in Anaheim.
Brian Fuentes struck out Alex Rodriguez for the final out to earn his 26th save in 29 chances.
Sabathia, who was 5-1 with a 2.33 ERA away from Yankee Stadium entering the game, was solid through three innings. He got help from Rodriguez and Robinson Cano on two double plays to get out of the first and third, but he gave up four runs in the fourth.
Bobby Abreu and Howie Kendrick had RBI doubles, and Brandon Wood and Robb Quinlan added RBI singles.
New York 001 000 120 – 4 8 0
Los Angeles 000 400 10x – 5 9 2
New York AB R H BI Avg. Los Angeles AB R H BI Avg.
Gardner cf 4 0 1 0 .282 Figgins 3b 4 1 2 0 .310
b-Swisher ph-lf 1 0 0 0 .237 M.Izturis ss 3 1 2 1 .305
Jeter ss 5 0 2 1 .321 B.Abreu rf 4 1 2 1 .311
Teixeira 1b 5 0 1 0 .275 Napoli dh 4 0 1 0 .293
A.Rodriguez 3b 5 0 0 0 .256 Matthews Jr. cf 3 1 0 0 .226
H.Matsui dh 1 1 0 0 .265 H.Kendrick 2b 2 1 1 1 .239
Cano 2b 4 1 1 0 .308 B.Wood 1b 3 0 0 1 .267
Hinske rf 3 0 0 0 .333 K.Morales 1b 0 0 0 0 .284
Me.Cabrera lf-cf 3 2 2 1 .285 Quinlan lf 2 0 1 1 .231
J.Molina c 1 0 0 0 .271 Willits lf 2 0 0 0 .214
