Torii Hunter provided fireworks for the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night as he hit a go ahead homerun in the 8th inning, and then a walkoff grandslam in the 9th inning as the Los Angeles Angeles defeated the Cleveland Indians 6-4.

Scot Shields picked up the win for the Angels after closer Francisco Rodriguez gave up three runs in the top of the 9th inning and then left the game with an ankle injury.  Right now, we are not sure how serious the ankle injury is, but it has bothered K-Rod for quite a while.

Joe Saunders had pitched eight great innings and was in line for the win before K-Rod messed things up.  Saunders only allowed four hits and one earned runs in his eight innings.  Good job my Mr. Saunders!

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Kelvim Escobar is sidelined right now with a tear in his right shoulder.  More then likely it will require surgery and have him miss the entire 2008 season.  Escobar is hinting that he might just retire rather then rehab his way back from should surgery.

We will just have to give this one some time and see how it works out for Escobar and the Angels.

The Los Angeles Angels will be without starting pitcher John Lackey for atleast 4-6 weeks as he tries to recover from a strained right tricep.  Lacker has never missed a start, but that streak will come to an end as he is expected to miss seven to ten starts depening on how well his arm heals up.

Best case senario for Lackey and the Angels is that he would be back in the middle of May, but don’t be suprised if you don’t see Lackey until atleast June.

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