Vladimir Guerrero and Garret Anderson rallied the Los Angeles Angels in the bottom of the eighth inning as they came from behind to beat the Oakland Athletics 5-3. Guerrero had a rbi single that scored Reggie Willits to tie the game a 3-3 and then Anderson hit a two run home run to put the Angels up 5-3. Great come from behind win and the superstars stepped up late to carry the team.

Besides the heroics in the bottom of the eighth inning, Jeff Mathis and Casey Kotchman both had a rbi each as well in the game. Mathis had a rbi sac fly in the second inning while Kotchman had a rbi ground out in the third inning.

Scot Shields picked up the win as he pitched the top half of the eighth inning and allowed one run. Shields is now 4-2 on the season. Francisco Rodriguez pitched the ninth inning to record his 33rd save of the season. Starting pitcher Ervin Santana pitched a pretty good game as he lasted seven innings. Santana gave up eight hits but only two runs to get the no decision.

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Closer Francisco Rodriguez has lost his salary arbitration case with the Angels and will be paid $10 million dollars for the 2008 season.  K-Rod was asking for $12.5 milliong.  He has recently said that he doesn’t see himself being with the Angels after this season because if they really wanted him to be there longterm, they would have already signed him to a longterm contract.

Hopefully K-Rod will just go out there and play baseball for the Angels this season and be the player that he is capable of being.

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Francisco Rodriguez recently said in an interview that this will probably be his last season with the Los Angeles Angels since they haven’t tried signing him to a long term deal.  I think he feels like he isn’t being taken care of by the Angels and not treated the right way by not having a long term deal on the table.

Rodriguez says all he can do is go out there and compete and help out the team in 2008.  Who knows if the Angels will make him a three to four year contract that he will be seeking.

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Juan Rivera and the Los Angeles Angels agreed on a one year contract with $2.025 million dollars on Thursday.  Rivera will be competing in the outfield for some playing time but right now it is hard to tell how many at bats he will be getting if everyone stays healthy.

Look for the Angels to possibly make a move trading Rivera or another player at some points this season.  Just a little hunch I have.

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