Abreu homers twice in Angels' win over O's

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07/03/2009 - Anaheim, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bobby Abreu hit a pair of homers, accounting for four runs batted in, and John Lackey threw eight strong innings, as the Angels beat Baltimore, 5-2, in the opener of a four-game series.

Chone Figgins had three hits and drove in the other run for Los Angeles, which began a 10-game homestand on the right foot, snapping a two-game skid while winning for the seventh time in nine contests.

Lackey (3-3) had seven strikeouts while giving up four hits and two runs, moving to 7-3 lifetime against the Orioles. Brian Fuentes tossed the ninth inning for his major league-leading 23rd save.

"I established the fastball pretty good tonight," said Lackey. "I mixed my pitches well and located my fastball."

Jeremy Guthrie (6-8) surrendered nine hits and five runs over seven innings to have a personal two-game win streak broken.

Luke Scott homered for the Orioles, who lost for the fourth time in five games.

Abreu homered to right field leading off the fourth inning, but the Orioles tied it in the next inning, when Matt Wieters singled in Nolan Reimold with one out. Baltimore, though, wasted a chance with runners at the corners, as Robert Andino and Brian Roberts each struck out.

Los Angeles exploded for four runs in the bottom of the fifth to take command. Maicer Izturis led off with a triple, and Mike Napoli walked. One out later, Figgins blooped an RBI single to left-center. Abreu then jumped all over an 0-2 offering for his sixth homer of the year, a shot barely over the wall in right field.

"My game is a line-drive hitter," said Abreu. "I try not to force it. When the homers come, they're welcome."

Scott homered to center with one out in the seventh, but Aubrey Huff's single in the ninth represented Baltimore's only hit over the final two innings.

"There wasn't much to hit," said Scott. "I actually hit a good pitch. I got lucky, but he (Lackey) mixed up his pitches and he was on his game."

Game Notes

It was Abreu's 14th career multi-homer game and first this season...The Angels are 8-3 in their last 11 home games and have won 14 of 19 overall...Abreu upped his total to 48 RBI this season... The O's are just 4-13 in Anaheim since the start of the 2006 campaign.

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