Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Angels 11, Baltimore 2
When: 1:35 PM ET, Sunday, September 18, 2011
Where: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Baltimore, Maryland
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Lazaro Diaz, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - Ed Rapuano, 3B - Alfonso Marquez
Attendance: 27471

Erick Aybar homered twice and tied a franchise record with five runs as part of a 4-for-4 day, pacing a 15-hit attack as the Los Angeles Angels topped the host Baltimore Orioles, 11-2, Sunday.

Los Angeles kept its playoff hopes alive, moving within four games of AL West-leading Texas, which played at Seattle later Sunday.

If not for Justin Verlander, Angels starter Jered Weaver (18-7) would be a strong contender for the Cy Young Award. He allowed two runs and six hits over six innings and lowered his ERA to 2.41.

Aybar homered in back-to-back innings, hitting a solo shot in the third and a two-run blast in the fourth off Orioles starter Alfredo Simon (4-9). His five runs tied Tim Salmon’s mark set in 1998 against Cleveland.

Howie Kendrick added three hits and three RBIs and Vernon Wells clubbed a two-run homer for the Angels.

Vladimir Guerrero tripled and hit his 13th homer, and drove in both runs for Baltimore, whose four-game winning streak ended.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Angels   Baltimore
Jered Weaver Player Alfredo Simon
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 5.0
2 Strikeouts 5
6 Hits 8
3.00 ERA 10.80
Hitting
LA Angels   Baltimore
Erick Aybar Player Vladimir Guerrero
4 Hits 2
4 RBI 2
2 HR 1
12 TB 7
1.000 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Angels 15 3 30 .385 11 6 11 2 1 0
Baltimore 6 1 11 .194 11 7 2 3 0 0