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Sunday, June 27, 2010

This Day in Angels Baseball: June 27th, 2005


June 27, 2005 the Angels beat the Texas Rangers 13-3 at Ameriquest Field in Arlington, Texas. Bartolo Colon went 8 innings, allowing 3 runs on 8 hits while striking out 5. The Angels would get 20 hits in the game, of which 7 were doubles. Vladimir Guerrero went 3-4 with 2 doubles, a home run and 3 RBI; Adam Kennedy was 2-4 with a home run and 3 RBI; Darin Erstad was 2-5 with 2 doubles and 3 runs scored and Juan Rivera was 4-5 with 3 doubles. Juan Rivera was traded with Maicer Izturis from the Washington Nationals at the end of 2004 for Jose Guillen and would become an everyday player in 2006, where he hit .310 with 23 home runs and 85 RBI. Rivera broke his leg playing winter ball in Venezuala in 2007 but in 2009 would come back strong hitting .287 with 25 homers and knock in a career high 88 runs.