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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Angels 6, Minnesota 5
When: 8:10 PM ET, Friday, May 27, 2011
Where: Target Field, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Temperature: 53°
Umpires: Home - Mike DiMuro, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Tim Welke, 3B - Andy Fletcher
Attendance: 38976

Erick Aybar belted a three-run homer to highlight a five-run uprising in the eighth inning and Maicer Izturis had an RBI single in the ninth as the Los Angeles Angels rallied to a 6-5 road victory over the Minnesota Twins on Friday.

After tripling to lead off the ninth, Peter Bourjos came around to score on Izturis' single to right.

Aybar finished 2-for-5 with three RBIs for the Angels.

Scott Downs (3-1) got the win after pitching two-thirds of an inning of scoreless relief. Closer Jordan Walden tossed a scoreless ninth inning to earn his 11th save of the season.

The Minnesota bullpen blew a stellar start from Scott Baker, who pitched seven scoreless innings and struck out six. Minnesota reliever Jim Hoey (0-2) gave up two runs to take the loss.

The loss continued the struggles for Minnesota, which has dropped five of its last seven games.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Angels   Minnesota
Tyler Chatwood Player Scott Baker
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.2 IP 7.0
2 Strikeouts 6
8 Hits 6
4.76 ERA 0.00
Hitting
LA Angels   Minnesota
Alberto Jose Callaspo Player Alexi Casilla
3 Hits 3
1 RBI 1
0 HR 0
3 TB 7
.750 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Angels 13 1 19 .342 15 6 6 1 0 2
Minnesota 12 0 16 .324 19 5 5 5 1 0