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Angels extend season-high winning streak by breaking Dodgers

Associated Press

Friday, June 19, 2009

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Juan Rivera was facing Guillermo Mota in the eighth, trying to find a pitch to hit. He fouled off four of them before hitting a breaking ball over the left field wall. Rivera's tiebreaking homer put the Angels up for good and the bullpen held on for a 5-4 win over the Dodgers on Friday night. "It looked like it was a strike slider," Dodgers' manager Joe Torre said. "Those sliders were meant to go through the strike zone and say `hello,' not `goodbye,' and that's what happe ...

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