Ernesto Frieri

I need to get a message to the Dodgers and Angels, and I need to do it quick. A baseball player suddenly became available this week who is just their type. He has star power. He plays a cornerstone infield position. He is insanely overpaid. He has won...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Angels 5, Royals 2 Angels 5, Royals 2: Mike Trout benefited from a questionable call on a steal and scored the go-ahead run on Mark Trumbo's RBI single in the seventh inning as visiting Los Angeles pulled away from Kansas City...

Angels 5, Royals 2: Mike Trout benefited from a questionable call on a steal and scored the go-ahead run on Mark Trumbo’s RBI single in the seventh inning as visiting Los Angeles pulled away from Kansas City to win its sixth straight. Trout drew a walk...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — It's a forkball. No, it's a knuckleball. Like the old Certs breath mint commercial, Angels reliever Robert Coello's signature delivery is two, two, two pitches in one, and the right-hander has used it to carve a bullpen role...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Angels - INSIDE PITCH If Joe Blanton's spot in the Angels rotation was tenuous, Blanton didn't seem to be affected by it. After Blanton pitched a strong 6 1/3 innings to beat the Royals on Thursday...

RHP Robert Coello got Alcides Escobar to fly out to right to end the game, strand two inherited runners and log his first big-league save. Coello has allowed just two hits, walked none and struck out 12 in 7 1/3 scoreless innings since his May 11...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Angels 5, Royals 4 Angels 5, Royals 4: Mike Trout and Mark Trumbo each recorded two hits and a home run off former teammate Ervin Santana as visiting Los Angeles downed Kansas City to record its season-high fifth straight...

The Sports Xchange Angels 5, Royals 4 KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Joe Blanton won for the first time this year, and the Los Angeles Angels earned their fifth consecutive victory, beating the Kansas City Royals 5-4 Thursday night. Blanton, who was 0-7 with a 6....

Mike Trout and Albert Pujols hit solo home runs, and Mark Trumbo hit a two-run shot to help the Los Angeles Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 Thursday night.     Joe Blanton got his first victory of the season after going 0-7 in his first nine...

Blanton earns first win as Angels edge Royals KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Los Angeles Angels keep winning, and Joe Blanton is finally in the win column. Blanton, who was winless in his first nine starts, picked up a victory Thursday night, and the...

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Mike Trout and Albert Pujols hit solo home runs, and Mark Trumbo hit a two-run shot to help the Los Angeles Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 Thursday night.         Joe Blanton got his first victory of the season after...

MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Angels - INSIDE PITCH Jered Weaver is ready to return to the Angels. The question is whether the Angels are ready to have him. After he pitched 5 2/3 innings Wednesday in an exhibition game in extended spring training,...