
The eight pitchers Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia sent to the mound trumped the complete game thrown by Oakland's Jeff Samardzija. The Angels, who own the best record in the majors, set a franchise mark for pitchers used in a nine-inning game on Saturday night while posting a 2-0 victory that increased their AL West lead over the Athletics to four games. ''If you stick around baseball long enough, you'll see things you haven't seen before - and tonight was a case in point,'' reliever Jason Grilli said. They have a lot of confidence in us down there, and it played out the way we had hoped.'' Each of the final five Angels pitchers worked one inning, ranging from Fernando Salas' 11-pitch fifth to Grilli's 18-pitch sixth.
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