American League Game Capsules (Sunday, August 3rd) Final Score: New York 14, LA Angels of Anaheim 9 Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Xavier Nady had a career day at the plate, and a nightmarish eighth inning that featured three Angels miscues in the field helped the New York Yankees rally past Los Angeles, 14-9, in a wild affair at Yankee Stadium. The Angels had just taken a 9-8 lead in the top of the eighth on Mark Teixeira's fourth career grand slam, but the Yankees counter- punched with six runs in their half of the eighth. Scot Shields (4-3) started the inning for the Halos and Ivan Rodriguez greeted him with a single. Melky Cabrera then reached on Erick Aybar's fielding error, and Jeff Mathis' throwing error on a double steal allowed the tying run to score. A pair of walks to Johnny Damon and Bobby Abreu loaded the bases for...
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