Season summary April The Angels' season began with a three-game sweep of the
Rangers at home, a series which saw the Angels of Anaheim outscore the Rangers 17–7. The Angels of Anaheim continued their 7-game homestand with a four-game series split with the
Athletics. With a solid record of 5–2 and first place in the division after the first week of the season, the Angels of Anaheim traveled onto the road to take on the
Indians. However, the Indians' previous four-game series with the
Mariners was postponed because of
heavy snow in
Cleveland, Ohio. at
Miller Park in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin The large amount of snow that had fallen upon
Jacobs Field brought about the discussion of moving the series to a city with better field conditions. After a discussion about possibly moving the series to
Anaheim, the Indians decided to move the three-game series to the roofed
Miller Park in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, home of the
Milwaukee Brewers. The Indians took the three-game series 2 games to 1. The Angels of Anaheim continued their road trip by being swept by the
Red Sox in a three-game series and the
Athletics in a two-game series, dropping the Angels to a 6–9 record. During the game against the Athletics on April 18, second baseman
Howie Kendrick was
hit by a pitch, and placed on the 15-day
disabled list. Kendrick would eventually return to the team in mid-May. The Angels of Anaheim returned home and swept the
Mariners in a three-game series, split a two-game series with the
Detroit Tigers, and swept the
Devil Rays in a two-game series that saw the Angels of Anaheim outscore the Devil Rays 20–4. After losing the first game on a new roadtrip to the
White Sox, the Angels of Anaheim won their final three games of the month, including one to the
Royals.
May May began with the Angels of Anaheim extending their winning streak to four games with a victory over the
Royals. However, the Royals salvaged a series split by winning the last two games of the four-game series. The Angels of Anaheim returned home to greet the
White Sox, but the White Sox were rewarded with a series win, winning two of three games. The Angels of Anaheim dropped their third game in a row when they lost the series opener to the
Indians. But good pitching and good defense guided the Angels of Anaheim to winning the final two games of the series by a combined score of 11–2, including an 8–0 victory behind
Kelvim Escobar's
shutout. The Angels of Anaheim went to Texas to take three of four games against the
Rangers. Then, they went into Seattle to take on the
Mariners. The Mariners' offense lit up
Kelvim Escobar and the Angels lost 11–3. But the Angels of Anaheim took the final two games of their series against the Mariners. The Angels returned to Anaheim to begin a
Freeway Series with the
Dodgers. The three-game series saw the Angels of Anaheim sweep their crosstown rivals, outscoring the Dodgers 19–4. The series also set an Angels of Anaheim record in attendance. The three-game series averaged 44,341 fans, an Angel Stadium record for highest average attendance for a three-game series since the stadium was renovated in 1998. The Angels' short homestand ended and the Angels of Anaheim headed out on the road again to begin a three-game series with the defending
World Series runners-up, the
Tigers. The Angels of Anaheim won the series opener to extend their winning streak to a season-high six games, in which they outscored their opponents 37–10. However, the Tigers won the final two games, and the series. The Angels of Anaheim then went to New York to begin a three-game series with the
Yankees. The Angels, entering the season as the only
American League team with a winning record against the Yankees in the
Joe Torre-era at 55–52, added to their win total with a three-game series sweep, in which the Yankees were outscored 17–10. The Angels of Anaheim ended the month by taking two of three against the Mariners and losing the first game of a four-game series with the
Orioles. The final game of the month, a 4–3 come-from-behind victory, saw Angels'
John Lackey become the first Major League
pitcher to win his 8th game of the season.
June The Angels continued their trend of winning the first game of the month when they beat the
Orioles with a 3–2 comeback win.
John Lackey became the first Major League pitcher in 2007 to win his 9th game of the season. The Angels won the remaining two games of the series and began a three-game series with the
Twins with an offensive explosion, scoring season-highs in
runs (16),
hits (23), runs in an inning (8 in the 8th), and
home runs (4), as the Angels beat the Twins 16–3. The Angels split the final two games of the series before leaving to finish
interleague play. The Angels went on the road to face the
2006 World Series champion
Cardinals. After falling behind 4–0 early in the game, the Angels offense exploded for 10 runs in a 10–6 victory. The Angels split the remaining two games of the series and continued their roadtrip against the
Reds.
Kelvim Escobar striking out a career-high 14 batters in the series opener, but the Angels lost, 5–3. The loss gave the Angels their first two-game losing streak since May 23–24. John Lackey became the first Major League pitcher to win his 10th game of the season and Francisco Rodríguez became the first closer in the American League to earn his 20th
save of the season in the second game of the series, which the Angels won 6–3. In the final game of the series, the Angels scored 6 runs in the 7th inning to fuel the offense to a 9–7 victory. The Angels came back home, but went to
Dodger Stadium to complete their Freeway Series with the Dodgers.
Ervin Santana pitched 7 strong innings, allowing only two runs; however, Santana was outdueled by Dodgers' pitcher
Derek Lowe, who struck out a career-high 11 batters in 7 innings. The Dodgers took game one of the three-game series 2–1.
Jered Weaver won his 5th consecutive decision in a costly effort; Weaver jammed his shoulder sliding into 2nd base,
Garret Anderson injured his right hip and was placed on the 15-day
disabled list after the game, and
Casey Kotchman suffered a concussion when a
pickoff throw hit him in the helmet. Weaver's sixth win of the season gave the Angels' starters 38 wins on the season, which led the league. Kelvim Escobar struck out 8 batters and only gave up three runs in seven innings.
Gary Matthews, Jr. hit his first career
inside-the-park home run and the Angels won the final game 10–4. The paid attendance for all three games of the series was 56,000, the overall capacity of Dodger Stadium. This marked the first time in Dodger Stadium history that this mark was set. The Angels returned home to begin an interleague series with the
Houston Astros.
Chone Figgins had a career night in the series opener. Figgins went 6-for-6, becoming the second player in team history to go 6-for-6; outfielder
Garret Anderson accomplished this feat in 1996. Figgins also became the first player in Major League history to go 6-for-6 with a walk-off hit in a 9-inning game. The Angels trailed 9–4 going into the bottom of the 7th inning, where they scored 5 runs, capped off by Figgins' 5th hit of the night, an infield single. In the 9th inning, Figgins drove in
Reggie Willits with an RBI triple to win the game 10–9. The Astros continued their incredible offense and took the second game. Recent call-up
Terry Evans hit his first Major League home run in his first home at-bat, but the Angels trailed until the 7th inning. Astros pitching walked 4 consecutive Angels batters, tying up the score, before Vladimir Guerrero hit a three-run home run. Guerrero's home run was the Angels' only hit in a 6-run 7th inning. The Angels held on to win the series' finale 8–4. The Angels' 6-run inning marked the third time in a span of one week that the Angels had scored 5 or more runs in the 7th inning. The Angels trailed 4–0 late in their series opener against the
Pirates, but came from behind once again to win 5–4 in 11 innings. In the second game, the Angels took an early lead and took the game 10–1. The Angels blew a late-inning lead when
Xavier Nady hit an RBI-single off Francisco Rodríguez to tie the game 3–3. However, in the 10th inning
Erick Aybar hit the Angels second walk-off ground-rule double in the series to win the game 4–3. The three-game series sweep was the Angels' first since they swept the Yankees in May. The Angels also won their 9th series in a row. The Angels were prepared to play their first games against an American League team in three weeks, but were swept by the
Royals, marking the first time in two months that the Angels were swept and the first series the Angels lost since May 4–6. The Angels traveled to
Baltimore, Maryland to begin a three-game series with the
Orioles. In the series opener, the Angels blew a 5-run lead, an Oriole rally highlighted by
Aubrey Huff hitting for the cycle. But
Howie Kendrick hit a two-run home run in the 9th inning and the Angels won 9–7. Baltimore took the second game, 6–3, and the Angels ended the month with an MLB-best 50–31 record.
July The Angels improved to a 4–0 record in the first game of the new month with a 4–3 victory against the Orioles, taking the series. The Angels, hoping to end the first half with a successful week, continued their road trip in Texas. In the first game,
Ervin Santana threw a career-high 11 strikeouts. But it was all for nothing, as the highlight of the game came when the Rangers'
Brad Wilkerson hit his third home run of the game, becoming the first American League player (third throughout the league) to hit three home runs in one game. The Angels split the final two games of the series, and concluded their road trip, and the first half of the season, by taking on the
New York Yankees. Three Angels players represented the American League in the
2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game;
Vladimir Guerrero was the leading vote-getter amongst American League outfielders in fan balloting, while
John Lackey and
Francisco Rodríguez were selected by
Jim Leyland, the American League manager for the event. Guerrero won the
Home Run Derby, and Rodriguez earned the
save in the American League's 5–4 victory.
August Guerrero did not hit a home run in a regular-season game in July, in the midst of the longest home run drought of his career. He turned the page once August began, smashing four home runs in two games on the second and third of the month.
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