The Indians struck first on this Opening Day in Anaheim on Kenny Lofton’s triple and Omar Vizquel’s homer in the third. Anaheim got one in the third and back-to-back solo shots from Tim Salmon and Garret Anderson in the fourth before Cleveland singled their way to three in the fifth. When the teams came back on the field for the sixth, Anaheim’s marquis free agent signing Mo Vaughn was out of the game with an inkle injury, putting a damper on things for the home crowd, but three straight Angel singles in the seventh made it 5-4 and drove Jaret Wright from the box, and Darin Erstad greeted Ricardo Rincon with a game-tying sac fly. Tim Salmon led off the bottom of the eighth with a hit off Steve Karsay, but was out when hit by Garret Anderson’s hit. But Troy Glaus doubled with two outs to give Anaheim the lead, and Troy Percival made quick work of the Tribe, needing just eight pitches to retire the heart of the order for the save in a 6-5 victory.
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