Santana seeks Angels series win in San Diego

Angels righty Ervin Santana has been soaring after a rough start to the season, and he will look to keep it up when the Angels and Padres wrap up their first Interleague series on Sunday at Petco Park.

Haren drops fourth straight in San Diego

Dan Haren dropped his fourth straight start on Saturday as the Angels were held to a pair of runs against the Padres, who got a lift from former Halos infielder Alexi Amarista.

Angels hope Interleague success continues

The Angels are 63-28 in Interleague Play since the start of the 2007 season and 133-84 since 2000, two records that are tops in the Majors, and they have won nine straight series vs. National League teams.

Scioscia hopeful Torii will return by May 27

It's been almost a full week since Torii Hunter left the Angels to deal with a sexual-assault charge filed against his 17-year-old son in Texas, but manager Mike Scioscia said Saturday that he thinks they're "moving toward" having Hunter join them at some point in this 10-game road trip, which ends May 27 in Seattle.

Weaver helps own cause in bounce-back effort

Nothing could go right for Jered Weaver the last time he took the ball. On Friday, basically everything did, as the Angels' ace gave up two runs over a solid seven innings on the mound while adding a single and a walk at the plate in an eventual 7-2 victory over the Padres at Petco Park.

Haren expecting better results against Padres

Looking for his first win this month, Dan Haren will take the mound for the Angels on Saturday at Petco Park against the Padres, who will send Eric Stults to the hill in his San Diego debut.

Frieri thriving in setup role with Angels

Angels reliever Ernesto Frieri spent 15 minutes fraternizing on the field with good friends while the Padres were taking batting practice at Petco Park — then he realized that's no longer his home.

Homers could be sign Pujols turning corner

It's not just home runs on back-to-back days that makes you think Albert Pujols might be turning a corner. It's the way he's hit those two homers.

Homers could be sign Pujols turning corner

It's not just home runs on back-to-back days that makes you think Albert Pujols might be turning a corner. It's the way he's hit those two homers.

Pujols open to playing third in NL parks

It turns out the Angels may not need American League rules to get their three most dangerous hitters in the same lineup. Albert Pujols can just man the hot corner again.