Angels hammer Yankees with 8-run eighth inning

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Thirty runs in three games and 30 games over .500. Not a bad combination for the Los Angeles Angels, who are running away in the American League.

Vladimir Guerrero triggered an 8-run eighth inning with a go-ahead home run, leading the AL West leaders to an 11-4 rout of the sputtering New York Yankees on Saturday. The Angels, who began the day 13 games ahead of Texas in the division, also got solo homers from Mark Teixeira, Garret Anderson and Mike Napoli to erase a 2-0 deficit.

Manager Mike Scioscia's star-studded lineup reminds Teixeira of his days with the Texas Rangers, when they had seven players with 20 or more home runs.

"That's the thing - everyone feeds off each other and you put a lot of pressure on the pitchers," Teixeira said. "When you look up and down our lineup and everyone's clicking, you're going to score a lot of runs. And we have it all going right now."

After striking out all three times he faced Dan Giese, Guerrero led off the eighth against Edwar Ramirez (3-1) and drove the right-hander's first pitch of the game to right-center for his 21st homer and a 4-3 lead.

"After Vladdy's home run, I'm like, `OK, we got our 1 run, now let's battle.' Then we just kept scoring, and it was fun to watch," Teixeira said.

Anderson added an RBI single, and former Yankee Juan Rivera hit a 2-run double before David Robertson relieved Ramirez. Chone Figgins singled home another run and Napoli scored on a wild pitch. Maicer Izturis then hit an RBI single, and Guerrero drove in Figgins to cap the Angels' most productive inning of the season.

Seven of the runs came with no outs, 5 of them charged to Ramirez, who came in with a 3.02 ERA over his first 38 appearances.