"Once upon a time, the Braves had a pitching staff made up of All-Stars Johnny Sain and Warren Spahn and not much else — a rotation immortalized in the ditty "Spahn and Sain and pray for rain."

The Angels may soon be looking for a similar slogan for their staff, one headed by right-handers Dan Haren and Jered Weaver.

"Let me think about that," Haren said with a smile Sunday after beating the Chicago White Sox, 4-2, for his fourth consecutive win. "I'll get back to you."

He might want to start by looking for a word that rhymes with "dominate," because that's what Haren and Weaver have done through their first eight starts, combining to go 8-0 with a 1.23 earned-run average and 58 strikeouts in 58 2/3 innings.

And even more important is that eight of the Angels' 10 wins have come in games in which either Haren or Weaver has pitched.

"No doubt Jered and Dan are setting the tone," Angels Manager Mike Scioscia said. "They're off to terrific starts."

Added teammate Torii Hunter: "You got a 1-2 punch like that, that kills all losing streaks. It's a lot of fun."

Just not for the other team. Consider what ran through Haren's mind when Chicago's Carlos Quentin doubled with one out in the seventh.

"I thought I hadn't had a guy on second base in a while. And then there was a guy on second base,' he said.

Clearly, Haren has a memory as good as his arm because the seventh inning Sunday marked just the second time in five games he has allowed two runners to reach base in the same inning. And when the White Sox pushed across a pair of runs later in the inning, it not only snapped Haren's streak of scoreless innings at 18 2/3, but it marked the first time in which he's allowed multiple runs in a game this season, sending his ERA ballooning to 1.16."