"This is why some think the Angels can be as dangerous in the postseason as San Francisco was last fall, when the pitching-rich, hitting-poor Giants won their first World Series title since 1954.

Dan Haren crafted a masterpiece Saturday night, throwing a four-hitter with seven strikeouts and no walks to lead the Angels to a 6-0 victory over the New York Yankees in Angel Stadium.

His fastball rarely touching 90 mph, Haren used a nasty split-fingered fastball and sharp-breaking cut-fastball to retire 18 batters in a row from the second through eighth innings."