"Torii Hunter needed to come through Monday for the offensively challenged Angels, who again found themselves unable to provide run support for a starting pitcher single-handedly holding the team in the game.

"The first time I failed, but the next two, I just tried to make something happen, stay short and make the adjustment and I did that," said Hunter, who punched in both runs in the Angels' 2-1 victory on a muggy Monday night against the skidding Florida Marlins at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla.

Hunter struck out looking in the first inning, leaving Maicer Izturis, who doubled, stranded at second base. Hunter redeemed himself in the sixth, clubbing an Anibel Sanchez changeup into center field for a single to score Erick Aybar and tie the score at 1.

"I'm usually good in those (runners-in-scoring-position) situations but this year has been difficult," said Hunter (the Angels went 1 for 11 with RISP. "But I come through every once in a while."

His second RBI of the night, his 37th of the season, came in the eighth inning. He chopped at Steve Cishek's two-seam, 94-mph fastball toward third base for a goundout, giving Izturis enough room to sprint by for the decisive run.

Hunter's sixth-inning single extended his road hitting streak to 20 consecutive interleague games, tying former Angel Darin Erstad for the sixth-longest streak in baseball history. Hunter also has the most RBIs in interleague play (40) since 2009."