The D-backs beat the Angels 7-1 with a 7-run eighth inning.
Ian Kennedy threw 6.2 shutout innings with 2 hits, a walk and 8 strikeouts.
Brad Ziegler retired the only batter he faced.
Heath Bell got the win, allowing a run on 2 hits and a walk.
J.J. Putz threw a perfect ninth. In the eighth, Eric Chavez tied the game with a solo homer then Eric Hinske had a go-ahead, pinch-hit, 2-run double followed by Nieves’ RBI single and capped with Alfredo Marte’s 3-run homer.
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