The Chicken shows up in the 6th ANAHEIM, CA - Facing elimination and Angels starter C.C. Sabathia with the World Series on the line for his team, the Padres knew it would be crucial to score first if they were going to play one more game. When the Padres pushed across two first-inning runs, the plan seemed to be working. The final score, a 13 to 10 Padres victory, shows the strategy worked, but not in a way that anyone in the Padres' clubhouse envisioned. In the second inning, Padres starter Carlos Zambrano melted down. Before the inning had ended, Big Z was pulled after walking five and the Angels possessed a 5 to 2 lead. "As strong as our bullpen has been, I still thought we had just lost the World Series," manager Tim Stoops said. "You can't give C.C. that kind of lead and expect to easily come back." After five innings, the Angels held an even larger 8 to 4 lead. As the sixth inning got under way, a surprise visitor came to Angel Stadium. The San Diego Famous Chicken appeared on top of the Angels dugout, casting a hex on Sabathia. Security quickly got the mascot out of the park as fans twirled their rally monkeys in response, but they all soon found out that the Chicken had succeeded. Sabathia allowed 2 runs in the 6th as the Padres halved the deficit. In the seventh, the Padres knocked Sabathia out of the game, starting a parade of 9 Angels relievers that were used to finish and ultimately lose the game for the American League champions. The Padres took the lead again for good in the eighth, when Matt Thornton gave up 4 runs without recording an out. San Diego won the game thanks to a massive power output, tallying 7 home runs sent out of Angel Stadium. First baseman Mark Teixeira and catcher Nick Hundley hit two each. Raul Ibanez, Adam Jones and Will Venable also added homers for the Padres.
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