ANAHEIM – The night after he was a two-hit wonder in his major-league debut – winning Tuesday night’s game with a home run in the bottom of the ninth, matching history with a Triple Crown winner and getting wildly feted by his new Angels teammates – Carlos Perez was merely a spectator to another player’s last-inning heroics.
He stormed from the dugout with the other Angels to mob Johnny Giavotella, who had just furnished the winning RBI double in Wednesday’s thrilling 4-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners.
Perez was celebrating instead of being celebrated. He delivered the congratulatory poundings instead of taking them.