Welcome to the House of Horrors: Part CCL

Step right up, step right up, for the greatest horror show on Earth. Enter at your own risk; for once you are inside the devishly Halo House of Horrors anything can happen, and probably will. There will be collisions, errors, hit batsmen, and maybe some blood. Mwahahahahahahahaha.

No one could blame the Yankees if they never wanted to play in Angels' Stadium ever again. It's actually been that way for a number of years. That spectres that used to haunt the Kingdome in Seattle apparently went south at some point and took up residence in Anaheim. It is a place where only Angels do not fear to tread.

Last night was another example of the weird, unexpected, and sometimes unexplainable happening with the Yaknees in town. It even affected the Angels, a normally sure handed team that committed three errors. Two of those errors had helped the Yankees to a 3-0 lead in the top of the 1st inning. A frame that saw Angels start Jered Weaver wrench his frame on a delivery and was forced to leave the game with a bad back.

But this is the House of Horrors and it was for Yankees starter Phil Hughes, who grew up a spitting distance from the mound he strode last night and whose parents watched in horror as he imploded on said mound. Hughes gave up the lead immediately, leaving one pitch up in the zone for the Angels to hammer. A 3-0 lead was suddenly and swiftly a 4-3 deficit.

Curtis Granderson's solo home run off of Bobby Casseveh tied things right back up in the 2nd, but the horror struck in the 3rd. Mark Trumbo's deep fly to right center was perfect placed between Granderson and right fielder Nick Swisher. Earlier, Granderson caught a similar ball behind Swisher. The second time around wasn't so sweet; as Granderson gloved the ball, Swisher slammed into him and jarred the ball loose. Thankfully that's all that got jarred loose as both players got to their feet.

Trumbo pulled into third with a gift triple and scored the go ahead run on Howie Kendrick's sac fly. An inning later rookie standout Mike Trout hit a big fly for a 6-4 Angels lead.

Red hot Mark Teixeira got one run back with his fourth home run in as many games, but Kendry Morales' 2-run double in the 6th extended the Angels lead to 8-5.

Hughes, who seemed to have turned a corner in his last four starts, lasted just 5.1 innings, allowed seven runs, and a career high 11 hits. He got off the hook tough when Russell Martin's 2-out, 2-run double in the 7th capped a three run inning to tie things up at eight.

But this is the House of Horrors and that means the Angels get the last horrific last. It came in the person of Trumbo, who slugged a walk off solo home run off of Corey Wade to start the last half of the 9th. Another game in Anaheim. Another horror show.