Anderson Record Equals Own Mark

Garret Anderson’s six hits in Friday night’s 4-3 victory over the Texas Rangers set a team record, but it wasn’t his first time.

Anderson went six for eight for triple-A Vancouver in a 13-inning game in 1994. He needed 15 innings to collect six singles Friday night, falling one short of the major-league record for singles in a game, set by Cleveland’s Johnny Burnett in an 18-inning game on July 10, 1932.

“I thought I might have tied a [team] record or something, but I never thought it would be a record,” Anderson said. “Rod [Carew, Angel batting instructor] played here when he was still young, so I figured he would have had the record. It doesn’t cancel out the year I’ve had--it hasn’t been the best of seasons--but it’s nice to be able to say I had six knocks in a game.”

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Ranger Manager Johnny Oates will go with a rotation of John Burkett, Ken Hill and Darren Oliver for the first three games of the division series against the New York Yankees. He hasn’t decided on a possible Game 4 starter but said Burkett, acquired in an August trade with the Florida Marlins, would start Game 5 if necessary. . . . Happy birthday to Angel majority owner Gene Autry, who turns 89 today. . . . Angel interim Manager John McNamara called Oates in his office before Saturday’s game to congratulate him on winning the AL West title.