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NEW YORK (AP) -- Dramatic home runs. Clutch pitching by closers. Yet another late-night comeback in the Bronx.

Yes, the Anaheim Angels certainly have learned from the New York Yankees.

Garret Anderson hit a tying home run off Orlando Hernandez in the eighth inning, Troy Glaus followed with a go-ahead shot and the Angels evened their best-of-five AL playoff series by winning 8-6 in Game 2 Wednesday night.

''I know crazy things happen here,'' said Troy Percival, who escaped jams in the eighth and ninth innings, ''but not tonight.''

After watching the Yankees claw back from a 4-0 deficit to take a 5-4 lead, the crowd was stunned. It was the first time New York lost a postseason game at Yankee Stadium when leading after the seventh inning, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

''We know we can come back and win any time,'' Anaheim's Bengie Molina said. ''They probably know that, too.''

A night after not bringing in Percival and watching his bullpen squander a lead in the opener, Angels manager Mike Scioscia called for his closer with Anaheim trying to protect a 7-5 edge in the eighth.

Percival got out of the jam, throwing a called third strike past Derek Jeter, who questioned the call, with the bases loaded.

Scott Spiezio provided a cushion with a run-scoring double in the ninth off Jeff Weaver, his third hit and RBI.

The Yankees tried for one more comeback in the bottom of the ninth, with Jorge Posada blooping an RBI single with one out. But with two runners on, Percival struck out Nick Johnson and retired Raul Mondesi on a popup.

Anaheim, which set a team postseason record with 17 hits, headed home to California after the 4-hour, 11-minute marathon with its first playoff win since 1986, one that gives the Angels hope they can knock off the four-time defending AL champions.

''We do what it takes to win, no matter the circumstances, no matter whatever,'' Glaus said.

The series resumes Friday, with the Angels' Ramon Ortiz facing Mike Mussina in Game 3.

''We've got a big challenge ahead of us, no doubt about it,'' Scioscia said. ''We've got to go out there and continue to press these guys.''

Early homers by Tim Salmon and Spiezio helped Anaheim build a 4-0 lead and knock out Andy Pettitte after three innings.

''He made some bad pitches,'' Yankees manager Joe Torre said.

But the Yankees closed to 4-3 against Kevin Appier and went ahead when Alfonso Soriano finally got that elusive 40th homer -- a two-run shot in the sixth off Francisco Rodriguez, a 20-year-old right-hander who made his major league debut Sept. 18.

El Duque, relegated to the bullpen because of the Yankees' pitching depth, replaced Pettitte in the fourth and showed the poise under pressure he's known for in the postseason, where he was 9-2.

He retired his first 11 batters and 12 of 13, but Anderson tied it when he led off the eighth with a drive into the right-field bleachers.

Torre elected to stay with El Duque rather than go to his regular relievers, and Glaus followed with his third homer of the series.

The drive to center shocked the crowd of 56,697 at Yankee Stadium, where New York had won six straight postseason games, including a come-from-behind 8-5 thriller in Tuesday's opener. Adam Kennedy added a sacrifice fly later in the eighth off Mike Stanton.

Unlike Tuesday, Anaheim's bullpen held on.

Ben Weber got in trouble in the eighth, when Johnson singled with one out and Mondesi hit a hard comebacker that the pitcher tried to grab, only to watch it ricochet to shortstop for a single.

Weber, who sprained his right index finger, angrily shook his hands in disgust.

Once again, Scioscia was in a spot. In the opener, he didn't bring in Percival to protect a 4-3 lead in the eighth, saving his closer for a bottom of the ninth that never came.

Scioscia again called on Brendan Donnelly, who gave up Bernie Williams' tiebreaking eighth-inning homer in the opener. Percival watched in disbelief, holding out his arms as if to say ''I don't know'' and shrugging his shoulders.

''I was a little puzzled because I was the only one getting warmed up,'' Percival said. ''I walked down the steps a little bit and got called back.''

Donnelly, cheered by New York fans as he warmed up, threw a called third strike past pinch-hitter John Vander Wal, and Percival finally came in.

''It's important for us to keep Percy in a very, very controlled situation,'' Scioscia said. ''Four outs for us is the max.''

Scioscia's first pitch hit Soriano in the left shoulder blade, loading the bases. With the crowd on its feet, Percival faced Jeter, who had reached in his first seven plate appearances of the series -- homering twice -- before fouling out in the sixth.

Jeter, 1-for-11 against Percival in his career, was tied up as he missed a 96-mph fastball, then took a ball and fouled off a pitch. Percival then threw a pitch over the outside corner and Jeter was called out by plate umpire Doug Eddings, who was giving pitchers that corner all night.

''In my opinion it was outside,'' Jeter said. ''There's nothing you can do about it. He's not going to call the other team back onto the field and change it to a ball.''

Rodriguez got the win for Anaheim, which allowed runners all night but held the Yankees to 3-for-14 with runners in scoring position.

Anaheim, which stopped a four-game postseason losing streak, built its early lead as Pettitte struggled with his control. In addition to the homers, Benji Gil and Spiezio hit RBI singles.

Jeter got the Yankees going in the third by homering deep over the left-field wall for the second straight night.

Appier, the only Anaheim player with postseason experience coming in, gave up a bloop two-run single to rookie Juan Rivera in the fourth that glanced just off the tip of the glove of a diving Darin Erstad in center field. Johnson sped home all the way from first.

Game notes

Percival got a save and Hernandez was the loser. ... New York was 83-8 when leading after seven innings during the regular season. ... Jeter's homer was his 12th in postseason play. ... Anaheim has six homers in the first two games of the series.

How They Scored

ANAHEIM 1ST: D Eckstein flied out to left. D Erstad grounded out to shortstop. T Salmon homered to left. G Anderson struck out swinging. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 1, NY YANKEES 0.

ANAHEIM 2ND: T Glaus flied out to deep right. S Spiezio homered to left. S Wooten singled to right. B Molina singled to center, S Wooten to third. B Gil singled to center, S Wooten scored, B Molina to second. D Eckstein flied out to center. D Erstad fouled out to catcher. (2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 3, NY YANKEES 0.

ANAHEIM 3RD: T Salmon grounded out to shortstop. G Anderson singled to left center. T Glaus flied out to deep left, G Anderson to second. S Spiezio singled to center, G Anderson scored. S Wooten singled to right center, S Spiezio to second. B Molina grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, S Wooten out at second. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 4, NY YANKEES 0.

NY YANKEES 3RD: A Soriano struck out swinging. D Jeter homered to left. Ja Giambi lined out to first. B Williams grounded out to second. (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 4, NY YANKEES 1.

NY YANKEES 4TH: R Ventura singled to shallow center. J Posada flied out to right. N Johnson walked, R Ventura to second. R Mondesi popped out to first. J Rivera singled to shallow center, R Ventura and N Johnson scored, J Rivera to second advancing on throw. A Soriano grounded out to shortstop. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 4, NY YANKEES 3.

NY YANKEES 6TH: F Rodriguez relieved K Appier. N Johnson struck out swinging. R Mondesi singled to left center. J Rivera grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, R Mondesi out at second, J Rivera to second on throwing error by second baseman B Gil. A Soriano homered to left, J Rivera scored. D Jeter fouled out to right. (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Error) ANAHEIM 4, NY YANKEES 5.

ANAHEIM 8TH: G Anderson homered to right center. T Glaus homered to center. S Karsay relieved O Hernandez. S Spiezio grounded out to shortstop. S Wooten reached on infield single to shortstop. C Figgins ran for S Wooten. C Figgins stole second. B Molina singled to center, C Figgins to third. M Stanton relieved S Karsay. A Kennedy hit sacrifice fly to deep right, C Figgins scored. D Eckstein singled to center, B Molina to second. D Erstad flied out to right. (3 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 7, NY YANKEES 5.

ANAHEIM 9TH: J Vander Wal in left field. J Weaver relieved M Stanton. T Salmon grounded out to second. G Anderson singled to right. T Glaus singled to center, G Anderson to third. S Spiezio doubled to right, G Anderson scored, T Glaus to third. B Fullmer hit for C Figgins. B Fullmer intentionally walked. B Molina grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, B Fullmer out at second.(1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 8, NY YANKEES 5.

NY YANKEES 9TH: A Ochoa in right field. Ja Giambi singled to left. B Williams struck out swinging. R Ventura singled to right, Ja Giambi to third. J Posada singled to shallow left, Ja Giambi scored, R Ventura to second. E Wilson ran for J Posada. N Johnson struck out swinging. R Mondesi popped out to shortstop. (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors) ANAHEIM 8, NY YANKEES 6.

Bengie Molina stretches before the game.

Benji Gil and Darin Erstad converge on a ball.

Garret Anderson led off the 8th inning with a game tying home run.

Anderson & Glaus

Appier throws to first.

The Angels tied up the series.