ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) Scott Spiezio and Garret Anderson hit consecutive homers, and Kevin Appier pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning as the Anaheim Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 7-0 Monday night.

The Angels' third straight victory and 11th shutout of the season increased their lead in the AL wild card race to a full game over Boston and 2½ games over Oakland. Anaheim trails Seattle by two games in the West.

Appier (10-9) struck out three and walked four in 6 2-3 innings against Detroit, last in the AL in walks, runs, homers and on-base percentage.

He gave up a two-out single and two walks in the seventh before Al Levine struck out Brandon Inge.

Levine and Steve Shields combined to finish the four-hitter, sending the Tigers to their seventh shutout.

The Tigers tied a season high with three errors and raised their season total to a major league-leading 102, surpassing the New York Mets.

Mark Redman (7-10) was charged with six runs - five earned - and nine hits in four-plus innings, failing to retire any of the four batters he faced during a five-run fifth that increased Anaheim's lead to 7-0. It was the first time in seven starts that Redman surrendered more than two runs.

Spiezio followed Darin Erstad's leadoff triple off the glove of right fielder Robert Fick with his seventh homer on the next pitch. Anderson then homered into the right field seats for his 20th of the season and 88th RBI.

Redman walked his last batter, Troy Glaus, and Shawn Wooten greeted reliever Adam Bernero with a single. Benji Gil followed with what appeared to be a double-play grounder to third, but second baseman Damian Jackson missed a perfect throw from Chris Truby, allowing Glaus to score from second. Alex Ochoa capped the rally with an RBI single.

The Angels opened the scoring in the first with a leadoff triple by David Eckstein, followed by Erstad's sacrifice fly. They added another run in the third when Spiezio singled, took third on Anderson's double down the right-field line and continued home as Fick misplayed the ball in the corner for his fifth error.

Notes: Anderson is leading the Angels in home runs and RBIs and batting average (.313). The only players in club history to lead the team in all three categories while playing in at least 100 games were Wally Joyner (1987), Rick Reichardt (1968) and Chili Davis - who played in 108 games during the strike-shortened 1994 season. ... Redman, who has the second-worst run support in the AL, is 0-3 lifetime against Anaheim with a 6.26 ERA. His 10-1 loss to the Angels on May 15 was the last of his six straight losing decisions to start the season (eight starts). ... Tigers RHP Julio Santana underwent an MRI on Monday to determine the severity of his sore elbow, the results of which won't be known until Tuesday morning. ... Angels RF Tim Salmon missed his second game after getting hit on the left hand Saturday by a pitch from Toronto's Steve Parris.

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