KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) closed the book on the 2009 Major League Baseball season by honoring some of the games' biggest and brightest stars with awards named for Negro League legends at the 10th Annual Legacy Awards.

Juan Rivera hit a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning Friday that lifted the Los Angeles Angels to a 5-4 inter-league win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Angels overcame a 4-1 deficit to win their seventh straight game.

Yuniesky Betancourt's 10th-inning sacrifice fly Saturday lifted the Seattle Mariners to a 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Los Angeles Angels. Betancourt's one out game-winner came after a dramatic three-run ninth-inning homer by Jose Lopez off Angels' closer Brian Fuentes created a 3-3 tie and sent the contest into extra innings. Adrian Beltre had three hits and Russell Branyan two for the Mariners, who have won three in a row. The winner after a scoreless ninth was reliever Miguel Batista (3-1). David Aardsma earned his eighth save. Erick Aybar, Gary Matthews Jr.

Joe Saunders and two relievers combined on a six-hitter Wednesday, carrying the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-0 win over Seattle. Saunders (6-2), who allowed a season-high seven runs in his previous outing, threw 101 pitches while giving up four hits over seven innings.

The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim banged out 14 hits Tuesday en route to a 6-5 win over Seattle. Matt Palmer (5-0) remained undefeated for the season, thanks in large part to the bullpen, which held the host Mariners scoreless in the final three innings and earned Brian Fuentes save No.