Kelvim Escobar (14-6) earned the win for the Angels, the only AL team with a winning record against the Yankees in the regular season (61-54) since Joe Torre became New York’s manager in 1996.

Scioscia has a 38-22 record against the Yankees as manager. The Angels eliminated New York in the first round of the playoffs in 2002 and 2005.

Anderson’s eighth career slam came against Sean Henn in the sixth inning for an 18-5 lead. The runs were the most the Angels had ever scored against the Yankees.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the 18 runs also were the most the Yankees had allowed since a 19-6 loss to Tampa Bay on July 29 last year, and the most scored by the Angels since a 21-6 victory over Kansas City on Aug. 25, 2004.

Anderson did all his damage in the first six innings and finished 4-for-6. He hit a three-run shot in the third off Edwar Ramirez.

The Angels’ career RBI leader had a two-run double off Mussina in the first inning, and drove in another run with a double against Mussina in the second.

“It was just bad from the start, and I don’t know why because I felt good warming up,” said Mussina, who gave up seven runs and seven hits in 1 2-3 innings for his shortest outing of the season. “That goes in the top five worst games of my career right there. It was just awful. If I could explain it, I would know how to fix it. And right now I don’t.”

Anderson’s 10 RBIs were one more than Vladimir Guerrero had for the Angels against Boston in a 2004 game. Anderson’s eight career slams also are an Angels record.

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“It’s something a lot of guys wish would happen in a week — and he had it in one night,” said Yankees catcher Jose Molina, a former teammate of Anderson’s with the Angels.

“To me, he’s one of the best players I’ve ever seen with the bat, and nobody notices him when he’s in the field,” Molina added. “Everybody always wants to talk bad about him in the field, and only wants to talk good about him when he does special things like this.

“And that’s a shame.”

Wilson Betemit hit a three-run homer in the ninth off Gwyn, who pitched three innings for his first career save but was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake after the game.

Notes: The Angels recalled INF Brandon Wood from the minors. ... Los Angeles 3B Chone Figgins sprained his left wrist checking his swing on ball four from Ron Villone with the bases loaded in the third inning. Robb Quinlan replaced Figgins to begin the fourth inning. Figgins will have his wrist re-examined on Wednesday and is day-to-day. ... The Yankees are 4-11 in their last 15 games at Anaheim, including the 2005 playoffs.

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