ANAHEIM -- As soon as Eric Young Jr. made contact with the ball and sent it flying toward the right-field bleachers for his first home run in three years, the veteran utility man thought of his family.
It has been a trying year for Young, whose baby son, Eric Young III, died in January after being born 11 weeks premature. The tragic loss added special meaning to Young's go-ahead homer, which snapped a 1-1 tie in the eighth inning and lifted the Angels to a 2-1 victory over the Braves in Wednesday night's series finale at Angel Stadium.