By Beth Harris
The Associated Press

ANAHEIM, Calif. - In Hollywood, Michael Eisner would have shouted "Get me rewrite!" if a script of the Anaheim Angels' amazing finish against the Minnesota Twins had landed on his desk.

The chairman and chief executive officer of The Walt Disney Co., which owns the World Series-bound team, said he wouldn't have believed a story that started with the Angels' franchise-worst 6-14 start and included their 10-run rally in the seventh inning Sunday night.

"I'd say, 'No, no, no. Let's go back and make this more realistic. That's too Disneyesque,"' Eisner said.

It all added up to the Angels beating the Twins 13-5 for the American League championship. Anaheim advanced to the World Series for the first time in its 42-year history.

"The team metaphor is something I believe in," Eisner said. "Usually it's a metaphor for the other players' team, but in this case, we have a team that actually acts like a perfect team."

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MAKING HISTORY: The Angels added their name to several lines in baseball's postseason record book.

They beat the Twins 4-1 in the best-of-seven ALCS, becoming the first team to win four straight games in an LCS after losing the opener.

Only four other teams have rallied from a 1-0 deficit to win a best-of-seven series with four consecutive victories, and each time it happened in the World Series. Baltimore did it in 1983, New York in 1969, St. Louis in 1942 and Boston in 1915.

"They battled the whole way," Anaheim manager Mike Scioscia said. "I couldn't feel better for a group of guys anywhere than how hard our team's played this year to reach this level. I congratulate them."

Anaheim's Adam Kennedy went 4-for-4 with 13 total bases, an ALCS record. Kansas City's George Brett had 12 in Game 3 of the 1978 ALCS against New York. Kennedy is the third player in LCS history to hit three homers in a game, joining Bob Robertson of Pittsburgh in 1971 and Brett in '78.

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HE SAID SO: Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire knew the Angels were legitimate contenders when the Oakland Athletics won 20 in a row in September.

"I said a long time ago, when Oakland got finished with their streak and these guys were two games out, that these guys were for real. They've chased them all year long, never gave up," he said of the Angels.

"You compare them to all the other lions and tigers in this game, they've got big hearts, never stop playing. They've got big clutch hitters and they've got some big-game pitchers and they've got a bullpen second-to-none," he said.

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GOING DEEP: The Angels have hit 17 homers so far in the postseason, including a record 14 solo shots.

The old mark of 12 solo homers was shared by the 1995 Atlanta Braves, 1996 Baltimore Orioles and 1989 Oakland Athletics.

The Angels will be shooting for the major league record of 19 total homers in the postseason, set by the '95 Braves, when they open the World Series on Saturday at Edison Field.

Second baseman Adam Kennedy had three homers in Sunday's clinching game.

"He whacked the ball all day," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "We made some bad pitches. He did what you're supposed to with them."

The Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., has requested Kennedy's 34-inch Louisville Slugger bat used to hit the three homers.

"This is the best one ever," Kennedy said about his effort.

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HIT PARADE: Hits were busting out all over for the Angels in the seventh inning.

Trailing 5-3, Anaheim scored 10 runs on 10 hits off four Minnesota pitchers in the inning and went on to a 13-5 victory.

"They just kept coming," Twins first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz said. "When you come up short, it hurts. You just realize you ran into a buzzsaw. When nine guys get hot, it's tough to win."

Anaheim's 10 runs tied the postseason record set by the Philadelphia Athletics in the seventh inning of the 1929 World Series against the Chicago Cubs, and by the Detroit Tigers in the third inning of the 1968 World Series against St. Louis.

"Ninety percent of that inning was the fans," Anaheim reliever Troy Percival said. "They kept everything going."

The teams combined for a postseason-record 13 runs in the seventh.

"That was a long inning," Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire said. "You couldn't do anything, you just had to sit there and watch."

After Adam Kennedy and Scott Spiezio homered earlier in the game, the Angels switched to "small ball" in the seventh, using mostly singles to move runners. The exception was Kennedy's third homer of the game, a three-run shot that triggered the scoring outburst.

"What a clutch player," Percival said. "It's a team effort from the top to bottom. They move runners over, knowing the next guy is going to do it."

The Angels also were helped by a bases-loaded walk and a wild pitch by J.C. Romero.

Anaheim has been explosive in its first postseason appearance in 16 years.

The Angels scored five runs in the eighth Saturday night, highlighted by Brad Fullmer's two-run double and a two-run triple by Bengie Molina. They won 7-1.

Against the New York Yankees, the Angels produced eight runs on 10 hits in the fifth inning of Game 4 to clinch the AL division series. Shawn Wooten led off with a homer and Molina hit a two-run double.