ANAHEIM -- The game began with Mike Napoli crossing home plate after his first career grand slam. It ended with him backtracking, shielding his eyes from the sun, fighting the wind, and tumbling behind the plate, clinging to the final out of the game. This ballet dance only earned him jeers from the peanut gallery in his own dugout.

In between Napoli’s drives and dives, the Angels got five shutout innings from starter Dustin Moseley until he tired in the sixth, three additional home runs, and a three-man bullpen effort that yielded one run in the final three innings to lead the Angels to a 9-5 victory over the Indians Wednesday in the series finale before 36,168 at Angel Stadium.

Napoli’s grand slam in the second inning against former Angels pitcher Paul Byrd put the current Angels at ease. Byrd made it easier by doing everything but walking to the plate and placing the ball upon a tee. Garret Anderson and Casey Kotchman followed with solo home runs in the third inning to build a 6-0 lead, a comfortable enough margin for Moseley (1-1) to survive a rough sixth inning in which he gave up all four runs the Indians scored against him.

In a game during which the Angels (6-4) knew they were without closer Francisco Rodriguez, who was unavailable to pitch because of what the team announced after the game has been diagnosed as a sprained right ankle, those early runs were important.

The team's string of 163 consecutive victories when leading after eight innings ended Tuesday night, so the home runs on a windy day in which the teams combined to hit six homers were a welcome addition.

“I think (Napoli’s) grand slam really helped relax us and set the tempo for getting deeper into the game,” manager Mike Scioscia said.

Vladimir Guerrero added a home run for the second consecutive game, which helped the Angels’ bullpen trio of Darren Oliver, Scot Shields and Justin Speier finish. Shields needed 26 pitches to get through an eighth inning in which he allowed one run on a double that Torii Hunter couldn't see because he lost it in the sun. Speier got two quick outs in the ninth inning before hitting Travis Hafner with a pitch. Speier got a dirty look from Hafner, who calmly took first base. Ryan Garko followed with a single, but Speier got Jhonny Peralta to pop up to Napoli in foul territory for the final out.

Scioscia has probably hit thousands of pop-ups behind the plate to catchers in drills, so he appreciated the difficulty Napoli experienced navigating the wind and sun. But truth be told, Napoli’s snow-cone catch was icing on the cake.

“I liked the grand slam better,” Scioscia said. “But that was a difficult catch to make because the sun was tough all day and the wind blew that ball back from the stands.”

So Napoli stood in front of a crowd of reporters and was heckled by the peanut gallery, namely, his pitchers. The sun also got to Hunter, who has won seven consecutive Gold Glove awards.

To finish the game in which he hit his first career grand slam and drove in a career-high four runs, Napoli laughed off his pitchers when it was done. “It was not good form, I guess,” he said, “But it was an out.”

Outs were what Moseley got in a performance that Scioscia liked. Moseley improved to 3-0 lifetime against Cleveland, the team he beat in his Major League debut in 2006. Scioscia and pitching coach Mike Butcher said Moseley succeeded in pitching aggressively and working with his entire arsenal.

“He pitched well against a really good lineup,” Scioscia said. “Outside of the sixth inning, where he made some mistakes, he had really good stuff.”

Moseley, who is very similar in style to Byrd (0-2), attacked hitters, and it paid off for him. He said he thought he should have gotten through the sixth inning unscathed, but was mad at himself on the home runs hit by Peralta and especially the No. 9 hitter, catcher Kelly Shoppach, whose two-run shot cut the lead to 6-4.

“I had to really bear down and try to slow myself down in some spots,” Moseley said. “If I had located two pitches better in the sixth inning, I would have been out of it.”

At least Moseley didn't suffer Byrd's indignity. Byrd allowed six runs in three innings, and of the five hits he gave up, three were home runs.

“Eighty five (mph) that's got life on it, it cuts, it slides, it’s sneaky,” Byrd said. “Then there's 85 that is batting practice. It looks like it’s on a tee.”