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INDIANAPOLIS -- Tony Kanaan had one more lap, one anticlimactic last lap under the yellow caution flag, to end 12 years of frustration in the Indianapolis 500. He flipped up his visor to wipe away tears as the crowd roared its approval, and then in Victory Lane gave his bride of two months a long kiss and poured the celebratory winners milk over his head. Kanaan is Indys hard-luck loser no more. He is its champion at last, fittingly with a dose of good luck for a change. "I have to say, the last lap was the longest lap of my life," Kanaan said. It was one of Indys most popular victories. The losers were pleased with the outcome, evidenced by a scene similar to rivals lining up to congratulate Dale Earnhardt when he finally won the Daytona 500 on his 20th try. Dario Franchitti, whose crash brought out the race-ending caution, stood grinning by his crumpled car, two thumbs up as Kanaan passed under yellow. "When I saw who was leading, it cheered me up a little bit," said Franchitti, last years winner. "Hes a very, very deserving winner." The fans thought so, too, standing on their feet, screaming "TK! TK! TK!" as he and team owner Jimmy Vasser went by during the traditional victory lap. It felt magical to Kanaan, like he had given the crowd at Indianapolis Motor Speedway a gift. "It means a lot to me because so many people, I could feel that they wanted me to win, and its such a selfish thing to do because what are they getting from it?" Kanaan said. "Im the one who gets the trophy. I believed that this win was more for people out there than for me. "I wanted it all my life, but over the years I was kind of OK with the fact that I may never have the chance to win." His chance came at the end of a history-making race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where Kanaan knew he had to pounce at the green flag for the final restart with three laps to go. He did, zipping inside leader Ryan Hunter-Reay to roar to the lead -- where he wanted to be in case another caution came out. "I knew I had to get the lead on the restart because it could be a yellow, which happened to me plenty of times here, and it did," Kanaan said. "How funny is life? The yellow was my best friend." Kanaan had his fair share of chances to win at Indy, but came up short time and time again. He was leading when the rain came in 2007, only to lose to Franchitti when the race resumed. In all, Kanaan went into Sundays race with 221 laps led at Indy -- more than any non-winner except Michael Andretti and Rex Mays -- but his second-place finish to Buddy Rice in 2004 was the closest he had come to victory. He had a pair of third-place finishes, including last year, again to Franchitti. "Its wonderful for him," said Mario Andretti, himself a victim of bad luck at Indy. "Hes raced here long enough that he deserves it, no question." The win for Kanaan and car owner Vasser was celebrated throughout the paddock. Alex Zanardi, who came from Italy to watch the race and gave Kanaan one of his 2012 London Paralympics medals as good luck, wept behind the pit wall as Kanaan took the checkered flag. "I tell you Im starting to think (the medal) really works," said Zanardi, who lost his legs in a 2001 crash in Germany. "Its a dream come true to see Tony win, to see Jimmy Vasser win, my dear friend. Im so happy, Im so happy." It was Vasser who brought Zanardis medal to Kanaan before the race, telling his driver that Zanardi wanted him to rub it for good luck. "I actually cuddled with the thing," Kanaan admitted. Vasser, caught in the middle as a driver during the political fighting in open-wheel racing, only got the chance to run Indy eight times in his career and not during his prime. He had goose-bumps on the celebratory lap with Kanaan as the crowd chanted the drivers name. "I never won it as a driver. In fact, I couldnt win it as a driver," Vasser said, "so I had to hire the right guy to do it, get a baby Borg on my shelf," referring to the winners Borg-Warner trophy. It will be one adorned with Kanaans likeness, and the driver joked he could finally "put my big nose on that trophy." Fellow Brazilian Helio Castroneves, like Franchitti shooting for a record-tying fourth Indy win, was happy for his long-time friend. "Finally hes able to win this race. Hes so close so many times, but the good news is the good old boys are still able to run fast," Castroneves said. Carlos Munoz, a 21-year-old rookie making his first IndyCar start, finished second and Hunter-Reay was third. "T.K. is such a fan favourite, absolutely, its great to see him win it. If anybody is going to win it in the field, hes one of the few Id like to see other than myself," Hunter-Reay said. "We were leading on that last restart, I knew I was a sitting duck, and I wasnt too bummed about it because I knew we had enough laps to get it going again and have a pass back. Maybe I would be third on the last lap, which is where I wanted to be." Only there was no racing on the last lap. Franchitti brought out the caution seconds after Kanaan passed Hunter-Reay for the last of 68 lead changes -- exactly double last years record. On the final lap, the leaders came to the finish line all bunched up around Kanaan, saluting the IndyCar stalwart who had longed to add the final missing piece to his resume. That was about as slow as anyone had driven all day. The average speed was 187.433 mph, another Indy record. Marco Andretti finished fourth, failing to win for the eighth time, and Justin Wilson was fifth in the highest-finishing Honda on a day that was dominated by Chevrolet. Castroneves was sixth. Pole-sitter Ed Carpenter led a race-high 37 laps and finished 10th. James Hinchcliffe of Oakville, Ont., and Alex Tagliani of Lachenaie, Que., finished 21st and 24th, respectively. "It was a bad day all around. I feel bad for my teammates," said Hinchcliffe, who led the race three times for a total of seven laps. "We were running right at the front there and a (caution) may have cost us a chance at the win. Theres nothing really to say about our day. It was a non-factor. We were a non-event. Im really disappointed." Tagliani said his day was over when he made contact with the wall. "I got on the outside and I touched the gray and the car slid," he said. "When you do a lot of laps, the marbles accumulate and I touched the marbles and I tagged the wall with the rear a bit -- just enough to bend the suspension and we had to change it. We lost a bunch of laps." For a time, it appeared the win would go to AJ Allmendinger, who led 23 laps in his Indy debut for Roger Penske. Fired by Penske from his NASCAR ride last year after failing a NASCAR drug test, Penske gave him a second chance with this IndyCar opportunity. Seven years after leaving open-wheel racing, Allmendinger finally ran "The Greatest Spectacle in Racing" and was leading when his seat belt came undone, forcing him to pit. It put Allmendinger off the pit cycle, and he was forced to stop for gas twice far in advance of the rest of the field. It meant Allmendinger had to drive his way back to the front each time, and he finally sputtered out at seventh. "Ill be honest, pretty special moment to be leading at Indy," he said. "My body kind of went numb, my mind was racing and I could feel my heart beating really fast, and thats a special moment Ill never forget." A year after 34 lead changes and a frantic finish created what many considered the best Indy ever, IndyCar had its hands full trying to top itself. 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Romero appeared to elbow and kick Houston defender Kofi Sarkodie.ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Cliff Pennington isnt known for his big hits. In a game that had plenty of key ones for both teams, it was the utility infielder who came up with the biggest.Pennington hit a go-ahead triple in the eighth inning, Albert Pujols slugged his 22nd home run and the Los Angeles Angels came back twice to beat the Seattle Mariners 7-6 on Tuesday night and end an 11-game losing streak.With two outs in the eighth, Jefry Marte turned on a 97 mph fastball from Arquimedes Caminero (2-3) and drove it into the stands to tie the game at 6-6. Jett Bandy kept the inning alive with a single, and Pennington pulled a line drive into the corner for just his second triple since 2014 to score Bandy easily.It felt really good, Pennington said. It hadnt been a great night up until that point. It was nice to get the big hitPennington had been hitless in his three prior at-bats and made a costly error that resulted in a run in the seventh inning. But his clutch hit and a double play in the ninth helped erase the misplay from his memory.Were tied up, so to get the hit and score a run was (big), Pennington said. But the double play was huge.Fernando Salas pitched a scoreless ninth for his third save, and Brett Oberholtzer (3-2) earned the win with a scoreless eighth.It was a slow-paced game but we felt like we were in control for most of it, Mariners manager Scott Servais said. Caminero has been awesome since hes been here and somehow he gets through Mike Trout and Albert Pujols. I dont think he let up or anything but give Marte credit, he turned around a 97-98 mph fastball and then it got away from us. Tough loss, weve been playing very good baseball.The Angels 11-game streak tied a franchise worst and was the longest such streak in 17 years.Its good to see these guys kind of exhale a little bit, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. Its obviously nice to get a win, but we need to continue to get better and keep moving forward.The Mariners went ahead in the seventh when reliever J.C. Ramirez threw two wild pitches and overthrew first base on a routine groundout.An error by Pennington put Robinson Cano on base and Ramirez then walked Nelson Cruz. With Kyle Seager batting, Ramirez threw his wild pitches, allowing Cano to come home and tie the game and Cruz to reach third. Cruz scored when Ramirez threw Mike Zuninos grounder past Marte at first base.J.C. has that power stuff that yoou want to match up against guys, Scioscia said.dddddddddddd We got a little sloppy and started off with an error but you still have confidence that hes going to get out of the inning. And he did that, but unfortunately he gave up a lead.Down 4-1 in the sixth, Ariel Miranda, who started in place of the injured James Paxton, walked Kole Calhoun and Trout before being relieved by Nick Vincent. Vincent left a 1-2 fastball up for Pujols, who hit it well over the wall in left-center.Pujols, baseballs active home run leader with 582, is now one shy of tying former teammate Mark McGwire for 10th on the career list.Vincent, who played college baseball at nearby Long Beach State, gave up a home run to Bandy two batters later that put the Angels up 5-4.Our bullpen has been outstanding, Servais said. But they just didnt quite it done tonight.The Mariners scored three runs in the second inning to go up 4-1. After Cano scored on a single by Cruz with two outs in the fifth, Jhoulys Chacin was removed for Jose Valdez after being charged with four earned runs in 5 2/3 innings.TRAINERS ROOMMariners: LHP Paxton was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a bruised elbow, retroactive Aug. 8, the date he was hit with a line drive. Servais said Paxton will throw a bullpen in Anaheim on Thursday, followed by a few simulated innings before making a return next week.Angels: RHP Huston Street has been throwing and his knee is being evaluated and tested to see if hes making progress. Street was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Aug. 1 with right knee inflammation. ... RHP Cam Bedrosian is progressing but has not yet been cleared to throw. Bedrosian was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Aug. 9 with right middle finger tendinitis.UP NEXTMariners: RHP Cody Martin was recalled from Triple-A Tacoma and will make his third major league start on Wednesday. Martin is 1-2 with a 2.70 ERA in five relief appearances with the Mariners this season and 9-7 with a 3.93 ERA in 23 games (18 starts) in Triple-A this season.Angels: LHP Tyler Skaggs will make his fifth start since returning from Tommy John surgery. Skaggs lost his first decision of the season Friday in Cleveland. Hes 1-1 with a 4.37 ERA this season and 0-1 with a 5.21 ERA in three starts against the Mariners. ' ' '