2B Johnny Giavotella was sent outright to Triple-A Norfolk. Giavotella had been designated for assignment Aug. 1 to make room for INF Tim Beckham, who was acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday. Giavotella went 1-for-10 in seven games and made a pair of starts.

2B Johnny Giavotella was designated for assignment to make room for INF Tim Beckham, who was acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday. Giavotella went 1-for-10 in seven games and made a pair of starts.

INF Johnny Giavotella was designated for assignment by the Baltimore Orioles. Giavotella appeared in 14 games with the Orioles, collecting two hits in 26 at-bats.

The Baltimore Orioles added new acquisition Tim Beckham to the 25-man roster on Tuesday. Beckham was acquired from the Tampa Bay Rays before Monday's non-waiver trade deadline in exchange for minor league right-hander Tobias Myers. Baltimore designated infielder Johnny Giavotella for assignment to clear a roster spot for Beckham.The 27-year-old Beckham was hitting .259 with 12 home runs and 36 RBIs in 87 games for the Rays. The No. 1 overall selection by Tampa Bay in the 2008 amateur draft, he lost playing time after Tampa Bay traded for shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria.Giavotella appeared in 14 games with the Orioles, collecting two hits in 26 at-bats.

INF Johnny Giavotella was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk before the game. Giavotella took the roster spot vacated when LHP Jayson Aquino was optioned following Wednesday's game. INF David Washington was designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for Giavotella, who hit .306 in Triple-A. He's hit .256 in 353 major league games.

2B Johnny Giavotella was outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake on Monday. The Angels designated Giavotella for assignment Aug. 20. Giavotella had been the Angels' staring second baseman from the beginning of last season through Aug. 14. In 99 games this year, Giavotella batted .260 with 20 doubles, six home runs, 31 RBIs and 44 runs scored.

2B Johnny Giavotella was not in the starting lineup Friday against Boston despite going 9-for-15 in his previous four games. Giavotella is 2-for-12 in his career against Red Sox starter Rick Porcello. INF Gregorio Petit, who had never faced Porcello, started in Giavotella's place and went 0-for-3.

2B Johnny Giavotella logged his second consecutive three-hit game Wednesday at Kansas City. Giavotella, a 2008 second-round pick of the Royals, has 19 career games with three or more hits, including six this season.

2B Johnny Giavotella extended his hitting streak to nine games with his eighth-inning home run. He is batting .412 (14-for-34) during his streak and has four home runs in his last seven games. His six home runs are a career high.

2B Johnny Giavotella extended his hitting streak to eight games Sunday, going 2-for-4 in a 2-0 victory against Oakland. He is batting .406 during that span with 13 hits in 32 at-bats. He had his 17th multi-hit game of the season Sunday.

2B Johnny Giavotella hit a solo home run and scored twice Saturday in a 7-1 victory against Oakland. Giovotella lined a home run to left with two outs off A's RHP Ryan Dull in the fourth inning. The home run was Giovotella's career-high fifth of the season, surpassing his total for last season, and third of the week. He extended his hitting streak to seven games.

2B Johnny Giavotella is hitting .385 (10 for 26) in his last six games, including a 1-for-5 performance Wednesday against the Twins. The stretch includes a streak in which Giavotella had hits in six consecutive at-bats. The Angels' record for hits in consecutive at-bats is nine, held by C Bengie Molina.

2B Johnny Giavotella doubled in his final at-bat Sunday against the Indians, had a homer, double and two singles Monday, and homered in his first at-bat Tuesday, the last two games against the Twins. His streak of hits in six consecutive at-bats ended in his second at-bat Tuesday when he grounded into a double play.

2B Johnny Giavotella has hit safely in 17 of his past 18 games after going 1-for-4 and scoring a run during the Angels' 5-1 win over the Tigers on Monday night. Giavotella, who established a career best with a 12-game hitting streak earlier this month, has now hit in five successive games. Giavotella's .348 average for May ranks second among American League second basemen.

2B Johnny Giavotella has hit in 16 of 17 games after going 1-for-6 in Sunday's 8-6 loss to the Houston Astros in 13 innings. Giavotella lined a single of 3B Luis Valbuena's glove in the second inning and drove in a run with a squeeze bunt in the seventh. But Giavotella struck out with runners in scoring position in the ninth, 11th and 13th innings.

2B Johnny Giavotella continued his torrid hitting Saturday night. Giavotella has hits in 15 of 16 games after going 1-for-3 in a 4-2 loss to the Houston Astros. In 23 games this month, Giavotella is batting .375 (30-for-80), raising his average from .182 to .292.

2B Johnny Giavotella continued his torrid hitting Saturday night. Giavotella has hits in 15 of 16 games after going 1-for-3 in a 4-2 loss to the Houston Astros. In 23 games this month, Giavotella is batting .375 (30-for-80), raising his average from .182 to .292.

2B Johnny Giavotella had three hits a day after snapping his 12-game hitting streak. Giavotella is batting .407 (22-for-54) in his past 14 games.

2B Johnny Giavotella had his 12-game hitting streak snapped while going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in the Angels' 4-1 loss to Texas on Tuesday. Giavotella hit .413 during the streak and is hitting .338 for the month. His strikeout for the third out in the sixth against Texas lefty Martin Perez ended the best offensive opportunity for the Angels, who had runners at the corners with no outs but failed to score.

INF Johnny Giavotella extended his career-best hitting streak to 12 games after going 2-for-4 in Los Angeles' 2-0 victory over Texas on Monday night. Giavotella is hitting .413 with five doubles, a home run and eight RBIs during the streak. May has been good to him, too, after a slow April. Giavotella has hit at a .358 clip in the first 23 days of this month.