ANAHEIM, Calif. - Rookie sensation Mike Trout hit a go-ahead homer and scored from first base on a single as the Los Angeles Angels rallied from an early five-run deficit against Chad Billingsley to beat the Dodgers 8-5 Friday night in the opener of the seasons second Freeway Series. Dan Haren (5-7) allowed five runs, nine hits and three walks over five innings with five strikeouts. Ernesto Frieri, the fifth Angels pitcher, worked a hitless ninth for his eighth save in eight chances. Bobby Abreu hit a three-run homer on the first pitch he saw in his return to Angel Stadium with the Dodgers. But it wasnt enough for Billingsley (4-6), who gave up six runs and 10 hits in five innings. The right-hander is 1-5 with a 5.36 ERA in seven career starts against the Angels, who had hit only two homers off him in 42 1-3 career innings prior to Trouts clout. This was the fourth time in the last five regular-season meetings between the Dodgers and Angels that the game turned on a tiebreaking home run. The Dodgers totalled four runs over their previous four games, including a three-game sweep by Oakland. But Abreu gave Billingsley a great head start in the first inning with a towering drive far back into the elevated seats in right field after singles by Jerry Hairston Jr. and Andre Ethier. The Dodgers extended the margin to 5-0 in the second with RBI singles from Hairston and Rivera. But Billingsley couldnt hold it, and the Angels fought back with three runs in the bottom half on Alberto Callaspos RBI double, Howie Kendricks sacrifice fly and Erick Aybars RBI groundout. Callaspo led off the fourth with a single and scored on Aybars triple. Bobby Wilson followed with a suicide squeeze that eventually scored Aybar, who slid past the plate while catcher A.J. Ellis missed the tag. Umpire Dale Scott remained an interested spectator until Aybar casually walked back and stepped on the dish, then gave the "safe" sign. Trout, who entered second in the AL with a .338 average, drove Billingsleys next pitch to left-centre for his seventh homer and a 6-5 Angels lead. It could have been worse for Billingsley, but Ethier displayed his Gold Glove form in the fifth by robbing Kendrick of a two-run double with a leaping catch against the 18-foot wall for the third out. Torii Hunter drove in the Angels final two runs against Jamey Wright, with Trout winging it all the way from first behind Wilson after Hunter singled to right field on a 3-2 pitch with two outs. NOTES: Billingsley hasnt gone longer than seven innings since his season debut, when he allowed three hits over 8 1-3 innings in a 6-0 win at San Diego. He has completed seven innings in only three of his 14 starts since then. ... 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PHILADELPHIA -- The 76ers found the fresh start at home they wanted. Jrue Holiday scored 30 points, Thaddeus Young had 18 points and 12 rebounds and the Philadelphia 76ers snapped a five-game losing streak with a 107-100 win over the Houston Rockets on Saturday night. Jason Richardson scored 16 points for the Sixers, who finally return home for a lengthy stint as they try to play their way back into the Eastern Conference playoff race. The Sixers opened a stretch of 12 home games in the next 13 and hope they can start to offset a miserable 2-6 road trip that stretched over the new year. They played 12 of 15 on the road dating back to Dec. 14. "No excuses, youve got to play all 82," coach Doug Collins said. "But when theyre bunched like that, its tough. Over the holidays. We spent Christmas on the road. We spent New Years on the road. Thats not easy. People forget they do have families and they have to give that up." The road woes are one reason the Sixers are only 6-16 after a nice 10-6 start to the season. But its turned into crunch time quickly for the Sixers as they as try and get back to .500 in the next month before the hopeful return of injured centre Andrew Bynum. James Harden led the Rockets with 29 points and Chandler Parsons had 23. Jeremy Lin missed 11 of 13 shots for seven points en route to Houstons third straight loss. "Every team goes through some adversity and were going through some a little bit right now," coach Kevin McHale said. "We didnt win. Weve got to find a way to win." Led by 24 points from Holiday, the energetic Sixers built a 14-point lead in the third quarter, and found an offensive touch theyve missed for most of the season. The Sixers entered 27th in the NBA in scoring (92.2 points) and regularly failed to even reach 90 points over the last six weeks. Spencer Hawes hit a jumper early in the fourth to make it 91-82 -- the first time in six games the Sixers had scored more than 89 points. The Sixers didnt break 89 in either of their two games before a 103-99 win over the Lakers on Jan. 1. The cushion almost wasnt enough once Harden tried to take over. Collins called Harden a legitimate MVP candidate and the Houston guard showed why in the fourth. He scored six straight points, inclluding the play of the game, going between his legs in transition and drawing a foul on a bucket over three defenders.dddddddddddd Hardens three-point play pulled Houston to 96-93. For once, the stumbling Sixers didnt break in the waning minutes. Evan Turner, who scored 12 points, fed a long pass to Young for a big dunk on the break and a seven-point lead. The Rockets missed eight straight shots from the field to lose control of their comeback. Harden fumbled the ball with a minute a left and Young was there to pick it up and fire to Holiday, who took one look over his shoulder and put in the easy layup for a 104-94 lead. Holiday sank two free throws to hit the 30-point mark, falling three points shy of matching his career high set in November against Phoenix. He made 11 of 22 shots, sank all seven attempts from the free-throw line and had nine assists (with six turnovers). "We needed it," Holiday said. "Going into this home stretch, getting the first one is huge. Home court is big. Its crucial. On the road, we didnt do what we wanted to do. Weve got to come here and try and win at home." Houstons cold stretch was uncharacteristic of a team that was second in the NBA in scoring (105.60 points) behind Oklahoma City. The Rockets only shot 30 per cent from 3-point range (8 of 32) and had no answer to stop Holiday en route to their third straight loss. "Teams are getting out to some good leads on us and we try and fight back," Harden said. "We get it back to a two- or three-point game and then run out of energy." Collins has noted this teams missing energy to open second halves over the last month. Against Houston, they started slow, trailing by 11 before ending the quarter on a 20-6 run. Turner scored 12 points in the second quarter to help the Sixers take a 58-50 lead into halftime. The Sixers held on to avoid a season-high losing streak and win for only the fourth time in 17 games. NOTES: The Sixers are 15-0 with a lead at the start of the fourth quarter. ... The Sixers play Tuesday at Milwaukee for their only road game until Feb. 13. ... Holidays great game could have been two points better. He had a jumper at the buzzer to end the third waved off after a review. ... Parsons and Harden combined to miss 13 of 16 3-point attempts. ' ' '