ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Los Angeles Angels hitting coach Don Baylor broke his right leg while catching Vladimir Guerreros ceremonial first pitch Monday night. Baylor will have surgery Tuesday on his right femur. The injury cast a pall over opening day at Angel Stadium. Baylor, who joined the Angels coaching staff in the off-season, had to be helped off the field after squatting to catch Guerreros off-target throw. Baylor was taken to a hospital before the Angels 10-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners. "Our thoughts and prayers are with Don right now," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "Obviously its a freak (injury). Well see how it turns out." Baylor couldnt stand up after Guerreros throw, his right leg bending awkwardly beneath him while he was held up by Guerrero, who initially thought Baylor was kidding around. Two team employees helped Baylor to the dugout, leaving the Angels in disbelief on the field. "It got me sick when I was warming up and hearing what happened in the dugout," said Mike Trout, who hit a two-run homer in the first inning. The 64-year-old Baylor is a survivor of multiple myeloma, a cancer that attacks bone marrow. He was diagnosed with the cancer in 2003, and he is active in fundraising efforts to combat the disease. Baylor, the former manager of the Rockies and Cubs, left the Arizona Diamondbacks in the off-season to return to Anaheim, where he played six seasons with the California Angels. He replaced Jim Eppard as the Angels hitting coach last October. Los Angeles also hired assistant hitting coach Dave Hansen, who was the Mariners hitting coach last season. Baylor and Guerrero are the only AL MVPs in Angels franchise history. Baylor won the award in 1979 during arguably the best season of his 19-year major league career with seven teams. Guerrero threw the ceremonial first pitch to celebrate his retirement with the Angels on a one-day contract. 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Birmingham was ahead of Blackpool only on goal difference, while Wolverhampton Wanderers stayed up despite losing 3-2 to Blackburn after Canadian forward David (Junior) Hoilett scored the winner. Wigan climbed three places and finished three points clear of danger after Hugo Rodallegas 78th-minute goal secured a 1-0 win at Stoke. "Weve been at the bottom all season and on the final day we get this," Wigan owner Dave Whelan said. "You could tell from our fans when they started cheering that Manchester United or Tottenham had scored." The loss of television revenue means that relegation costs a club about 40 million pounds (US$65 million), but Whelan said that was not his main concern. "Its not the money, I promise you," Whelan said. "Its staying in the Premier League." Blackpool was never expected to even be in the Premier League but threw off its tag of favourite for relegation to the third tier to win last seasons promotion playoffs. It slipped toward the bottom of the standings over the second half of this season but looked likely to stay around for another year when it recovered from Park Ji-sungs 21st-minute opener at Old Trafford. Charlie Adam curled in a 20-metre free kick in the 40th and, 17 minutes later, Gary Taylor-Fletcher rounded off a flowing move with a neat side-foot finish to the far post. Although Anderson equalized in the 62nd, a draw was good enough at that point to keep Blackpool up because of results elsewhere. But defender Ian Evatt, who played in all 38 of Blackpools Premier League matches, scored a 74th-minute own goal when he diverted a cross past his own goalkeeper. Rodallega put Wigan ahead at Stoke moments later with a goal that left Blackpool needing either victory or an equalizer combined with a heavy defeat for Wolves. 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United, which plays Barcelona at Wembley in Saturdays Champions League final, was presented with the Premier League trophy after beating Blackpool. Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar captained United on his last Premier League appearance before retiring at the end of the season. A week after clinching a record 19th English championship, United finished with 80 points -- the fewest for a Premier League champion since 2001. Chelsea finished nine points behind after losing 1-0 at Everton, ahead of Manchester City only on goal difference after the FA Cup winner won 2-0 at Bolton. Arsenal avoided losing three straight for the first time in three years but was three points further back in fourth after securing a 2-2 draw at Fulham only through Theo Walcotts 89th-minute goal. While the top three automatically qualify for next years Champions League, the Gunners now face a playoff to enter the lucrative tournament. 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