Giavotella scored on a sacrifice fly by Calhoun.
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Albert Pujols, even at 36 years old, is still an RBI machine for the Los Angeles Angels.
Way more than he needed.
Pujols drove in two with a bases-loaded single during a four-run first, then added RBI singles in the seventh and ninth innings.
“I thought early on that he had good command, had good life on his fastball and was hitting spots”, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. “He mixed his pitches up well”. It was one of six times this season a player has reached safely, by hit or walk, six times, and the Angels have two of them.
LHP Tyler Skaggs, who has not appeared in a big league game since July 31, 2014, and undergoing Tommy John surgery, will start Tuesday for the Angels. As the game went on I think he got a little bit exhausted. “I started relaxing after that”.
The left-hander, who had elbow surgery in August 2014, had his fastball clocked in the 91-95 miles per hour range. “He was very impressive”. Escobar speared a Salvador Perez line drive, and Calhoun doubled Paulo Orlando off second base and dived gracefully to catch a Morales flare. The Royals have been outscored 73-51 in the first inning after allowing only 68 first-inning runs previous year.
Calhoun drove in another run in the fourth with a groundout.
Perez led off the sixth with his fifth homer.
Joakim Soria (4-4) picked up the victory by throwing a scoreless seventh inning.
The Angels sent 13 men to the plate in a seven-run ninth.
“Anytime I have to come in and pitch, it’s never a fun time”, Butera said. “It’s an unfortunate situation. I just hoped to keep us in the game as long as possible and I wanted to go through six innings and hand the ball off”. He went 0-for-3. Mondesi, who hit.400 in his last nine games with the Storm Chasers, made his big league debut in the 2015 World Series as a pinch hitter. He served a 50-game suspension this season for testing positive for a banned substance.
The Royals optioned utilityman Whit Merrifield to Omaha. Merrifield hit.317 in his first 34 games, but only.169 in his last 19 games, including going 1 for 17 after the All-Star break. Bedrosian has not permitted a run in his past 22 games, covering 20 2/3 innings.
Angels: Dr. David Altchek confirmed the initial diagnosis of RHP Nick Tropeano’s ligament tear in his right elbow. Angels OF Shane Robinson, who went on the disabled list July 6 with a right ankle sprain, begins a minor league rehab assignment Thursday with Inland Empire in the California League.
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The Royals won 7-5 and a play by birthday boy Raul Mondesi is the focus of a protest Wednesday night by Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia. They want to see us all continue to stay together.
