Trout, Pujols, Pennington Rally Angels To 10-8 Victory Over A's
The Angels remained a game behind Minnesota for the second AL wild card.
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The Angels remained a game behind Minnesota for the second AL wild card.
Cron added a massive solo shot to center in the eighth for his eighth career multihomer game.
Andrew Heaney didn't need much time to get back in a groove, and it's just soon enough for the Los Angeles Angels and their postseason push.
The Houston Astros beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-5 on Sunday.
Andrelton Simmons hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning that completed a five-run comeback.
Parker Bridwell (7-2) went seven innings for the Angels, allowing two runs and six hits. He did not walk a batter and struck out five.
Martin Perez dodged a couple early jams en route to seven strong innings, Drew Robinson and Mike Napoli homered and the surging Texas Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-0 on Thursday night.
Adrian Beltre hit two early homers and the Texas Rangers pushed three runs across in the 10th inning to beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-5 Wednesday night.
Pujols hit his 19th homer of the season and the 610th of his career, snapping his tie with Sammy Sosa for eighth all-time.
The loss dropped the Angels, who had won nine of 11, a half-game back of Minnesota for the second AL wild card.
The Angels have won nine of 11 to gain a tie for the second AL wild card slot.
It was Trout's first multihomer game of the season and ninth of his career.
A humid day ended Ricky Nolasco's outing a batter earlier than he would have liked. He still did enough to help the Los Angeles Angels stymie the Washington Nationals.
Gio Gonzalez allowed two hits in six scoreless innings, Howie Kendrick hit two solo home runs and the Washington Nationals snapped the Los Angeles Angels' winning streak at six with a 3-1 victory Tuesday night.
Parker Bridwell (7-1) gave up one run on four hits.
