LA Angels 6, Chi. White Sox 2
When: 10:05 PM ET, Friday, September 21, 2012
Where: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Temperature:
82°
Umpires:
Home -
Mark Carlson, 1B -
Angel Hernandez, 2B -
Ed Hickox, 3B -
Chris Conroy
Attendance:
39326
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Angels 6, White Sox 2: Albert Pujols and Torii Hunter drove in two runs apiece while Ervin Santana struck out a career high-tying 11 over seven innings as host Los Angeles climbed within 3 1/2 games of Oakland for the second wild-card spot in the American League.
Rookie Mike Trout went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and Kendrys Morales also went deep for the Angels, who are 2-2 on their nine-game homestand.
Alejandro De Aza led off the contest with his ninth blast for the White Sox, whose lead over Detroit in the AL Central was reduced to 1 1/2 games as they lost their third in a row.
Pujols put Los Angeles ahead for good a frame later with a two-run single off Jake Peavy (11-12), and Hunter plated two with a base hit in the fourth for a 5-1 advantage. Trout snapped a 10-game RBI drought in the seventh with his 28th homer and 88th RBI, both tops among major-league rookies.
Santana (9-12), who has 27 strikeouts over his last three starts, allowed just one run and two hits while walking one.
GAME NOTEBOOK: White Sox DH Paul Konerko returned to the lineup after missing Thursday's loss to Kansas City with back soreness. He went 0-for-4. ... Trout scored twice to become the fourth rookie since 1964 with 120 or more runs, joining Richie Allen (1964), Nomar Garciaparra (1997) and Ichiro Suzuki (2001). ... Peavy fell to 0-3 lifetime against the Angels after yielding five runs and eight hits in five innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Chi. White Sox |
|
LA Angels |
|
Jake Peavy
|
Player |
Ervin Santana
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
5.0 |
IP |
7.0 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
11 |
|
8 |
Hits |
2 |
|
9.00 |
ERA |
1.29 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Chi. White Sox
|
5 |
1 |
9 |
.156 |
8 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| LA Angels
|
9 |
2 |
16 |
.300 |
12 |
6 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
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