Pujols' RBI Single In Ninth Lifts Angels Over Rangers, 4-3
ANAHEIM (AP) — Albert Pujols delivered a bases-loaded single with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Angels their first victory of the season, 4-3, over the Texas Rangers on Thursday night.
Yunel Escobar drove in the Angels' first two runs with a homer and RBI single in the opener of a four-game series.
Sam Dyson, who escaped a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the Angels' eighth, gave up a one-out single by Johnny Giavotella in the ninth and a walk to Escobar. Both advanced on a grounder to third by pinch-hitter Carlos Perez, and Pujols greeted Shawn Tolleson with a line drive to left-center on a 1-0 pitch after Andrew Faulkner's intentional walk to Mike Trout.
Huston Street (1-0) pitched a perfect inning to get the win. The Angels had lost 9-0 and 6-1 to the Chicago Cubs in their first two games.
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