May 16, 2017

Albert Pujols singled in the 11th inning, scoring Ben Revere, and the Angels beat the White Sox 7-6 on Tuesday night.

Pujols had a pair of hits and had 3 RBI on the night.  The win moved the Angels back to .500 on the season at 21-21.

The Halos trailed 6-5 after Tim Anderson hit a solo home run in the 11th inning.  However, Cameron Maybin delivered an RBI double, scoring Danny Espinosa to tie the game.  After Mike Trout was intentionally walked, Pujols came through with the walk-off winner.

Yusmeiro Petit (1-0) got credit for the win, despite giving up the home run to Anderson.  David Robertson (2-1) took the loss for the White Sox.

It was a rough night for the Angels bullpen, which had been fairly effective thus far this season.  Bud Norris was unavailable to pitch after pitching for 3 straight days.  The Angels took a 5-2 lead into the 9th inning and that’s when the collapse began.

David Hernandez came into the game, trying to close it out, but he gave up an RBI double to Leury Garcia, scoring Melky Cabrera.  That made it 5-3.  Todd Frazier’s infield single scored Jose Abreu and Garcia, and the game was tied 5-5.

Hernandez was charged with was charged with 3 earned runs, giving up 4 hits.  He did not record an out, and was replaced by Petit.

JC Ramirez started for the Angels, and pitched well.  He went 7 innings, giving just 2 earned runs on 5 hits.

White Sox starter Derek Holland also fared well.  He went 6 innings, giving up 3 runs on 7 hits.  He was removed from the game trailing 3-2.

The Angels and White Sox will do it again on Wednesday, with the Halos going for the sweep.  Matt Shoemaker (2-2; 4.50 ERA) is on the mound for the Angels.  Miguel Gonzales (3-3; 3.83 ERA) will get the ball for the Sox.