RECAP: Pujols keys Angels' 8th-inning rally to 5-2 win over Rockies
Albert Pujols stole second base and scored the tiebreaking run on Johnny Giavotella's single in the eighth inning as the Los Angeles Angels sent the Colorado Rockies to their 10th consecutive defeat, 5-2 Tuesday night.
Matt Joyce drove in three runs and had a two-run double in the eighth for the Angels, who have won five of seven.
C.J. Wilson (2-2) pitched eight innings of five-hit ball for the Angels, striking out six and walking one to end his five start winless streak. Huston Street pitched the ninth for his 11th save.
Pujols snapped his 0-for-13 skid with an eighth-inning leadoff single against Rafael Betancourt (0-1).
The burly slugger got an enormous jump on his first stolen base since Aug. 16. After Pujols scored on Giavotella's single, Joyce followed with a hit-and-run double to center, snapping his 0-for-12 slump in a miserable start with his new team.
The Angels evened it in the fourth with a three-hit rally. Erick Aybar singled and scored on Joyce's groundout before Carlos Perez added the tying single, giving the young catcher four RBIs in his first five major league games.
Kole Calhoun had two doubles among his three hits and also made a spectacular diving catch on Charlie Blackmon's sinking flare in the fifth inning. Mike Trout went 0 for 3.
Marc Krauss made his Angels debut, going 0 for 3 and playing first base.
'Johnny the Entertainer' delivers again as #Angels score late to win, writes @RHaylock. http://t.co/cLKDW41CcX #MLB pic.twitter.com/AkiVL7ZLkT
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TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: Krauss played first base because manager Mike Scioscia wanted to rest Pujols' legs for a second straight day. Krauss will be the Angels' DH more often, Scioscia said. ... Scioscia won't alter his rotation with two days off this week, which means RHP Matt Shoemaker will take his regular turn in the rotation this weekend in Baltimore. Shoemaker has yielded 10 homers already this season.
UP NEXT
Rockies: Jordan Lyles (2-3, 4.42 ERA) has lost his last two starts, both against Arizona.
Angels: Hector Santiago (2-2, 2.57 ERA) wraps up Los Angeles' nine-game homestand with his seventh start of a solid season.
