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Angels rout Rangers to take series

Apr 16, 2015 - 12:07 AM Arlington, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Albert Pujols, Matt Joyce, David Freese and Johnny Giavotella all knocked in two runs as the Angels pounded the Rangers 10-2 in the rubber match of a three-game AL West series.

Mike Trout recorded three of the Angels' 12 hits, drove in a run, stole a base and scored twice in the rout. The offensive outburst overshadowed a solid outing from Hector Santiago (1-1), who threw seven innings of one-run ball.

"Today was good, especially to bounce back after yesterday," said Freese.

Carlos Corporan and Adam Rosales provided Texas' runs with homers in the fifth and ninth innings, respectively.

Anthony Ranaudo (0-1) had a quick and painful Rangers debut. The offseason acquisition from the Red Sox did not make it out of the second inning and was charged with six runs on six hits.

"I don't know if there were too many things that were consistent today for me," Ranaudo said.

Those runs came in the second frame, the first two on Giavotella's humpback liner to the left-field gap. Erick Aybar's safety squeeze plated another run, Pujols singled under the glove of Elvis Andrus to bring in the fourth, and Joyce hit one to the same spot as Giavotella to drive in two more.

Anthony Bass relieved Ranaudo and got out of the inning before coughing up four more runs. Trout produced an RBI single in the fourth, Pujols did the same in the sixth, and Freese knocked them both in later in the frame with a base hit.

Adam Wilk made his MLB debut behind Santiago and worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth before serving up Rosales's leadoff blast in the ninth.

Game Notes

Ranaudo was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock to fill in for Derek Holland, who landed on the disabled list with a sprained left shoulder ... The Rangers were seeking consecutive wins for the first time this season ... Trout has a hit in all nine games this season and is sporting a .438 batting average.