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CHICAGO — The Angels enjoyed the benignant of time that has travel acold excessively seldom successful this disappointing season.
Just astir everything went close successful the Angels’ 9-3 triumph implicit the Chicago White Sox connected Thursday afternoon, arsenic the Angels won a roadworthy bid against a squad that is counting down its magic fig to an American League Central part title.
Luis Rengifo and Jose Rojas deed two-run homers and 7 of 9 Angels’ starters contributed to their 10 hits, connected their mode to a 9-0 pb by the fifth.
The outburst allowed the Angels to person their astir lopsided triumph of the month. They had not led by much than 4 runs astatine immoderate constituent since August 28.
On the mound, Alex Cobb tossed 5 scoreless innings connected a breezy 66 pitches successful his archetypal outing aft astir 2 months connected the injured database with a wrist issue.
Cobb was comfortably nether his bounds of 75 pitches connected his mode to the victory. Cobb lowered his ERA to 3.59 arsenic helium enters the last 2 weeks of the season, with a accidental to marque a mates much starts earlier heading into escaped agency.
Cobb shared the mound with White Sox right-hander Reynaldo Lopez, who brought a 2.05 ERA into the crippled but saw the Angels balloon it to 3.00.
Rengifo belted a two-run homer to unfastened the scoring successful the second. It was Rengifo’s 3rd homer since helium was recalled connected Sept. 1.
The Angels turned the crippled into a blowout with 5 runs successful the fourth. Max Stassi and Jared Walsh singled, and past Rengifo deed a crisp bouncer to shortstop Tim Anderson, who bobbled it for a moment. Anderson inactive would person had clip for a force, but 2nd baseman Cesar Hernandez was obscurity adjacent the bag.
Jack Mayfield past unloaded the bases with a treble down the near tract line. Rojas, who had conscionable been recalled to the large leagues a time earlier, deed a two-run homer.
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