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Clips

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Today’s Clips Contents

FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (Page 3)

Angels' Matt Joyce hopes return to Tropicana Field sparks a hot streak

David Freese pulled from Angels' 8-2 win over Rays

Mike Trout OK with fan voting turning All-Star game into Royals flush FROM THE OC REGISTER (Page 5)

Pujols’ milestone homer highlights Angels' complete effort to end 5-game slide

Final: Albert Pujols hits milestone HR to lead Angels to 8-2 victory over RaysMLB

Angels David Freese leaves game with tight hamstring

Angels Notes: Updates on Mike Morin, Collin Cowgill

Angels' Mike Trout OK with Royal-loaded All-Star team FROM ANGELS.COM (Page 9)

Pujols, Shoemaker help Halos end skid

Moyer legacy lives on in Angels' 7th-rounder

Angels shift focus to bats after taking righty Long

Weaver looks to bounce back, earn series win

Angels continue to load up on bats

FROM MLB.COM (Page 14)

Angels' offense pounds Rays in opener

Pujols ties Mantle with homer No. 536

FROM YAHOO SPORTS (Page 17)

Albert Pujols ties Mickey Mantle on all-time home run list

FROM FOX SPORTS (Page 17)

Life in baseball a continual learning experience for Angels' studious Street

FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (Page 18)

Los Angeles Angels at Tampa Bay Rays game preview

Albert Pujols ties Mickey Mantle on career home run list as Angels crush Rays

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FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

Angels' Matt Joyce hopes return to Tropicana Field sparks a hot streak

BY MIKE DIGIOVANNA Angels left fielder Matt Joyce did not get lost on his way to the visiting clubhouse at Tropicana Field on Tuesday the way Kevin Jepsen, the former Angels reliever who was traded to the Rays for Joyce last winter, did in Anaheim last week. But it was definitely strange for Joyce to return to the stadium he called home for six years and to play against the team for whom he hit .250 with 76 home runs and 280 runs batted in from 2009-2014. The Angels open a three-game series against the Rays on Tuesday night. "It's nostalgic," said Joyce, who stopped by the Rays clubhouse before going to the visiting side. "You definitely think about a lot of the good memories, and I had quite a few here, some really good ones to hold onto. "It's mixed emotions. It's weird to be on this side. It's exciting to see all the guys, but it's weird to play against a team you were on for six years. At the end of the day, when the switch is flipped, you have to forget everything and concentrate on the task at hand, focus on your job." Joyce, 30, has not had the kind of success in Anaheim that he had in Tampa Bay. He enters Tuesday night’s game with a .188 average, .260 on-base percentage and .325 slugging percentage, far below his career slash line of .250/.342/.441 entering the season. Joyce opened the season in the cleanup spot but has only four homers and 17 runs batted in and was dropped to the sixth spot three weeks into the season. A .283 hitter against right-handers entering the season, he is batting .196 against them this season. Joyce, a platoon player for much of his Tampa Bay career, hoped to have more of a full-time role with the Angels, especially with left fielder Josh Hamilton traded to Texas, but he has only one hit in 12 at-bats against left-handers for an .083 mark. Could a return to the domed stadium he performed so well in for six years trigger a hot streak for Joyce? "Maybe," he said. "I definitely feel comfortable here. I know the ballpark really well. Hopefully that will play a role in the success factor."

David Freese pulled from Angels' 8-2 win over Rays BY MIKE DIGIOVANNA KEY MOMENT: The Rays trailed, 5-2, with one out in the seventh but brought the tying run to the plate after Asdrubal Cabrera singled and Jake Elmore walked, knocking Angels starter Matt Shoemaker out of

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the game. Reliever Fernando Salas struck out Nick Franklin and pinch-hitter Evan Longoria, the latter with a high-and-tight, 92-mph fastball, to preserve the lead. AT THE PLATE: The Angels broke open the game with a three-run eighth that featured five straight hits, singles by Erick Aybar, Mike Trout and Albert Pujols, Kole Calhoun's two-run single and Taylor Featherston's RBI double. Calhoun was 0 for 20 against left-handers before his RBI single in the sixth and two-run single in the eighth off Rays left-hander Enny Romero. Pujols is hitting .395 (17 for 43) with eight homers and 13 RBIs in 11 games, raising his average from .235 to .268. ON THE MOUND: Shoemaker gave up a two-run double to Joey Butler in the sixth but escaped further damage by getting David DeJesus to fly out and striking out cleanup batter Logan Forsythe. "I got myself into that situation and they scored a couple runs, but it was huge to get out of that," Shoemaker said. Jose Alvarez struck out two in a scoreless eighth, and Cam Bedrosian threw a scoreless ninth.

FREESE FRAME: Third baseman David Freese, who has felt his right hamstring "grabbing a little lately," was pulled in the seventh inning, but he does not expect to go on the disabled list. "It's something I'm managing," Freese said. "We'll see how it is [Wednesday]. I wouldn't even say it's hurt, but I just felt it a little more tonight, so I came out." The Angels could call up third baseman Kyle Kubitza or infielder Josh Rutledge for coverage if Freese is out for a few days.

DRAFT UPDATE: Pepperdine second baseman Hutton Moyer, the son of former major league pitcher Jamie Moyer, was among eight players, three with Southern California ties, the Angels picked on the second day of the draft. Moyer was taken in the seventh round. The Angels also picked Loyola Marymount shortstop David Fletcher (sixth round) and Cal Baptist right-hander Adam Hofacket (10th round). Their top pick Tuesday was third-rounder Grayson Long, a 6-foot-5, 215-pound right-hander from Texas A&M who went 9-1 with a 2.82 earned-run average this season.

REHAB REPORT: Outfielder Collin Cowgill (right wrist sprain) is hitting soft-toss, throwing and running the bases. He is expected to resume batting practice this week and could begin a minor league stint next week. … Reliever Mike Morin (left rib-cage strain) extended his long-toss to 120 feet Tuesday and could begin throwing off a mound this weekend.

UP NEXT: Right-hander Jered Weaver (4-5, 4.60 ERA) will oppose Tampa Bay right-hander Erasmo Ramirez (4-2, 5.10) at Tropicana Field on Wednesday at 4 p.m. PDT. TV: FS West; Radio: 830.

Mike Trout OK with fan voting turning All-Star game into Royals flush

BY MIKE DIGIOVANNA Mike Trout is on track to be a starting outfielder for the American League in the July 14 All-Star game in Cincinnati, ranking second among AL outfielders in Tuesday's most recent fan balloting update. When the Angels star takes his position—either center or left field—and soaks in the scene at Great American Ball Park, he might feel like he had just been traded to the Kansas City Royals. As of Tuesday, the Royals, who came within one win of a World Series title last October, would have seven All-Star starters — catcher Salvador Perez, first baseman Eric Hosmer, shortstop Alcides Escobar, third baseman Mike Moustakas, outfielders Lorenzo Cain and Alex Gordon and designated hitter Kendrys Morales.

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The only non-Royals would be Trout and Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve, who holds a slight edge in votes over Kansas City’s Omar Infante. "I saw that," said Trout, who is hitting .283 with 16 home runs and 33 runs batted in entering Tuesday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays in Tropicana Field. "The majority of those guys are having great years, so you can't take it away from them." The interest and exuberance of Kansas City fans is obviously reflected in this year’s All-Star voting, but Trout said he didn’t have a problem with the selection process. "The fans have the right to vote," Trout said, "and they’re out there voting."

FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Pujols' milestone homer highlights Angels' complete effort to end 5-game slide

BY JEFF FLETCHER

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Angels flushed away their five-game losing streak in style. After their 8-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night, Manager Mike Scioscia was asked if a game like this made it easier to forget the streak. “I don’t remember what you’re talking about,” Scioscia quipped. Truth be told, the Angels who had lost five in a row looked nothing like the team that played one of its best all-around games of the season Tuesday. The offense, defense and pitching collaborated on a complete effort, the only fly in the ointment being that David Freese had to come out because of a tight hamstring. Freese said he doesn’t expect to go on the disabled list. Otherwise, it was textbook – and history book – baseball. Their offense collected 15 hits, including another milestone homer by Albert Pujols. Pujols hit the 536th homer of his career, tying Mickey Mantle for 16th on the all-time list. “It’s pretty special,” Pujols said. “Mickey is a legend. What he did in this game, nobody is going to forget that, but my goal is to help this club win, and I’m glad I was able to do that tonight.” Pujols has hit eight homers in his past 11 games. He also doubled and singled, raising his average to a season-high .268. He has 24 hits in his last 70 at-bats, a .343 average.

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His homer was to right field – his first of the season – which is probably a good sign for the way he is seeing the ball. The man behind Pujols in the lineup, Kole Calhoun, also had one of his better days this season. He had a career-high four RBI on three hits, including two against a left-hander. He had been in an 0-for-20 streak against lefties, and he’d hit .200 since May 15. “It’s been a little up and down, but I’ve put some good swings on the ball lately,” Calhoun said. “I’ve had much better at-bats. Definitely happy with the way things are going and where I’m heading.” Calhoun had three of the Angels’ seven hits with runners in scoring position, which is one more than they had in the entire five-game losing streak. “It’s nice to get production from top to bottom,” Calhoun said. “I think everybody had a pretty decent night at the plate. It’s good for the offense. Hopefully you can take those positives and they get rolling for a little bit, which would be huge for this ballclub.” Starter Matt Shoemaker continues to gradually turn his season around after a rough start. He retired the first 11 hitters he faced before giving up a hit in the fourth. He allowed two runs in 61/3 innings. Shoemaker, who had a 6.61 ERA after six starts, has now posted a 3.13 ERA over his past five. “That’s a great start for Matt,” Scioscia said. “Couldn’t ask for much more.” The Angels bullpen then shut it down, with Fernando Salas getting two outs to escape a jam when it was 5-2 in the seventh. Salas struck out pinch-hitter Evan Longoria, who wasn’t starting because of a sore wrist, to strand two runners. Jose Alvarez and Cam Bedrosian worked the final two innings. All told, it was the kind of game Scioscia would probably like to bottle: “A lot of clutch hitting. A lot of energy. We ran the bases well. The dugout was alive. It was a good night for us”.

Final: Albert Pujols hits milestone HR to lead Angels to 8-2 victory over Rays

BY JEFF FLETCHER

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Angels’ five-game losing streak came to an end with one of those games that Manager Mike Scioscia would like to bottle and keep. As opposed to the previous five games, when just about everything went wrong, they did just about everything right in Tuesday’s 8-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. They collected 15 hits, including another milestone homer by Albert Pujols. Pujols hit the 536th homer of his career, tying Mickey Mantle for 16th on the all-time list.

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Pujols has hit eight homers in his last 11 games. He also doubled and singled, raising his average to a season-high .268. He has 24 hits in his last 70 at-bats, a .343 average. Kole Calhoun, whose average had been falling for most of the past couple weeks, chipped in with four RBI on three hits, including two against a left-hander. He had been in an 0-for-20 streak against lefties. The Angels had seven hits with runners in scoring position, one more than in the entire five-game losing streak. Starter Matt Shoemaker continues to gradually turn his season around after a rough start. He retired the first 11 hitters he faced before giving up a hit in the fourth. He allowed two runs in 6 1/3 innings. The Angels bullpen then shut it down, with Fernando Salas getting two outs to escape a jam when it was 5-2 in the seventh. Salas struck out pinch-hitter Evan Longoria, who wasn’t starting because of a sore wrist, to strand two runners.

Angels David Freese leaves game with tight hamstring

BY JEFF FLETCHER

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- David Freese, who came out of the Angels' game in the seventh inning on Tuesday with a tight right hamstring, said doesn't think it will require a trip to the disabled list. "My hamstring has been grabbing a little bit lately," Freese said. "Something I’m managing. We’ll see how it is tomorrow. Wouldn’t even say it’s hurt, just been grabbing. Haven’t been playing with it long. Just felt it a little more tonight so came out. Don’t think I will go on DL." If Freese has to be out for even a few days, the Angels may need to make a roster move. The only other third baseman on the roster is Taylor Featherstson, who is hitting .094. Kyle Kubitza was hitting .288 at Triple-A Salt Lake City, playing third base every day.

Angels Notes: Updates on Mike Morin, Collin Cowgill

BY JEFF FLETCHER

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Mike Morin and Collin Cowgill are making steady progress toward a return from the disabled list. Morin, who is on the disabled list with a strained oblique, on Tuesday extended his throwing out to 120 feet and then threw from his pitching motion to a catcher, but on flat ground. Morin said he is hoping he could soon be able to throw from the mound.

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Cowgill, who has a sprained right wrist, has been throwing to bases (he throws left-handed) and running the bases. He’s also been hitting soft toss. Manager Mike Scioscia said he could be ready to take batting practice in a few days. ALSO Like they did in Toronto, the Angels will be monitoring the playing time of their players on the artificial turf at Tropicana Field. It’s not as hard on players legs here, though. The infield is dirt, like a natural field, so it doesn’t affect the infielders as much. It’s also not as spongy as the turf in Toronto, which some players believed was actually too soft… Scioscia said he had no input at all in the Angels decision to draft catcher Taylor Ward with their first pick on Monday. It’s unusual for managers to get much into scouting because they are too busy, but it was natural to wonder if Scioscia had at least looked at film of Ward, simply because he’s a catcher. “Jerry (Dipoto) talked to me about a couple guys that would be in the ballpark when we were drafting, but believe me those guys know how to scout,” Scioscia said. “They are really extensive. From everyone I talked to, sounds like we got a pretty good player.”

Angels' Mike Trout OK with Royal-loaded All-Star team

BY JEFF FLETCHER ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – If it comes to Mike Trout and the Royals starting the All-Star Game next month in Cincinnati, the Angels star is ready. Although there has been significant criticism of a fan-voting process that currently has Royals leading at seven of the nine positions – along with Trout and Astros second baseman Jose Altuve – there were no complaints from Trout. “The majority of those guys are having great years, so you can’t take it away from them,” Trout said before the Angels played the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday. “The fans have a right to vote, and they’re out there voting.” Trout is currently second to Lorenzo Cain of the Royals in balloting among outfielders. The top three start the game. C.J. Wilson, the Angels’ union player rep, said he also doesn’t have an issue with the way the voting has gone. “Every team has an equal opportunity to promote their players to the fans,” Wilson said. “Kansas City is obviously doing a better job of promoting their players to the fans than some other teams.” Most of the reserves for the All-Star game are picked by a vote from the players, which will take place later this month.

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“We’ll put people on the team that we feel are the most deserving and have the best chance to win,” Wilson said. “That’s our incentive to do it. Fans obviously have different incentives to do different things.”

FROM ANGELS.COM

Pujols, Shoemaker help Halos end skid BY MICHAEL KOLLIGIAN AND TROY PROVOST-HERON/MLB.COM ST. PETERSBURG -- The Angels scrapped together 15 hits, including a historic Albert Pujols home run, and received a quality start from Matt Shoemaker en route to an 8-2 victory over the Rays on Tuesday inside Tropicana Field. Los Angeles got off to a quick start, scoring two in the first inning and added runs in the third, fifth -- an opposite-field solo home run by Pujols that drew him even with Mickey Mantle on the all-time home run list -- and sixth innings before finally closing the door for good with a three-run eighth. The top four hitters in the Angels lineup (Erick Aybar, Mike Trout, Pujols and Kole Calhoun) combined to go 11-for-20 on the night, scoring all eight runs and driving in five. Joey Butler delivered the only runs of the ballgame for the Rays with a two-run double to left-center in the sixth. Shoemaker tossed 6 1/3 innings for the Angels to pick up his fourth win of the season, allowing two runs on five hits while striking out six. Nate Karns (3-3) took the loss for the Rays after surrendering five runs -- four earned -- in 5 2/3 innings. "I think we did a lot of things well. Made the plays in the field. Matty did a great job of bringing all his pitches in, pitched deep into the game and gave us a chance to win," said Angels manager Mike Scioscia of a victory that brought an end to a five-game Halos' losing streak. MOMENTS THAT MATTERED Pujols ties Mantle: The veteran Angels first baseman lead off the fifth inning with a home run to right, his 16th of the season, tying Mickey Mantle for 16th place on Major League Baseball's all-time home run list with 536. Phillies Hall-of-Famer Mike Schmidt occupies the 15th slot with 548 career homers. Pujols is now batting .395 (17-for-43) with eight home runs and 13 RBIs in his last 11 games. "It's pretty special," Pujols said. "Obviously, Mickey's a legend with what he did in this game. I think nobody's going to forget that but my goal is to try to help this ballclub to win and I'm glad I was able to do that tonight. I don't concentrate on who's in front of me or who I have passed. My goal is to get good quality at-bats and do whatever I can to help this ballclub to win." Banking on Butler: On a night when the Rays' offense struggled to get anything going, Butler capitalized on one of the only scoring chances of the night. With runners on the corners after a Rene Rivera double and a Kevin Kiermaier single, Butler delivered a double to left-center to push across both runners and cut the Angels lead to 5-2. Butler has now hit safely in nine of his last 10 games, batting .385 (15-for-39) during that stretch. The Rays' rookie is currently batting .327 on the season, a mark that has been

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bettered by only two rookies -- Aki Iwamura (.337, 2007) and Rocco Baldelli (.329, 2003) in franchise history at the end of play on June 9 (min. 100 plate appearances). Road warrior: Shoemaker continues to shine in opposing ballparks. With Tuesday's victory at Tropicana Field, the 28-year-old right-hander now owns an 11-2 career record across 17 appearances (15 starts) away from the Big A. Shoemaker had a streak of seven consecutive winning decisions snapped in his prior road start on May 21 in Toronto. "Earlier in the season [it was] a little rough, but fixed my focus, more execution and just go from there," said Shoemaker. "It's baseball, and I've got to go out there in the next five days and be ready to go again." Calhoun cleans up: Calhoun set a career high with four RBIs on the night. The Angels' cleanup hitter gave his team a lead it would never relinquish when he knocked in Aybar with a two-out double in the first inning to make the score 1-0. In the sixth, he drove home Trout with a two-out single, and in the eighth he stroked a two-run single that plated Aybar and Trout to put the game out of reach. "Just going out there trying to win ballgames, which is huge for this team. If it takes [four] or it takes one, whatever you can do to help the club get a 'W' especially to open up the series," Calhoun said.

Moyer legacy lives on in Angels' 7th-rounder By ALDEN GONZALEZ / MLB.COM ANAHEIM -- Dillon Moyer, a Dodgers farmhand, and Hutton Moyer, the Angels' seventh-round pick on Tuesday, are ingrained in footage of the 2008 Phillies' run to a World Series championship. When they clinched the National League East, when they won the pennant and when they recorded the final out to defeat the Rays in the Fall Classic that year, Dillon and Hutton were right there, on the field, in the clubhouse, on the dais, right alongside their distinguished father, Jamie Moyer. "Those experiences that I've been able to share with my boys, on the field, that part of it, is something that we will always have together, as father and son," Moyer, who carved out a 25-year career as a starting pitcher, said in a phone conversation on Tuesday. "They've seen what that takes. They've seen the excitement, they've seen the ups, they've seen the downs, and I think that's one thing our boys will benefit from." Moyer has now raised potentially two professional middle infielders. Dillon, a shortstop from UC San Diego, was the 38th-round pick by the Dodgers in 2013 and Hutton, a second baseman from Pepperdine University, was the Angels' 225th overall selection in 2015. "He knows the game, he loves the game, he's got a passion for the game," Moyer said of Hutton. "You hear people talk about basketball players being gym rats, and he would be a baseball-field rat as far as I'm concerned. Both of my boys are." Moyer remembers all those days Dillon and Hutton tagged along in clubhouses throughout the Major Leagues, all the buckets of ground balls they fielded after Spring Training workouts.

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Asked to give an assessment of Hutton, Moyer tried his best to be unbiased. He talked about his increased power, going from zero home runs as a sophomore to 14 as a junior. He brought up his versatility. And he called his speed "a little bit above average." Hutton, a 21-year-old who finished his junior year with a .295/.413/.564 slash line, was a right-handed hitter who didn't learn to switch-hit until he was a couple of years into his high-school career. This past season, the majority of his home runs came from the left side of the plate. "He did that on his own," Moyer said. "I've had teammates in the past that were switch-hitters and I saw how difficult that was for them, so I respect the difficulty of becoming a switch-hitter and I think it really speaks volumes for who he is and the type of player he has become." Angels scouting director Ric Wilson isn't sure which position Hutton will play in the organization, but he likes his versatility and believes he can also play shortstop and the outfield. Of course, the Angels need to sign him to a professional contract first. "Hopefully it'll be an easy process for him," Moyer said, "so he can move forward with his aspirations." Hutton -- listed at 5-foot-11 and 175 pounds -- has a year of eligibility left, but Wilson doesn't foresee any signability issues with any of the Angels' top 10 picks. The elder Moyer, 52, said finishing school is important to Hutton, but he also said playing professional baseball "is something he's dreamt of doing." "He's got a long way to go, but he's come a long way, as well," Moyer said of his son. "I'm very proud of him and excited for him in this opportunity."

Angels shift focus to bats after taking righty Long BY ALDEN GONZALEZ / MLB.COM ANAHEIM -- The Angels drafted a couple of position players on Day 1 of the 2015 Draft on Monday night, taking Fresno State catcher Taylor Ward and high-school outfielder Jahmai Jones, then continued their search for bats in Day 2. By the time they were done on Tuesday, the Angels had taken a position player with eight of their first 10 picks, a drastic, necessary change in philosophy from the pitcher-heavy Drafts of the last two years. "It's exciting to be in position to do something like this," Angels scouting director Ric Wilson said. "This is the second year that we've had all our picks, and we took some pitching over the last four years, but we needed to stabilize the organization. Once we got it stabilized with the pitching, we started to add in some position players, and now you just start creating balance, which is where we need to be." The Draft concludes Wednesday, with exclusive coverage of Rounds 11-40 beginning on MLB.com at 9 a.m. PT. Below is a look at the Angels' picks from Rounds 3-5: Round 3 (104): Texas A&M RHP Grayson Long

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Long finished his junior year 9-1 with a 2.82 ERA in 17 starts for the Aggies, striking out 106 batters and walking 39 in 95 2/3 innings. He's a big-body right-hander, at 6-foot-5 and 215 pounds, and has easy velocity with a fastball that ranges from 89-93 mph. Long also has good deception with his changeup, but needs to improve on a slider that he throws mostly in the low 80s. A Houston product, Long was drafted in the 39th round by the Mariners in 2012 but chose to attend Texas A&M, where he went 4-2 with a 3.52 ERA in 12 games (10 starts) as a freshman and 6-2 with a 3.12 ERA in 15 starts as a sophomore. Long's Aggies were eliminated by TCU in the Super Regional on Monday night, after dropping the decisive game in 16 innings. Wilson compared Long to Christopher Ellis, who's ranked ninth in the Angels' system by MLBPipeline.com and was just promoted to Double-A. "The polish, the strike-throwing ability, the repertoire -- there's really a lot to like," Wilson said. Round 4 (135): Florida Atlantic University RF Brendon Sanger Sanger, listed at 6-foot-1 and 180 pounds, was the Conference USA Player of the Year as a junior, batting .370/.492/.583 with seven homers and 48 RBIs in 61 games. He's a left-handed hitter with a funky setup but high on-base ability, as evidenced by his 112 walks and 83 strikeouts in his three-year college career. Sanger, a product of South Florida, doesn't have any plus tools aside from his on-base ability, but he's the kind of safe bet the Angels need in a system devoid of outfield talent. The 21-year-old will probably eventually have to move to left field and is projected mostly as a fourth outfielder in the Major Leagues. Round 5 (165): Louisiana State University RF Jared Foster Foster also played quarterback at LSU and is considered a very good athlete, with the versatility to potentially play all three outfield spots and perhaps even second base. Listed at 6-foot, 200 pounds, Foster finished his senior year with the Tigers batting .284/.339/.498, with nine homers, 34 RBIs and nine stolen bases. The 22-year-old right-handed hitter is a Lake Charles, La., product who turned down scholarship offers at other Southeastern Conference schools to walk on to the football and baseball programs at LSU. Foster was the backup quarterback on the 2011 SEC champion football team, then decided to devote his full attention to baseball the following spring. Sanger and Foster are basically complete opposites. "In the Draft, you look for balance," Wilson said. "You take a guy who's a little more polished and does things a little bit easier, then you take a guy right behind him who has a bigger tool set but his skill set isn't quite as much. But if [Foster] hits on all cylinders, his ceiling is really high."

Weaver looks to bounce back, earn series win BY MICHAEL KOLLIGIAN Jered Weaver will face Erasmo Ramirez on Wednesday night when the Angels and the Rays resume their three-game series at Tropicana Field.

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Weaver (4-5, 4.60 ERA) struggled mightily in his most recent start, surrendering seven earned runs on nine hits -- including three homers -- in 5 2/3 innings last Friday at Yankee Stadium. The sub-par performance broke a streak of five consecutive quality starts by the 32-year-old right-hander. Ramirez (4-2, 5.10 ERA) has won four of his last five starts, including last Thursday's outing in Seattle where the one-time Mariner held his former team to one run in 5 1/3 innings. Ramirez has compiled a 2.86 ERA with 25 strikeouts and 11 walks in his last 28 1/3 innings. Things to know about this game: • Asdrubal Cabrera, who has struggled at the plate this season, is hitting .300 lifetime (12-for-40) against Weaver with two home runs, four doubles and five RBIs. • Ramirez will be facing the Angels for the first time since being acquired from Seattle in April. In five career appearances (four starts) against the Halos, the 25-year-old right-hander is 1-2 with a 2.28 ERA. • The Rays have won just one of their last six series against the Angels at Tropicana Field -- a three-game sweep in April of 2012.

Angels continue to load up on bats BY ALDEN GONZZALEZ/ MLB.COM ANAHEIM -- The Angels entered the 2015 Draft targeting bats and have stuck to the script through the first two days, taking a position player with eight of their first 10 picks after wrapping up Day 2 on Tuesday. The Draft concludes Wednesday, with exclusive coverage of Rounds 11-40 beginning on MLB.com at 9 a.m. PT. The Angels took Texas A&M right-hander Grayson Long, Florida Atlantic University right fielder Brendon Sanger and Louisiana State University right fielder Jared Foster in Rounds 3-5 earlier on Tuesday, respectively. Angels scouting director Ric Wilson said he doesn't expect any issues with regards to signability on any of the first 10 picks. Below is a look at their picks from Rounds 6-10: Round 6 (195): Loyola Marymount University SS David Fletcher Fletcher, a 5-foot-10 sophomore, is undersized but is considered a plus defensive player who makes a lot of contact, can get on base and could eventually become a utility infielder in the Major Leagues. The 21-year-old right-handed hitter batted .308/.385/.416 with two homers, 27 RBIs and 14 stolen bases in 55 games. Wilson called him "a grinder who's got tremendous makeup and is going to get every bit out of his ability." Round 7 (225): Pepperdine University 2B Hutton Moyer

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Son of longtime starting pitcher Jamie Moyer and brother of Dodgers farmhand Dillon Moyer, Hutton is a junior who learned to switch-hit early in his high-school career and saw a huge rise in power this past season. Hutton batted .295/.413/.564 and hit 14 homers, after not hitting any as a sophomore. "He can run, he's got an above-average arm, he can play several positions, he's athletic, he moves around free and easy and he's got some positional versatility to him," Wilson said. "You combine all those things together, and that's a pretty good look for us." Round 8 (255): University of Houston CF Kyle Survance A left-handed hitter who's listed at 6-foot-1 and 190 pounds, Survance has plus speed that should allow him to stick in center field. But he still has improvements to make, both offensively and defensively. The 21-year-old batted .297 with a .385 on-base percentage in his junior year, with eight doubles, six triples, two homers and, for the second year in a row, 31 stolen bases. Wilson said he's more of a singles and doubles hitter and can play all three outfield positions. Round 9 (285): University of Nebraska-Lincoln C Tanner Lubach Lubach is the second catcher taken within the Angels' first eight picks, joining 26th overall selection Taylor Ward. The 22-year-old Lubach is a right-handed-hitting senior who finished his collegiate career batting .312/.375/.441 with four homers and 26 RBIs in 51 games (49 starts). "We've been on the lookout for catching over the last few years and it might be the hardest thing to get in the Draft," Wilson said. "Some of our guys really, really liked [Lubach]. What we liked about him was his catch-and-throw skills, which is going to allow some of the young pitchers that we've drafted over the last four years to help develop." Round 10 (315): California Baptist University RHP Adam Hofacket Hofacket, a junior, is a consistent strike-thrower with a deceptive delivery and could wind up in the rotation or the bullpen. The 21-year-old went 7-5 with a 2.26 ERA in 14 starts this past season, striking out 98 batters and walking only 20 in 103 1/3 innings. Hofacket came to a workout at Angel Stadium a week ago and the organization took a liking to him. "Not only what he brings on the mound," Wilson said, "but just his personality and his work ethic and his drive, and his passion to play the game he loves."

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Angels' offense pounds Rays in opener

BY MICHAEL KOLLIGIAN AND TROY PROVOST-HERON ST. PETERSBURG -- The Angels scrapped together 15 hits, including a historic Albert Pujols home run, and received a quality start from Matt Shoemaker en route to an 8-2 victory over the Rays on Tuesday inside Tropicana Field. Los Angeles got off to a quick start, scoring two in the first inning and added runs in the third, fifth -- an opposite-field solo home run by Pujols that drew him even with Mickey Mantle on the all-time home run list -- and sixth innings before finally closing the door for good with a three-run eighth. The top four

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hitters in the Angels lineup (Erick Aybar, Mike Trout, Pujols and Kole Calhoun) combined to go 11-for-20 on the night, scoring all eight runs and driving in five. Joey Butler delivered the only runs of the ballgame for the Rays with a two-run double to left-center in the sixth. Shoemaker tossed 6 1/3 innings for the Angels to pick up his fourth win of the season, allowing two runs on five hits while striking out six. Nate Karns (3-3) took the loss for the Rays after surrendering five runs -- four earned -- in 5 2/3 innings. "I think we did a lot of things well. Made the plays in the field. Matty did a great job of bringing all his pitches in, pitched deep into the game and gave us a chance to win," said Angels manager Mike Scioscia of a victory that brought an end to a five-game Halos' losing streak. MOMENTS THAT MATTERED Pujols ties Mantle: The veteran Angels first baseman lead off the fifth inning with a home run to right, his 16th of the season, tying Mickey Mantle for 16th place on Major League Baseball's all-time home run list with 536. Phillies Hall-of-Famer Mike Schmidt occupies the 15th slot with 548 career homers. Pujols is now batting .395 (17-for-43) with eight home runs and 13 RBIs in his last 11 games. "It's pretty special," Pujols said. "Obviously, Mickey's a legend with what he did in this game. I think nobody's going to forget that but my goal is to try to help this ballclub to win and I'm glad I was able to do that tonight. I don't concentrate on who's in front of me or who I have passed. My goal is to get good quality at-bats and do whatever I can to help this ballclub to win." Banking on Butler: On a night when the Rays' offense struggled to get anything going, Butler capitalized on one of the only scoring chances of the night. With runners on the corners after a Rene Rivera double and a Kevin Kiermaier single, Butler delivered a double to left-center to push across both runners and cut the Angels lead to 5-2. Butler has now hit safely in nine of his last 10 games, batting .385 (15-for-39) during that stretch. The Rays' rookie is currently batting .327 on the season, a mark that has been bettered by only two rookies -- Aki Iwamura (.337, 2007) and Rocco Baldelli (.329, 2003) in franchise history at the end of play on June 9 (min. 100 plate appearances). 6/9/15: Matt Shoemaker scatters five hits and strikes out six batters, while giving up two runs over 6 1/3 innings against the Rays Road warrior: Shoemaker continues to shine in opposing ballparks. With Tuesday's victory at Tropicana Field, the 28-year-old right-hander now owns an 11-2 career record across 17 appearances (15 starts) away from the Big A. Shoemaker had a streak of seven consecutive winning decisions snapped in his prior road start on May 21 in Toronto. "Earlier in the season [it was] a little rough, but fixed my focus, more execution and just go from there," said Shoemaker. "It's baseball, and I've got to go out there in the next five days and be ready to go again." 6/9/15: Kole Calhoun lines a double to right field, driving in Erick Aybar to give the Angels a 1-0 lead in the top of the 1st inning

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Calhoun cleans up: Calhoun set a career high with four RBIs on the night. The Angels' cleanup hitter gave his team a lead it would never relinquish when he knocked in Aybar with a two-out double in the first inning to make the score 1-0. In the sixth, he drove home Trout with a two-out single, and in the eighth he stroked a two-run single that plated Aybar and Trout to put the game out of reach. "Just going out there trying to win ballgames, which is huge for this team. If it takes [four] or it takes one, whatever you can do to help the club get a 'W' especially to open up the series," Calhoun said.

Angels' Matt Joyce hopes return to Tropicana Field sparks a hot streak BY MICHAEL KOLLIGIAN ST. PETERSBURG -- Albert Pujols tied Mickey Mantle for 16th place on Major League Baseball's all-time home run list on Tuesday night at Tropicana Field when he led off the fifth inning with a blast to right off Rays right-hander Nathan Karns for home run No. 536. It was his 16th homer of the season. "It's pretty special. Obviously, Mickey's a legend in this game. I think nobody's going to forget that, but my goal is to help this ballclub win and I'm glad I was able to do that tonight," said Pujols moments after the Angels snapped a five-game losing streak with an 8-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. "The special thing about Albert is that when you see him in the dugout, he's got one thing on his mind and that's winning," said Angels manager Mike Scioscia. "He's pulling for his teammates, he wants us to do well and every time he has one of these milestone hits, we don't even know about it until the game's over. "He just keeps playing." Pujols found a 90 mph Karns fastball to his liking on an 0-1 count and deposited it deep into the right-field seats to give the Angels a 4-0 lead. 6/9/15: Albert Pujols doubles to pass George Brett for 15th all-time on the extra-base hits list with 1,120 extra-base hits In the third inning, the veteran Angels' first baseman stroked a leadoff double to pass George Brett on the all-time extra-base hit list, and scored on an RBI two-bagger by David Freese to make the score 3-0. The home run then gave Pujols 1,121 extra-base hits, one behind Manny Ramirez, who is 14th on the all-time list. "Every time Albert hits a home run it's fun to experience it, and to see the Hall of Fame roster that's included every time he gets a hit or an RBI or a home run it's a special time and it's fun to watch him," Scioscia said. "I don't concentrate on who's in front of me, or who I have passed. My goal is to try to get good quality at-bats and do whatever I can to help this ballclub to win," said Pujols. While the Angels' slugger prefers to keep personal accomplishments in perspective, he conceded that career milestones are easier to acknowledge when they help his team to victory.

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"Definitely. Of course, that's what you do. Your job is to try to win games all the time and obviously to contribute like that and help this ballclub to win, especially with the way that the last couple of games have been tough for us," Pujols said. Phillies Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt currently occupies the 15th spot on MLB's all-time home run list with 548. "I'm going to have plenty of time at the end of the season and at the end of my career to look back and see what I've done in this game, but my focus day in and day out over the next six years is that I do whatever I can to help this ballclub to win." Pujols said. FROM YAHOO SPORTS

Albert Pujols ties Mickey Mantle on all-time home run list By Chuck Cwik Los Angeles Angels first baseman Albert Pujols is no stranger to milestones. He notched another one Tuesday against the Tampa Bay Rays, hitting his 536th career home run. The blast tied Pujols with Mickey Mantle for 16th on the all-time list. The performance shouldn't come as a surprise, as Pujols has been on a tear recently. That streak continued Tuesday, and it wasn't just due to the home run. Pujols finished 3-for-4, with three runs scored and one RBI. After starting the month with a .254 average, Pujols is up to .268 following the hot stretch. It's a far cry from his peak, but Pujols can still go on a vintage hot streak from time to time.

Pujols is now 12 home runs away from tying Mike Schmidt for 15th all-time. He would need 19 home runs to match Manny Ramirez for 14th.

In the past, he would have easily reached those milestones. But even if Pujols can't get there this season, he still has six more years on his contract.

Pujols may no longer be in peak form, but he's still effective. There are still a number of milestones to pass in his future.

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Life in baseball a continual learning experience for Angels' studious Street

Huston Street is an accomplished, veteran relief pitcher - but that doesn't mean he's stopped learning. That the Los Angeles Angels have one of the league's most efficient and reliable closers is no accident. Street, 31, hasn't stopped learning since breaking into the Majors with the Oakland Athletics about a decade ago.

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The pitcher admitted as much to the O.C. Register's Jeff Fletcher in a new piece, as his never-ending appetite for new experiences and lessons within the game of baseball continue each day: “About eight years into my career, things that never occurred to me started blossoming,” he said. “Now I’m learning more and more and more. It’s almost like you learn at a faster rate the more you get into it. There’s so much to digest. I feel like I’ve just started to scratch the surface.” As a result of his diligence and work ethic, Street is approaching 300 saves for his career. Fletcher quotes Angels pitching coach Mike Butcher as being a big fan of Street the pitcher - but also Street the conversation partner: “He’s very cerebral. He’s good to talk to. He has a lot of good thoughts.” So far in 2015, Street has picked up 17 saves for the Halos, and while he had a bit of a rough stretch earlier in the season, it seems safe to assume he learned from the experience and will adapt accordingly as he continues to be a student of the game.

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Los Angeles Angels at Tampa Bay Rays game preview With a five-game losing streak behind them and one of their superstars finally living up to that title, things are looking up for the Los Angeles Angels. Their next starter, however, might warn the team against buying too much into perceived turnarounds Wednesday night as they seek a road series win against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Angels (29-29) opened this three-game set with Tuesday's 8-2 victory over the Rays (31-28) to end their worst skid of the season. Albert Pujols hit his 536th home run to tie Mickey Mantle for 16th on the all-time list. More importantly for Los Angeles' immediate needs, the slugger is batting .395 with eight home runs in his last 11 games, bumping his average to a season-high .268 after entering that stretch on May 28 at .235. "Great player, future Hall of Famer," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "Would prefer for him to go ahead and get out of Tampa." Los Angeles matched a season high with 15 hits after batting .220 on the skid, which included three losses against the New York Yankees to begin a trip that concludes Thursday. Kole Calhoun had a career-high four RBIs after totaling three in his previous 14 games. "It was nice to break out on this trip," Calhoun said. Cash's frustration isn't coming from just the one game. The Rays' struggles haven't yet translated to a losing streak like Los Angeles', but they likely will if Tampa Bay can't pick it up at the plate. The Rays have scored nine runs in their last five games while batting .175, but they've got three wins to show for it thanks to a 2.05 ERA. The likely return of Evan Longoria could help. Longoria hasn't started for three games because of a sore left wrist but expects to be in the lineup Wednesday.

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A win would secure either team at worst a split in the season series after the Rays won two of three in Los Angeles to start the month, though neither Jered Weaver or Erasmo Ramirez pitched in that series. Weaver (4-5, 4.60 ERA) seemed to have finally figured things out before his last start, going 4-0 with a 1.98 ERA in his previous five. Then he allowed a season-high seven runs and nine hits with three home runs in 5 2-3 innings of Friday's 8-7 loss to the Yankees, possibly feeling a return to the 0-4 record and 6.29 ERA of his first six starts. "Pretty frustrating," Weaver told MLB's official website. "I felt like everything was working." The right-hander has never had that kind of outing at Tropicana Field. Weaver is 4-0 with a 2.93 ERA in five starts there with three straight victories, though only one has come since 2011. Ramirez (4-2, 5.10) is trying to win a third straight start after allowing a run and seven hits in 5 1-3 innings of Thursday's 2-1 victory in Seattle. He's limited opponents to a run and 10 hits in 12 1-3 innings over those victories, and is 4-1 with a 2.86 ERA in five starts since re-entering the rotation on May 14. He also issued just two walks in his last two starts after totaling nine in his previous three. The right-hander is 1-2 with a 2.28 ERA in four starts and one relief effort against the Angels while holding Erick Aybar (1 for 12) and Calhoun (1 for 8) in check. Mike Trout is 5 for 13 with a home run.

Albert Pujols ties Mickey Mantle on career home run list as Angels crush Rays Albert Pujols reached another milestone and helped the Los Angeles Angels end a skid. Pujols tied Mickey Mantle for 16th place on the career home run list, Kole Calhoun drove in a career-high four runs and the Angels stopped a season-high, five-game losing streak by beating the Tampa Bay Rays 8-2 on Tuesday night. "It's pretty special," Pujols said. "Mickey's a legend. My goal is try to help this team to win. I'm glad I was able to do that." Pujols hit his 536th homer to tie the New York Yankees great, an opposite-field shot to right on an 0-1 pitch from Nathan Karns (3-3) in the fifth inning. Pujols has eight homers in his last 11 games, and 16 overall this season. "Every time Albert hits a home run, it's just fun to experience," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "It's a special time." Mike Schmidt is 15th with 548 home runs. Calhoun had an RBI double during a two-run first, a run-scoring single in the sixth and a two-run single in a three-run eighth. "It was nice to break out on this trip," Calhoun said. Matt Shoemaker (4-4) improved to 3-0 in three starts against Tampa Bay after allowing two runs and five hits in 6 1-3 innings.

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Joey Butler had two RBI for the Rays, who returned home following a 7-3 road trip. Tampa Bay (31-28) is 14-17 at home. Pujols broke a tie for 15th place with George Brett by getting his 1,120th extra-base hit, a leadoff double in the third. Pujols scored on David Freese's double. His homer moved him within one extra-base hit of tying Manny Ramirez (1,122) for 14th place. "Great player, future Hall of Famer," Rays manager Kevin Cash said. "Would prefer for him to go ahead and get out of Tampa." Freese, who extended his hitting streak to 12 games, left late in the game with right hamstring tightness. His status will be evaluated Wednesday. After the Rays were limited to one hit through five innings, Butler drove in two runs with a double on Tampa Bay's third consecutive one-out hit in the sixth. Karns gave up five runs and nine hits over 5 2/3 innings. Tampa Bay made three errors for the first time since Aug. 12 at Texas. "Probably not our best game played," Cash said.