ARLINGTON, Texas -- Albert Pujols probably didn't need to pad his AL home run lead to have a chance to join teammate Mike Trout in the starting lineup for the All-Star game.
The slugger did it anyway.
Pujols went deep for the 25th time, Kole Calhoun homered and drove in four runs and the Los Angeles Angels finished a dominant three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers with a 12-6 victory Sunday night.
"I don't control that," said Pujols, who is a strong candidate to replace the injured Miguel Cabrera of Detroit at first base in what would be his 10th trip to the All-Star game. "We'll see what happens in the next week or so. My job is to try to help this ballclub win."
Trout celebrated his third straight year of being voted an All-Star starter in the outfield -- and fourth trip to the midsummer party -- with one of seven run-scoring singles or sacrifice flies for the Angels in the first three innings. The All-Star game is July 14 in Cincinnati.
"It's special to be a part of that group," said Trout, who has 21 homers to share third in the AL with Seattle's Nelson Cruz but hasn't decided whether to compete in the home run derby. "It's a fun couple of days."
Calhoun's three-run shot, his ninth, gave Los Angeles a 12-1 lead in the fifth, and a 25-1 advantage combined in the first five innings of the three games.
C.J. Wilson (7-6) allowed three runs in six innings, and the Los Angeles left-hander beat his former team for the second time in 10 starts.
Texas righty Colby Lewis (8-4) allowed 12 hits and 10 earned runs in four innings.
One night after getting a career-high six RBI, C.J. Cron matched his career best with four hits, including a run-scoring double. His previous best for hits was also against the Rangers earlier this year. He's hitting .529 (18 of 34) against Texas and .135 against the rest of the league.
Pujols, Calhoun and Johnny Giavotella had two hits apiece for the Angels, who outscored the Rangers 33-8 in the series. Pujols, whose solo homer in the fourth put Los Angeles up 8-1, had two RBI along with Giavotella.
"Everybody's got a sore hand from all the high fives," said Wilson, who entered the game with a 6.59 ERA against Texas.
The only hit off Wilson through four innings was Prince Fielder's 13th home run in the first.
Lewis, Wilson's teammate for both of Texas' World Series teams in 2010-11, couldn't keep the Angels off the bases while dropping his sixth straight start against them.
Seven of the first nine Los Angeles hitters reached, and all the Angels had been on at least once with no outs in the third inning after David Freese's hard ground-ball single off Texas third baseman Adrian Beltre's glove.
"I guess you just chalk it up to there's good days and there are bad days," Lewis said. "You just have to have more better ones than you have bad ones."
The Angels had at least 15 hits -- their season high coming into the series -- in each of the three games.
The Rangers got to Wilson with five hits combined in the fifth and sixth, but are hitting just .190 against lefties since June 1. They went into the game with the worst average in the majors against left-handers in that span.
Texas, which lost a season-high sixth straight home game and dropped below .500 for the first time since May 29, had nine of its 11 hits after trailing 12-1.
NOW THAT'S CLUTCH
The Angels went 20 of 45 (.444) with runners in scoring position in the series after entering the three-game set in a 0-for-27 drought. They also pushed a half-game lead over Texas for second in the AL West to 3 1-2 games.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: OF Collin Cowgill, out since late May with a sprained right wrist, will be shut down for at least another week. Manager Mike Scioscia said there wasn't any change in the nature of the injury.
Rangers: OF Josh Hamilton was out of the lineup with what manager Jeff Banister said was a mild groin issue. Banister said the disabled list wasn't a consideration yet for Hamilton, who missed a month with a strained left hamstring before coming off the DL on Tuesday. Hamilton sat for two of the three games in his first series against his former team.
UP NEXT:
Angels: LHP Andrew Heaney (1-0) starts the opener of a two-game interleague series at Colorado after getting his first major league win in his previous outing against the Yankees on Tuesday.
Rangers: RHP Yovani Gallardo takes a scoreless streak of 29 1/3 innings, longest in the majors this season, into the opener of a two-game interleague series at home against Arizona on Tuesday.
The slugger did it anyway.
Pujols went deep for the 25th time, Kole Calhoun homered and drove in four runs and the Los Angeles Angels finished a dominant three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers with a 12-6 victory Sunday night.
"I don't control that," said Pujols, who is a strong candidate to replace the injured Miguel Cabrera of Detroit at first base in what would be his 10th trip to the All-Star game. "We'll see what happens in the next week or so. My job is to try to help this ballclub win."
Trout celebrated his third straight year of being voted an All-Star starter in the outfield -- and fourth trip to the midsummer party -- with one of seven run-scoring singles or sacrifice flies for the Angels in the first three innings. The All-Star game is July 14 in Cincinnati.
"It's special to be a part of that group," said Trout, who has 21 homers to share third in the AL with Seattle's Nelson Cruz but hasn't decided whether to compete in the home run derby. "It's a fun couple of days."
Calhoun's three-run shot, his ninth, gave Los Angeles a 12-1 lead in the fifth, and a 25-1 advantage combined in the first five innings of the three games.
C.J. Wilson (7-6) allowed three runs in six innings, and the Los Angeles left-hander beat his former team for the second time in 10 starts.
Texas righty Colby Lewis (8-4) allowed 12 hits and 10 earned runs in four innings.
One night after getting a career-high six RBI, C.J. Cron matched his career best with four hits, including a run-scoring double. His previous best for hits was also against the Rangers earlier this year. He's hitting .529 (18 of 34) against Texas and .135 against the rest of the league.
Pujols, Calhoun and Johnny Giavotella had two hits apiece for the Angels, who outscored the Rangers 33-8 in the series. Pujols, whose solo homer in the fourth put Los Angeles up 8-1, had two RBI along with Giavotella.
"Everybody's got a sore hand from all the high fives," said Wilson, who entered the game with a 6.59 ERA against Texas.
The only hit off Wilson through four innings was Prince Fielder's 13th home run in the first.
Lewis, Wilson's teammate for both of Texas' World Series teams in 2010-11, couldn't keep the Angels off the bases while dropping his sixth straight start against them.
Seven of the first nine Los Angeles hitters reached, and all the Angels had been on at least once with no outs in the third inning after David Freese's hard ground-ball single off Texas third baseman Adrian Beltre's glove.
"I guess you just chalk it up to there's good days and there are bad days," Lewis said. "You just have to have more better ones than you have bad ones."
The Angels had at least 15 hits -- their season high coming into the series -- in each of the three games.
The Rangers got to Wilson with five hits combined in the fifth and sixth, but are hitting just .190 against lefties since June 1. They went into the game with the worst average in the majors against left-handers in that span.
Texas, which lost a season-high sixth straight home game and dropped below .500 for the first time since May 29, had nine of its 11 hits after trailing 12-1.
NOW THAT'S CLUTCH
The Angels went 20 of 45 (.444) with runners in scoring position in the series after entering the three-game set in a 0-for-27 drought. They also pushed a half-game lead over Texas for second in the AL West to 3 1-2 games.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Angels: OF Collin Cowgill, out since late May with a sprained right wrist, will be shut down for at least another week. Manager Mike Scioscia said there wasn't any change in the nature of the injury.
Rangers: OF Josh Hamilton was out of the lineup with what manager Jeff Banister said was a mild groin issue. Banister said the disabled list wasn't a consideration yet for Hamilton, who missed a month with a strained left hamstring before coming off the DL on Tuesday. Hamilton sat for two of the three games in his first series against his former team.
UP NEXT:
Angels: LHP Andrew Heaney (1-0) starts the opener of a two-game interleague series at Colorado after getting his first major league win in his previous outing against the Yankees on Tuesday.
Rangers: RHP Yovani Gallardo takes a scoreless streak of 29 1/3 innings, longest in the majors this season, into the opener of a two-game interleague series at home against Arizona on Tuesday.
7:05PM,EDT,July 5,2015
Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Los Angeles - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Colby Lewis pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Giavotella doubled to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Calhoun singled to right, Giavotella scored. | 1 | 0 |
| Trout hit by pitch, Calhoun to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Pujols singled to center, Calhoun scored, Trout to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Aybar hit sacrifice fly to center, Trout scored. | 3 | 0 |
| Freese grounded into double play, third to second to first, Pujols out at second. | 3 | 0 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| C.J. Wilson pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| DeShields grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 0 |
| Odor grounded out to second. | 3 | 0 |
| Fielder homered to right (386 feet). | 3 | 1 |
| Beltré walked. | 3 | 1 |
| Moreland struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Colby Lewis pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Joyce singled to right. | 3 | 1 |
| Cron singled to left, Joyce to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Iannetta walked, Joyce to third, Cron to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Giavotella hit sacrifice fly to right, Joyce scored. | 4 | 1 |
| Calhoun flied out to center. | 4 | 1 |
| Trout singled to center, Cron scored, Iannetta to second. | 5 | 1 |
| Pujols flied out to center. | 5 | 1 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| C.J. Wilson pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Andrus grounded out to first. | 5 | 1 |
| Rua struck out looking. | 5 | 1 |
| Rosales struck out looking. | 5 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Colby Lewis pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Aybar doubled to right. | 5 | 1 |
| Freese singled to left, Aybar scored. | 6 | 1 |
| Joyce lined out to center. | 6 | 1 |
| Cron singled to left, Freese to second. | 6 | 1 |
| Iannetta struck out swinging. | 6 | 1 |
| Giavotella singled to right, Freese scored, Cron to third. | 7 | 1 |
| Calhoun grounded out to first. | 7 | 1 |
| 2 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| C.J. Wilson pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Chirinos popped out to shortstop. | 7 | 1 |
| DeShields walked. | 7 | 1 |
| Odor grounded into fielder's choice to second, DeShields out at second. | 7 | 1 |
| Odor to second on passed ball by Iannetta. | 7 | 1 |
| Fielder grounded out to pitcher. | 7 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Colby Lewis pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Trout popped out to center. | 7 | 1 |
| Pujols homered to left (416 feet). | 8 | 1 |
| Aybar flied out to left. | 8 | 1 |
| Freese flied out to center. | 8 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| C.J. Wilson pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Beltré grounded out to shortstop. | 8 | 1 |
| Moreland grounded out to second. | 8 | 1 |
| Andrus grounded out to shortstop. | 8 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Colby Lewis pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Joyce walked. | 8 | 1 |
| Cron doubled to center, Joyce scored. | 9 | 1 |
| Ranaudo relieved Lewis. | 9 | 1 |
| Iannetta walked. | 9 | 1 |
| Giavotella grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Iannetta out at second, Cron to third. | 9 | 1 |
| Calhoun homered to center (418 feet), Cron and Giavotella scored. | 12 | 1 |
| Trout grounded out to shortstop. | 12 | 1 |
| Pujols grounded out to pitcher. | 12 | 1 |
| 4 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| C.J. Wilson pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Rua struck out looking. | 12 | 1 |
| Rosales singled to left. | 12 | 1 |
| Chirinos singled to center, Rosales to second. | 12 | 1 |
| DeShields grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Chirinos out at second, Rosales to third. | 12 | 1 |
| Odor popped out to second. | 12 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Anthony Ranaudo pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Aybar flied out to left. | 12 | 1 |
| Freese popped out to second. | 12 | 1 |
| Joyce flied out to left. | 12 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| C.J. Wilson pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Fielder grounded out to third. | 12 | 1 |
| Beltré doubled to deep left. | 12 | 1 |
| Moreland doubled to deep center, Beltré scored. | 12 | 2 |
| Andrus singled to center, Moreland scored. | 12 | 3 |
| Rua grounded into double play, third to second to first, Andrus out at second. | 12 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Anthony Ranaudo pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Cron singled to left. | 12 | 3 |
| Iannetta flied out to center. | 12 | 3 |
| Giavotella grounded out to third, Cron to second. | 12 | 3 |
| Calhoun flied out to left. | 12 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Trevor Gott pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Rosales fouled out to first. | 12 | 3 |
| Chirinos grounded out to shortstop. | 12 | 3 |
| DeShields singled to right. | 12 | 3 |
| Odor homered to right center (416 feet), DeShields scored. | 12 | 5 |
| Fielder singled to center. | 12 | 5 |
| Beltré safe at first on error by second baseman Giavotella, Fielder to second. | 12 | 5 |
| Moreland flied out to left. | 12 | 5 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Anthony Ranaudo pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Trout struck out swinging. | 12 | 5 |
| Pujols lined out to center. | 12 | 5 |
| Aybar flied out to right. | 12 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Joe Smith pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| Andrus lined out to center. | 12 | 5 |
| Martín doubled to center. | 12 | 5 |
| Choo flied out to right. | 12 | 5 |
| Chirinos struck out looking. | 12 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Tanner Scheppers pitching for Texas | LAA | TEX |
| Robertson singled to center. | 12 | 5 |
| Featherston popped out to second. | 12 | 5 |
| Cron popped out to shortstop. | 12 | 5 |
| Iannetta walked, Robertson to second. | 12 | 5 |
| Giavotella flied out to center. | 12 | 5 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Huston Street pitching for Los Angeles | LAA | TEX |
| DeShields tripled to center. | 12 | 5 |
| Odor hit sacrifice fly to left, DeShields scored. | 12 | 6 |
| Fielder flied out to right. | 12 | 6 |
| Beltré lined out to pitcher. | 12 | 6 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles Angels | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Giavotella 2B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .271 | .320 | .361 |
| Calhoun RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .266 | .320 | .403 |
| Trout CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .299 | .393 | .575 |
| Pujols DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .265 | .337 | .557 |
| Aybar SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .280 | .319 | .350 |
| Freese 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .242 | .310 | .402 |
Robertson LF
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .273 | .294 | .273 |
| Joyce LF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | .192 | .284 | .313 |
Featherston 3B
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .121 | .161 | .207 |
| Cron 1B | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .238 | .263 | .354 |
Navarro 1B
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .313 | .320 |
| Iannetta C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 24 | .190 | .309 | .272 |
| Totals | 39 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 164 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Giavotella (13, Lewis); Aybar (15, Lewis); Cron (6, Lewis) HR: Pujols (25, 4th inning off Lewis 0 on, 1 Out); Calhoun (9, 5th inning off Ranaudo 2 on, 1 Out) RBI: Calhoun 4 (46), Pujols 2 (53), Aybar (27), Giavotella 2 (31), Trout (45), Freese (36), Cron (15) SF: Aybar, Giavotella 2-out RBI: Trout, Giavotella GIDP: Freese Angels RISP: 6-13 (Trout 1-1, Iannetta 0-1, Freese 1-1, Giavotella 1-3, Calhoun 2-5, Pujols 1-2) Team LOB: 7 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Giavotella (8, ground ball) DP: 1 (Freese-Giavotella-Cron). PB: Iannetta. | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, TX |
| Attendance | 28,638 (59.5% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:03 |
| Weather | 91 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 17 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Tom Woodring, First Base - Tim Welke, Second Base - Tim Timmons, Third Base - Todd Tichenor |
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