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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Mike Trout and Albert Pujols are having milestone seasons, even if the Los Angeles Angels are having a forgettable one.Trout and Pujols each hit one of the Angels five home runs, and Los Angeles beat the Cincinnati Reds 9-2 on Monday night.Trout went 3 for 4 with two RBI and two runs, joining Alex Rodriguez as one of two players to score 100 runs five times before his age-25 season. He was one of four players to come a triple shy of the cycle.Pujols hit his 586th homer, tying Frank Robinson for ninth on the career list.Its obviously special, Trout said. Im very fortunate to play with Albert, be in the same clubhouse as him. Just looking at his career, just being in the same sentence with him, its unbelievable.Kole Calhoun was also a triple shy of the cycle, and C.J. Cron homered among his three hits for the Angels.Matt Shoemaker (9-13) allowed two runs and seven hits over seven innings. After giving up a two-run homer to Joey Votto in the first, Shoemaker settled in to win his third straight decision.As the game went on, he really got a feel for pitching in to some of the lefties, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. One pitch that was hit out of the park early in the game, but he buckled down after that and got into the game.Trout scored his 100th run on an RBI single by Pujols in the third inning. It was Pujols 1,801st RBI, and hes now 11 shy of tying Frank Robinson at 20th on the career list.Dan Straily (10-7) was then chased from the game after giving up a two-run homer to Cron and another home run to Jefry Marte two batters later. Straily was charged with seven runs and eight hits, walked one and struck out three in 2 2/3 innings.Weve talked a lot about the deception he has, and that wasnt the case tonight, Reds manager Bryan Price said. A very unusual night for Dan. He threw strikes, tested hitters in the zone, and they were on him. Dan hasnt really had a game like that for us this year, but hell get right back on the beam next time.Straily struggled with all of his pitches, unable to throw strikes from the start.I just didnt have it tonight, Straily said. Whatever I threw, they seemed to hit it well.Calhoun led off the fourth with a solo homer to right off Alfredo Simon to bring the Angels home run tally to five and put them ahead 8-2.Trout and Pujols hit back-to-back home runs in the first to give the Angels a 3-2 lead. Trout hit a two-run homer and Pujols followed with a solo shot to left.Reds shortstop Jose Peraza was removed from the game in the third inning with a facial contusion. An errant pickoff throw by Shoemaker missed Crons glove at first base and hit Peraza in the face. Zack Cozart was inserted as a pinch-runner and remained in the game at shortstop. Price said Peraza, who didnt talk to media after the game, didnt have a concussion but will need to undergo dental examinations to check for chipped teeth.TRAINERS ROOMAngels: 3B Yunel Escobar has been cleared to resume baseball activities and will likely re-join the team this weekend. Escobar was placed on the seven-day concussion list on Aug. 20.UP NEXTReds: RHP Tim Adleman will make his third start since being promoted on Aug. 16. Adleman is 2-1 with a 3.68 ERA in six major league starts.Angels: RHP Jered Weaver won his first game since July 17 in his last start in Toronto, allowing two runs (one unearned) on five hits in 5 2/3 innings. Weaver is 9-11 with a 5.31 ERA and has pitched against the Reds only once in his career, on opening day in 2013. . -- The Portland Timbers and Real Salt Lake played to a 0-0 tie Saturday night that left the top of the Western Conference standings unchanged. . -- Kyrie Irvings last-minute 3-pointer helped seal another victory for Cleveland -- and the Cavaliers longest winning streak since LeBron James left. .C. at the helm of the top team in the Eastern Conference. His tenure as the GM in Vancouver was all too brief. Though he led the Canucks to what was then a franchise record-shattering campaign in just his second season, Nonis was gone and replaced one year later. . Neymar curled home a free kick from just outside the area to put the 2014 World Cup host ahead in the 44th minute. Three minutes after the break, a simple through pass from Paulinho freed Oscar and the Chelsea star rounded goalkeeper Jung Sung-ryong to extend Brazils lead. . Once again Jordan Cieciwa (@FitCityJordan) and I (@LynchOnSports) go head to head in our picks. Last weekend at UFC Fight Night 32 my #TeamLynch got the best of #TeamJC by a score of 9-6. Let us know which side youre on for UFC 167 use the hashtag #TeamLynch or #TeamJC on Twitter. Daniil Kvyat feels his drive to 15th was the maximum he could have hoped for in Germany and two steps forward after his devastating end of qualifying a day earlier.Kvyat looked a broken figure on Saturday after qualifying 19th at Hockenheim, saying his current career slump seemed never ending. The Russian driver has scored just two points since being demoted from Red Bull to Toro Rosso ahead of the Spanish Grand Prix.On Sunday a solid drive saw him recover to 15th, one place behind teammate Carlos Sainz. That result came after receiving words of encouragement on the grid from both Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko and team boss Christian Horner.Speaking about his race, Kvyat said: I felt that many people who know me saw I was not myself these last few weeks, also Christian. I dont need anyone to be sorry for me or anything but I think everyone has these points in life. For sure, [qualifying] was a low poinnt.dddddddddddd But already I felt like I took not one but two steps forward.When asked if he felt he had got the best from the car, he replied: Exactly, I felt I got absolutely the maximum out of it. It was positive on that note. Nothing could have been done better today from outside, so its quite positive.Kvyay says the key to his positive drive was not dwelling too much on what had happened in qualifying and letting his racing instincts take over.[I did] nothing special, just went to the car and did my job, really not thinking about too much or over-analysing. Just did my usual job, just drove on my instincts and it paid off quite well. I think thats how we continue that approach for now, its been working good and it should be much better from the second half of the season. ' ' '
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