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Was that Bigfoot or Sasquatch?: Oh, neither. Just the second home run of the season for Albert Pujols, who went deep for the Los Angeles Angels in a 7-2 victory against the White Sox on Wednesday night. Some were beginning to wonder how many homers he had left in his bat after a drought of 33 games and 139 at-bats to start the season. Now he’s got two deeps, giving him 447 for his career so far, on his way to 500-plus. You know, Albert.
“It’s been awhile,” Pujols said. ”There are some times I feel good at the plate and hit the ball hard but don’t catch any breaks. But you can’t lose your focus. Every at-bat, no matter how I feel, I try to take it as the last at-bat of my career. Hey, listen – this game is not easy. I’ve been saying that all year long. There are things that are out of your control.”
Jim Eppard fixes everything: The Angels have knocked out 24 hits in their past two games with the memory of fired coach Mickey Hatcher still on their minds. New coach Jim Eppard tutored many of the Angels in the minor leagues, so at least he’s coming in with an idea of how to help.
”What’s great about it is that a lot of the guys here I’ve had come through Salt Lake, so I have a mental tape of those guys.”
O’s so good: The Baltimore Orioles are 24-14 after Adam Jones hit a tie-breaking home run in the 15th inning to carry them to a 4-3 victory at Kansas City. Jones’ 12th homer of the season came after he started the game 0 for 6.
”Some people were behind me, yelling at me, ‘Hey, come on Jones.’ I showed them. After I hit that, they shut up the heck up.”
Said.
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