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INDIANS AT ANGELS Where: Angel StadiumTV: Fox Sports West, 7 p.m.Did you know: Nick Francona, the Angels’ coordinator of major league player information, is the son of Indians manager Terry Francona.Indians update: Last year, the Indians... View the full article

Mike Trout grew up in South New Jersey wanting to be a shortstop, a position he played until his senior year of high school, and he idolized Derek Jeter. View the full article

Albert Pujols' oldest son, A.J., is with him during the weekend series at Yankee Stadium, and he had a special request on Sunday. "He told me this morning, 'Daddy, I want you to do the Home Run Derby this year,'" Pujols relayed. View the full article

Angels 3 - Yankees 4 Mike Trout began his game with a first inning solo home run. But the Angels could not capitalize on offensive opportunities, leaving six runners stranded in scoring position and ten overall. Starting pitcher Hector Santiago struggled in the third inning, allowing three of his four earned runs that included one run scoring on a bases-loaded balk. Click here to download the scorecard. If your new to scoring baseball or just need help interpreting some of the markup, download the key here. View the full article

NEW YORK – Joe Smith, who has taken over as the Angels closer because of Ernesto Frieri’s struggles, has mixed feelings about the promotion.“Everyone’s goal is to be a closer,” Smith said, “but do you want to do it this way? No, you... View the full article

After early-season struggles and stress that include four blown saves, four relievers combine for 3 2/3 scoreless innings. But Kevin Jepsen says there are no silver linings as Angels lose a thriller. <br/><br/>NEW YORK — "No. Moral. Victories." Kevin Jepsen made his point perfectly clear Saturday after the Angels lost a 4-3 thriller to the New York Yankees in which managers Mike Scioscia of the Angels and Joe Girardi of the Yankees matched wits like Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/sports/baseball/mlb/angels/~4/ASuPfJgFtyU" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article

NEW YORK – Hitting is all about timing. Scoring is about the timing of the hitting.The Angels did enough of the former, but not enough of the latter, in their 4-3 loss to the New York Yankees on Saturday afternoon.They put 13 runners on base, but... View the full article

ANGELS AT YANKEES Where: Yankee StadiumTV: ESPN, 5 p.m.Did you know: Mike Trout has hits in 15 of his last 17 games at Yankee Stadium.THE PITCHERS RHP GARRETT RICHARDS (2-0, 2.52)Richards returns to the site of one of his best 2013 games. He... View the full article

City's mayor has been successful in framing the debate on the deal in a way that it has halted the process, even though the city council has voted to approve the framework of an agreement.<br/><br/>You're the mayor. A guy walks into City Hall and offers to spend half a billion bucks to revitalize property owned by the city, at no cost to the city. What do you say?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/latimes/sports/baseball/mlb/angels/~4/93yd8PZ61xQ" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article

A day after clubbing four homers in a 13-1 rout, the Angels get an early solo shot from Mike Trout then come up short in New York. NEW YORK -- John Ryan Murphy hit his first big league homer and drove in three runs, Dellin Betances earned his first win in the majors and the New York Yankees bounced back to beat the Los Angeles Angels, 4-3, on Saturday. View the full article

Angles 13 - Yankees 1 The Angels struck early and struck often in their 12-run margin rout of the Yankees. The Halos hit four home runs including Albert Pujols’ 501st in the fifth and Erick Aybar’s three-run punch in the seventh. In all the Angles gathered 16 hits behind starter C.J. Wilson as he allowed just one run on four hits over six complete innings. Click here to download the scorecard. If your new to scoring baseball or just need help interpreting some of the markup, download the key here. View the full article

Hector Santiago grew up about a 20-minute drive from Yankee Stadium, in Newark, N.J., and has an entire section of people in the Bronx this weekend. Santiago estimated that roughly 350 people bought tickets to Friday's series opener, a 13-1 rout by his Angels. And he expects about 200 to be in the house when he makes his fifth start of the season on Saturday afternoon, opposite left-hander Vidal Nuno. View the full article

Albert Pujols hits home run No. 501 while C.J. Wilson gives up four hits and one run in six innings. AT THE PLATE: Erick Aybar, who tweaked his stance last Monday so he is more upright in the box, had four hits and four runs. With 11 hits in 17 at-bats in four games, he has raised his average from .175 to .275. Howie Kendrick, who had three hits and scored three runs, is hitting .425 (17 for 40) in his last nine games. Since the start of 2006, Kendrick's .357 mark (74 for 207) against the Yankees is the best among players with at least 200 at-bats against them. Hank Conger had two run-scoring doubles and an RBI single. View the full article

Manager Mike Scioscia announces before the game in New York that setup man Joe Smith will replace struggling Ernesto Frieri as closer. The Angels hit four home runs. NEW YORK — The Angels did not require the services of a closer Friday night. View the full article

NEW YORK – Angels fans — and opponents — won’t have Ernesto Frieri to kick around.At least not in save situations.The embattled reliever has been demoted from the closer role after a rough start to his season, the lowlight of which was a... View the full article

NEW YORK – Nothing can ease the pain of a heartbreaking loss like an off day and a blowout victory.That’s just what the Angels did, with a 13-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night, a laugher for a club that blew a ninth-inning,... View the full article

If Albert Pujols is not again the best, most feared offensive player in the game, he's certainly in the conversation. He's also one of the best things about this new baseball season. To see a guy who has worked so hard and who has struggled so much with injuries for two years, to see that guy rewarded is about as good as it gets. View the full article

Where: Yankee StadiumTV: Fox Sports 1, 10 a.m.Did you know: Albert Pujols, with eight homers, is one shy of tying Brian Downing’s club record for April. Downing hit nine in 1986.THE PITCHERS LHP HECTOR SANTIAGO (0-3, 3.68)Santiago has allowed... View the full article

Albert Pujols hit his 501st career homer, and it was one of eight runs and 11 hits the Angels accumulated in the first five innings, more than enough for C.J. Wilson in a 13-1 rout at Yankee Stadium on Friday night. View the full article

NEW YORK – On the heels of a blown three-run lead and a disappointing three weeks, Ernesto Frieri has been demoted from the Angels closer role.Joe Smith will now pitch in save situations, Manager Mike Scioscia said. Frieri will move down the... View the full article

There will be growing pains along the way, no doubt, but the Angels' perceived biggest concern heading into the season -- the success of the three young starters in their rotation -- has actually been a bright spot early on. View the full article

Major League Baseball's Playing Rules Committee provided a clearer interpretation of the transfer rule on Friday, saying that an out occurs whenever a player has complete control over the ball in his glove. "I feel like they got it right," said Angels second baseman Howie Kendrick, among a vast majority of players who rejoiced when the rule was essentially changed back to its state from before this season. View the full article

The All-Star Game ballots were unveiled on Friday, with fans given a chance to decide the starting position players in the American League and National League. Albert Pujols, of course, was listed as the first base representative for the Angels. And it served as a reminder of how much better the 34-year-old has looked at the start of the season. View the full article

NEW YORK – J.B. Shuck hasn’t been a pitcher since he was in college, but he still throws strikes.In Shuck’s season-plus with the Angels, he already has demonstrated the team’s most accurate outfield arm, responsible for a team-leading nine... View the full article

Where: Yankee StadiumTV: Fox Sports West, 4 p.m.Did you know: The Angels lead the American League with an adjusted OPS of 113, which modifies OPS to take ballpark and league averages into account.Yankees update: The Yankees’ offseason spending... View the full article