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Clips

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Today’s Clips Contents FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (Page 3)

Angels' Albert Pujols limited to DH duty indefinitely

Angels complete four-game sweep of Tigers with 4-2 victory

Angels wrap up May with a sweep of Detroit FROM THE OC REGISTER (Page 6)

Green moves to another infield position for the Angels

Angels beat Tigers, 4-2, to finish first series sweep of 2015

On deck: Rays at Angels, Monday, 7 p.m., FSW FROM ANGELS.COM (Page 9)

Angels to use halo for Alzheimer's awareness

Trout-Harper connection dates back to 2011

Giavotella's knock lifts Angels to four-game sweep

Thriving under pressure, Giavotella comes up big

Rays head out west with Colome facing Angels, Richards FROM THE LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS (Page 16)

Efren Navarro continues ‘roller-coaster’ ride with Los Angeles Angels

Giavotella’s two-run single gives Angels sweep of Tigers 4-2 FROM FOX SPORTS WEST (Page 19)

Week ahead for Angels: Battles with AL East-leading Rays, Yankees FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS (Page 20)

Giavotella's 2-run single in 8th helps Angels sweep Tigers

Rays-Angels Preview

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FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

Angels' Albert Pujols limited to DH duty indefinitely

By BILL SHAIKIN The Angels will start Albert Pujols at designated hitter in Sunday's nationally televised game against the Detroit Tigers, and Manager Mike Scioscia said there is no timetable for when Pujols might return to first base. Pujols strained his groin during Friday's game. He started at DH on Saturday. "He's going to get as much time as he needs," Scioscia said. "If it's going to get irritated by playing first base, we'll keep him at DH." Pujols, 35, served as DH for the 10th time in the Angels' 51 games. He played 34 games at DH in 2012, his first season with the Angels. He played 65 games at DH in 2013 and 43 games in 2014. Pujols has homered in three consecutive games, entering play Sunday. He is batting .250 -- including five hits in his past 10 at-bats -- and is tied for eighth in the American League with 11 home runs. With left-hander David Price starting for the Tigers, Scioscia dropped the left-handed Kole Calhoun to sixth in the lineup, the lowest Calhoun has batted this season. David Freese batted fourth and Chris Iannetta fifth, the highest Iannetta has batted this season. "David Price is a special lefty," Scioscia said. "We want to make sure Mike [Trout] and Albert get their pitches." Erick Aybar, who had missed the past two games because of hamstring tightness, returned to the lineup, at shortstop and leading off. The Angels said first baseman Marc Krauss, designated for assignment last week, cleared waivers and was assigned to triple-A Salt Lake.

Angels complete four-game sweep of Tigers with 4-2 victory

By BILL SHAIKIN KEY MOMENT: David Freese led off for the Angels in the eighth inning, with the score tied, 2-2. Tigers ace David Price got ahead 0 and 2, then threw four consecutive balls. That put Freese, he of the .279 on-base percentage, on base with the winning run. Chris Iannetta got an infield single, Kole Calhoun sacrificed and Grant Green was walked intentionally, loading the bases for pinch-hitter Carlos Perez. He popped up. Price left after 121 pitches, but Johnny Giavotella's two-run single against Joba Chamberlain, driving home the winning runs.

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AT THE PLATE: Giavotella and Chris Iannetta had two hits apiece for the Angels. Giavotella doubled in the fifth inning, the Angels' only extra-base hit, to drive home their first run. Giavotella is batting .400 in his last 25 at-bats; Iannetta .350 in his last 40 at-bats. ON THE MOUND: Angels starter Matt Shoemaker has faced David Price twice and never lost. Shoemaker beat Price last season and got no-decision Sunday, giving up two runs, one earned, and four hits over 51/3 innings. Cesar Ramos, Cam Bedrosian, Joe Smith and Huston Street combined for 32/3 innings of one-hit relief. EXTRA BASES: Albert Pujols, bothered by a sore groin, is limited to designated hitter. Scioscia said there is no timetable for when Pujols might return to first base. Pujols, 35, has been the DH in 10 of the Angels' first 51 games. … In an effort to combat Price, whom Scioscia called a "special lefty," the Angels batted Iannetta fifth and Calhoun sixth. Iannetta had not batted so high in the lineup this season; Calhoun had not batted so low. UP NEXT: Garrett Richards (4-3, 3.12 ERA) faces Tampa Bay's Alex Colome (3-1, 4.55) on Monday at 7:05 p.m. at Angel Stadium. TV: FS West; Radio: 830, 1330.

Angels wrap up May with a sweep of Detroit

By BILL SHAIKIN Are these the Angels, finally? Or was the weekend a big tease? The Angels have been in first place in the American League West for two days this season. They have been in third place as recently as Wednesday. On the other hand, they just swept a four-game series from the mighty Detroit Tigers. They are back in second place, and they have crept within four games of the Houston Astros. They closed May on a 16-9 rush, and they are three games above .500 for the first time this season. So, after the Angels won 4-2 on Sunday and outscored the Tigers 26-10 in the series, would the Angels say this was just a good weekend, or a sneak preview of an exciting summer? "I don't want to say, 'This is the definitive moment. Here we go,'" closer Huston Street said. "I think, as a group, we can definitely start to feel something start to galvanize." The Angels scored 12 runs on Thursday. They hit five home runs in two innings on Saturday. They gave up two runs or fewer on Thursday, Friday and Sunday. And ace Garrett Richards did not pitch in the series, setup man Joe Smith had a stiff neck, shortstop Erick Aybar sat out two games because of a tight hamstring, and first baseman Albert Pujols was limited to designated hitter for two games because of a sore groin. Street said the Tigers series put on display the capabilities the Angels already know they have — a team that can not only win the division and go beyond simply getting into the playoffs.

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"We have a team that can contend with any other team in baseball," Street said. Manager Mike Scioscia went with the "it is what it is" meaning of the sweep. "We don't have a crystal ball," Scioscia said. "There's no doubt we played a really good club this weekend and played good baseball. That's the important thing. "We don't have to overthink this." Scioscia managed Sunday as if the game were more than just another regular-season game. He juggled five pitchers, used his backup catcher as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning and would have had one man — outfielder Matt Joyce — on the bench had the game gone into extra innings. The Angels' luck had to turn. In the sixth inning, with two on and two out in a 2-2 tie, Johnny Giavotella hit a line drive that Tigers ace David Price caught as he turned his head. "It's the most frustrating thing in the sport," Giavotella said. "You do everything right, but you still fail." In the seventh, Mike Trout hit a line drive right at Price — and the Tigers' ace caught that one too. Replays caught Trout laughing at the absurdity of it all. In the eighth, with the score still tied 2-2, the Angels loaded the bases with two out. Price left after 121 pitches — his highest total in two years — and Giavotella grounded a two-run single behind second base. No line drive, but the game-winning runs nonetheless. Trout and Pujols might have the marquee names, but Giavotella has driven in the winning run in seven of the Angels' 27 victories. "Late in the game, we want Johnny up," pitcher Matt Shoemaker said. In his 29 at-bats in so-called "late and close" situations — seventh inning or later, with a one-run lead at best and the potential tying run on deck at worst — Giavotella is batting .517. "It seems like he gets big hit after big hit for us," Scioscia said. The Angels could get on a roll now. They play their next 19 games against teams no better than one game over .500. The recipe for success, catcher Chris Iannetta said, is to maintain this level — three games over .500 — and throw in a few modest winning streaks along the way. A four-game winning streak here, a five-game streak there, he said, and the Angels could finish 20 games over .500. That would translate to a 91-71 record. The Astros are on pace to win 98. "It's a race to 90 wins," Iannetta said. "That is what is going to win the division."

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FROM THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Green moves to another infield position for the Angels

BY PEDRO MOURA

ANAHEIM – Major leaguers do not often start games at shortstop and first base on consecutive days. That is not a normal thing. Grant Green did that thing Sunday, starting his second career game at first base after beginning Saturday’s game at shortstop. He has now started four games at three positions (the other being second base) in five days in the major leagues since his latest callup. He did not have the easiest entrance to the position. With two runners on and two out in the second inning, ex-Angel Andrew Romine dribbled a ball up the first-base line that Green could’ve easily fielded and ended the inning. Green tried to field it, but he waited too long, and by then, the ball was headed to foul territory. So he let it go and the at-bat continued. Luckily for Green, it ended in a strikeout two pitches later. Then, in the sixth, he tried to stretch and reach an errant throw from Angels second baseman Johnny Giavotella. If Green had come off the bag, he would’ve at least held Detroit runner Miguel Cabrera and prevented a run from scoring. But he didn’t come off the base, and he didn’t secure it. “I thought I (had it), but I obviously couldn’t have gotten there,” Green said. “I probably should’ve come off the bag and kept Miggy on third. But I thought for sure I had a chance at getting it, and it tipped off my glove.” Just like he rested Erick Aybar and his sore hamstring on Saturday, Green rested Albert Pujols on Sunday as the 35-year-old’s sore groin muscle continues to prevent him from playing the field. Pujols has been the Angels’ designated hitter for consecutive days, and the Angels are committed to playing him in that spot as long as he needs because his bat’s been so hot. Pujols awoke on the morning of May 17 with a .669 OPS. On Sunday morning, it was .775. He homered in the three games of the series against Detroit Tigers, and he didn’t strike out throughout it. STACKING THE DECK Angels manager Mike Scioscia stacked his lineup with right-handed hitters to combat Detroit Tigers left-hander David Price on Sunday. Price has been dominant against both sides in his career but particularly stingy against lefties – 112 points better in opposing OPS. Kole Calhoun, the only lefty in Scioscia's lineup, hit sixth. In every game he had played since exactly one year previous – May 31, 2014 – Calhoun hit first or fourth in Scioscia’s lineup. As can be inferred from that, the 27-year-old Calhoun has been struggling some. In the same span as Pujols has raised his OPS, Calhoun’s on-base percentage has dropped from .362 to .333, although he did homer Saturday for his first extra-base hit in a week.

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Calhoun walked once and sacrifice bunted Sunday. NOTES Angels rookie infielder Taylor Featherston appeared in his 25th game Sunday, entering as a defensive replacement at third base. A Rule V selection, Featherston finished his second month in the majors with still just one hit in 33 plate appearances. Only one major-league rookie has ever finished a season with one hit in more plate appearances: outfielder Kevin Bass in 1982. Bass had one hit in 35 trips for two teams, as he was traded from the Brewers to the Astros mid-slump. … First baseman/outfielder Marc Krauss cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Salt Lake. He had been designated for assignment when the Angels recalled outfielder Alfredo Marte from Salt Lake and acquired outfielder Kirk Nieuwenhuis from the Mets on Thursday. Krauss hit .143 with a .211 on-base percentage in 38 plate appearances for the Angels after starring in Triple-A. … The Angels will host more than 1,900 at-risk students from local schools at Monday’s game, according to a team press release. The students are being rewarded for “improved school attendance and behavior, and for staying out of gangs.” Louis Zamperini’s grandson, Clay, will speak to the students. … Right-hander Mike Morin (oblique strain) does not yet have a timetable for a return to throwing. He has been out since May 23 and has reported feeling significantly less pain.

Angels beat Tigers, 4-2, to finish first series sweep of 2015

BY PEDRO MOURA

ANAHEIM – About a foot up and 2 feet to the left did the trick. In Sunday’s sixth inning at Angel Stadium, Johnny Giavotella laced a pitch from Tigers ace David Price back up the middle and thought he had a hit. There were two runners on and two out in a tie game; that hit would have been big. Price, though, didn’t even need to move from where he finished his delivery to corral the ball and end the inning. Price grinned and patted his heart twice. Giavotella slammed his helmet into the ground. “That’s the most frustrating thing about the sport,” Giavotella said later. “You can do everything right. But you’ll still fail.” Sometimes. Two innings later, the Angels second baseman stepped up with the bases loaded and two out, the score still tied, and hit Detroit reliever Joba Chamberlain’s second pitch in the same direction, with only slightly different coordinates. Ian Kinsler fielded it a few steps into the outfield, tried to get an inning-ending force at second and failed, and two Angels came around to score the decisive runs in a 4-2 victory. “That’s Johnny,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. “Johnny has a short memory. You need that to play in this league.”

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The Angels swept the powerful Tigers in four games for their first series sweep of more than two games in 2015. They trailed for three innings, total, over the series. They finished May with a 16-13 record. “We played a really good club this weekend,” Scioscia said. “And we played good baseball.” After the Angels waited out the deliberate Price for Sunday’s first few innings, Chris Iannetta and Kole Calhoun each pounced on first-pitch fastballs in the fourth, first for a single, and then for an inning-ending pop-up. That augured the future, as they presented a short onslaught in the fifth, with five consecutive balls hit into play early in at-bats to score two runs. Erick Aybar brought in one, Mike Trout the other. There were no more threats to score until Giavotella’s efforts in the sixth and eighth. Right-hander Matt Shoemaker, the night’s starter for the Angels, displayed more control than his line indicated. He struck out five in 51/3 innings, permitting three singles, a double, and a career-high four walks, three of which were unintentional. He allowed two runs, one earned, and, pitch after pitch, pounded the lower third of the zone. In the second inning, Shoemaker allowed a single and double back-to-back, and a sacrifice fly from Detroit rookie catcher James McCann brought in the game’s first run. Scioscia followed with an unusual decision, intentionally walking right-handed-hitting Jose Iglesias to face switch-hitting ex-Angel Andrew Romine. Shoemaker struck Romine out swinging, and he didn’t allow another hit until the sixth, when Miguel Cabrera led off with a single. A Chris Iannetta passed ball pushed him to second, and Yoenis Cespedes grounded to Giavotella, who threw errantly to first, tying the game. The Angels (27-24) needed two relievers, left-hander Cesar Ramos and right-hander Cam Bedrosian, to finish the sixth, but they got through it unscathed. Bedrosian loaded the bases in the seventh and then induced a flyout from Cespedes to survive. Per the script, Joe Smith and Huston Street pitched the eighth and ninth innings to finish it.

On deck: Rays at Angels, Monday, 7 p.m., FSW

BY PEDRO MOURA

Where: Angel Stadium Did you know: Tampa Bay has two ex-Angels in its bullpen in right-handers Kevin Jepsen and Ernesto Frieri. THE PITCHERS RHP GARRETT RICHARDS (4-3, 3.12)

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Richards hasn't been particularly dominant in his past two starts, but he gave the Angels a chance to win both times. They're 5-3 in his starts, and they could be even better with more convenient run distribution. He was hurt by a homer in those last two starts, but he's generally been fantastic at preventing the long ball. His control improved in May; he walked 11 men in 34 innings after issuing 10 in 18 April innings. Vs. Rays: 1-1, 5.40 At Angel Stadium: 13-7, 3.61 Loves to face: Evan Longoria, 0 for 5, 1 BB, 2 SO Hates to face: David DeJesus, 2 for 4 (.500), 1 RBI, 2 BB RHP ALEX COLOME (3-1, 4.55) Colome, 26, was suspended for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2014, which cost him some potential starts at a time the Rays needed them. He was out because of earlier this year, too, and he’s been inconsistent since his return. He’s finished six innings only once, and that start was actually his worst one yet, when he permitted eight runs to the Yankees. He's had two pretty good outings in his last two times out, and he's walked less than a man per start on average, so there are positives. Never faced the Angels or any Angels hitters UPCOMING MATCHUPS Tuesday: Rays RHP Chris Archer (5-4, 2.12) at Angels LHP C.J. Wilson (3-3, 3.18), 7 p.m. Wednesday: Rays RHP Nathan Karns (3-2, 3.32) at Angels LHP Hector Santiago (4-3, 2.18), 7 p.m.

FROM ANGELS.COM

Angels to use halo for Alzheimer's awareness By David Adler / MLB.com

ANAHEIM -- Starting on Monday, if you're walking out of Angel Stadium after an Angels win, take a look up at the halo crowning the iconic 230-foot letter "A" sign -- it'll be glowing purple. In an effort to raise Alzheimer's awareness, the Angels will be lighting the halo purple after every win during June -- which is Alzheimer's and Brain Awareness Month -- as part of a partnership between the team and Alzheimer's Association, Orange County.

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"The most important thing for us is, the Angels are very high-profile," AAOC CEO/president Jim McAleer said. "Mike Trout is a demigod and all that stuff. Everyone knows who the Angels are, where they are and what they do. One of the things we struggle with is letting people know who we are and what we do." Alzheimer's Association, Orange County offers free programs and services to those affected by the disease -- more than 84,000 people in Orange County -- including: a 24/7 helpline; support groups; care consultation and coordination; family, caregiver and community education; linkage to community resources; trial match program; and research, information and funding. The organization will also hold one of three annual Walks to End Alzheimer's at Angel Stadium on Nov. 14. "My hope is when fans drive by our stadium on the 57 Freeway, they see a bold purple glow in our sea of red and feel inspired to join an important movement," Angels chairman Dennis Kuhl said in a press release. McAleer said that AAOC has already branded purple as its color throughout the Anaheim area -- including through various other promotions at Angel Stadium -- so that when fans see the halo glowing, they'll be able to associate it with the Alzheimer's cause. "People will absolutely notice when a landmark as big as the halo on the 'A' glows purple," McAleer said. "I really believe that more people, particularly baseball fans, will know we exist."

Trout-Harper connection dates back to 2011 By Lyle Spencer

ANAHEIM -- They are being linked again as the New Age version of Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays, exceptional talents with futures brighter than the sun over Southern California and South Florida. The Angels' Mike Trout, at 23, already has reached dizzying heights as the 2014 American League Most Valuable Player Award winner, two-time MVP runner-up and three-time All-Star. The Nationals' Bryce Harper, 22, is doing everything in his considerable power to enter Trout's realm with a breakout 2015 season. Not the territorial type, Trout -- the New Jersey prodigy playing out West -- is happy to welcome Harper -- the Las Vegas kid performing on the East Coast -- on the mountaintop. "It's good for baseball," Trout said of a potentially fascinating rivalry that, in reality, is the furthest thing from the two athletes' minds. "Bryce is doing some great things. The main thing is staying healthy -- for both of us." Part of what makes them so charismatic is the way they attack the game. Trout has Mantle's body, but goes about it in the fashion of Mays, playing with a visible joy and unadulterated passion. Teammates embraced him from Day 1.

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Harper is more intense and outwardly driven by nature. Like Mantle, he carries his emotions on his sleeves -- at times, again like Mantle, to his detriment. But Harper clearly burns to be great. What is not so well known about Trout and Harper is that they once were teammates. For six weeks following the 2011 season, they shared the outfield as members of the Arizona Fall League's Scottsdale Scorpions. Most of the buzz surrounded wunderkind Harper, the first overall pick by the Nationals in the 2010 Draft. Trout, taken by the Angels 25th overall in the first round in 2009, had played a cameo role for the Halos in the second half of the '11 season, giving glimpses of the wondrous deeds to come. "We got to know each other in that month and a half," Trout said. "He's a good dude. I remember that he came to the field ready to work; he was always in the weight room." It was a remarkably talented team, even if it finished 14-22, last in the AFL's East Division. Brandon Crawford and Joe Panik -- the heart of the World Series champion Giants' infield -- got to know each other as Scorpions that fall, forging a bond. The catcher was Derek Norris, Nationals property at the time, along with Harper. The third baseman was Norris' new Padres teammate, Will Middlebrooks, then with the Red Sox. Brewers shortstop Jean Segura, a young Angel flyer, showed off his athleticism with the Scorpions. Fellow ex-Angel Hank Conger, now with the Astros, backed Norris along with Dan Butler of the Red Sox. Other familiar names on the roster included outfielders Gary Brown and Alex Hassan. Cody Overbeck, a Phillies farmhand who hit 125 Minor League homers, was at first base. "We had a lot of fun," Norris said. "We scored a lot of runs, but lost some 13-11 games. Everybody in the Fall League had a good time. It's a chance to meet and see these prospects you've read about. Harper was the new thing. Trout was the guy kind of knocking on the door." Harper led the offense, hitting .333 with six homers and 26 RBIs in 25 games. Panik hit .323, Segura .310. Running on fumes after a long season, dividing his time between Double-A Arkansas and the Angels, Trout hit .245 with one homer. The power would arrive in his astounding 2012 season. The pitching staff was filled with arms coming off injuries and raw prospects, and it took a pounding. The team was managed by Archie Baylor, current first-base coach of the Red Sox. "Honestly? Yeah, I knew those guys were going to be special," Middlebrooks said when asked about Trout and Harper. "You could see how rare their ability was. Trout is one of the more humble athletes of that caliber you're ever going to meet. "It's pretty cool to see those guys, what they've turned into, and to have had a relationship with them. Crawford and Panik were humble guys, too. They came every day to prepare and go to work."

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Crawford, a fourth-round pick by the Giants out of UCLA in 2008, was the veteran at age 24. Panik, San Francisco's first-round choice (No. 29 overall) out of St. John's four months earlier, was making the transition from shortstop to second base. "He reminded me of Buster [Posey] in the way he would go about things, the way he hit the ball up the middle," Crawford said of Panik. "I could tell he had something special." Nobody has played better shortstop this season than Crawford, a deserving All-Star. Panik, a major contributor to the club's run to the 2014 championship, is showing he's for real with a solid season. "We have a great relationship," Panik said. "Brandon makes my job easier -- just a great guy to play with. The game tends to beat up on you. Then you look over at Brandon, and everything's fine." As for how the loaded Scorpions lineup set up, Middlebrooks said: "I think it went Crawford, Panik, Trout, Harper, me, Norris ... we had some guys who could hit." The fortunate fans who caught the Arizona Fall League action in 2011 were witnesses to an amazing collection of talent that would go on to light up the national pastime. Certainly there's never been a better 14-22 team.

Giavotella's knock lifts Angels to four-game sweep By David Adler and Jason Beck / MLB.com

ANAHEIM -- With David Price out of the game Sunday night, the Angels finally broke through for two huge eighth-inning runs, with Johnny Giavotella's two-out, two-run single leading them to a 4-2 win and a four-game sweep of the Tigers at Angel Stadium. Price turned in a bulldog performance -- throwing 121 pitches in 7 2/3 innings, and getting pinch-hitter Carlos Perez to pop into an infield fly with the bases loaded in his final at-bat of the night. But Joba Chamberlain, on in relief with the game tied at two, surrendered Giavotella's single up the middle, and Angels closer Huston Street locked up the win in the ninth. "David pitched his tail off," Chamberlain said. "I threw a good pitch and [Giavotella] put a swing on it. He hit it where we weren't. You can't really say anything different than that." The Tigers' offense struggled again -- they scored two runs or fewer three times in the series -- tallying runs on a sac fly and an error. Angels starter Matt Shoemaker contributed to that Sunday with his second solid start in a row, throwing 5 1/3 innings and allowing two runs (one earned). It was also his second straight start without allowing a home run, after he had surrendered an American League-high 13 in his first eight starts of 2015. Detroit lost with Price on the mound for just the second time all year, and the first time in Price's past seven starts. The Angels, who have won 13 of their past 14 games against the Tigers at home, moved to three games above .500 for the first time all year at 27-24.

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"Well, we don't have a crystal ball, but there's no doubt that we played a really good club this weekend and we played good baseball," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "I don't think we have to overthink this. We won a ballgame today; we've got another ballgame tomorrow. But any time you play a good club and you play well, it has to carry some confidence forward, and hopefully this will." MOMENTS THAT MATTERED Bedrosian bails himself out: Angels reliever Cam Bedrosian got himself into trouble in the seventh inning of a 2-2 game, issuing back-to-back walks to load the bases for Yoenis Cespedes. When Cespedes stepped into the batter's box, Bedrosian had thrown more balls than strikes, but he got ahead of the Tigers' cleanup hitter, 1-2, and popped Cespedes up to short right field to keep the game tied, setting the stage for Giavotella's hit in the eighth. Price controls: Price took a no-hitter into the fourth inning and a shutout into the fifth before a four-hit frame put him behind. However, he avoided the big inning -- he has had four innings of three runs or more this season -- by retiring Albert Pujols and striking out David Freese, keeping the Tigers close enough to tie it again in the sixth. "One hard-hit ball that inning. It's baseball," Price said. "Keep us in it. They battled back and scored a run the next inning, so that's huge." Green gets things started: The bottom of the order keyed the Angels in a two-run fifth inning that gave them their first lead of the game. Grant Green, hitting seventh, led off with an infield single, and Giavotella put runners on second and third with a double out of the nine-hole. Erick Aybar -- back in the lineup for the first time since Thursday -- and Mike Trout followed with back-to-back RBI singles to put the Angels ahead, 2-1. "Price is a tough guy. You want every part of the order to get going," Green said. "With the lower third, if you can get on base for the big boys -- Aybar, Trout, Pujols and Freese -- it always helps, no matter who you're facing." Angels outlast Price: Price has given up his share of damage after the 100-pitch mark this season, with opponents batting 10-for-20, but he hadn't surrendered a walk in that stretch until Sunday. A leadoff walk to Freese put the Angels' offense in motion, pushing him over the 120-pitch mark before getting the second out. "I felt fine," Price said. "I work hard. That's not an issue. That's not a problem. I felt good. That's baseball." QUOTABLE "The biggest thing for me is better focus on the mound. … The focus allows me to keep the ball down more. But also the in-between bullpen work. The in-between bullpens, I'm trying to focus on pounding the ball down in the zone -- sometimes even below the catcher's knees. Just like, 'Hey, if I'm gonna miss, I'm gonna miss low.'" -- Shoemaker, on how he's avoided giving up home runs in his past two starts

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"Price, for sure -- especially after seeing him three times." -- Giavotella, on whether he would have rather faced Price 120 pitches in, or Chamberlain fresh in the eighth inning SOUND SMART WITH YOUR FRIENDS Price's 121 pitches marked his most in a game as a Tiger, and his highest total since Sept. 10, 2013, with the Rays against Boston. He has topped the 100-pitch mark in 10 of 11 starts this year, including each of his last seven outings. WHAT'S NEXT Tigers: Detroit is off Monday, allowing some rest after an overnight trip back from California. The Tigers are home for just three games against the A's beginning Tuesday night, when Alfredo Simon takes the mound for a 7:08 p.m. ET start. Angels: Garrett Richards will try to make up for a loss in his last start, as the Angels open a three-game set against the Rays at Angel Stadium on Monday at 7:05 p.m. PT.

Thriving under pressure, Giavotella comes up big By David Adler / MLB.com

ANAHEIM -- What about Johnny Giavotella? The question should have been asked before Sunday night, but after the Angels' series-sweeping, 4-2 win over the Tigers at Angel Stadium -- when the second baseman delivered the go-ahead, two-run single with two outs in the eighth inning -- it had to be. Much has been made of the revitalized bats of hitters such as Albert Pujols and Matt Joyce. But what about Giavotella? Just more than a week ago, he was on a 3-for-31 skid. After winning the second base job out of Spring Training, he found himself coming off the bench three times in eight days. Angels manager Mike Scioscia was even fielding questions about whether utility callup Grant Green would get reps at second, and whether the starter would depend on daily matchups. "Johnny went through a little soft spell a couple weeks ago, but he seems like he's getting big hit after big hit for us," Scioscia said. "He stays within himself, a little contact hitter and puts the ball in play. He's gotten some big hits for us, no doubt." So those questions seem moot right now. Giavotella has 10 hits in his last 25 at-bats, and his numbers in "late-and-close" situations -- when the game is in the seventh inning or later, and the batting team is up by one, tied, or has the tying run on base, at bat or on deck -- have been absurd. Giavotella is hitting a ridiculous .517 (15-for-29) in those high-leverage situations, and Sunday's huge hit off Detroit reliever Joba Chamberlain was the latest example.

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"Late in the game, we want Johnny up," said Matt Shoemaker, who started Sunday's game for the Angels. "He's established himself as that." Those numbers might not hold up, at least not to the degree they have so far, but whether or not Giavotella regresses -- and whether or not you believe in the idea of "clutch" at all -- his streak has been crucial for an Angels team that's now three games over .500 for the first time all season. It's not all late-game heroics, either. Giavotella helped get things started against David Price on Sunday, his fifth-inning double out of the ninth spot in the order setting up Erick Aybar and Mike Trout's RBI singles, which gave the Angels their first lead of the game. Giavotella did cost the Angels a run when he threw away Yoenis Cespedes' routine chopper in the sixth, which let the Tigers tie the game at two, but he said he knew he had to make up for it. "I love it," Giavotella said of coming up in late-game situations. "I just relax and take the same approach and try to hit a line drive up the middle, and it's been paying off."

Rays head out west with Colome facing Angels, Richards By Conner Smolensky / MLB.com

The Rays will begin a seven-game trip out west when they start a three-game series against the Angels on Monday. They will follow with a four-game series against the Mariners. Alex Colome (3-1, 4.55 ERA) will be on the mound for the Rays after a no-decision against the Mariners last week where he went 5 1/3 innings, giving up five hits, two runs, two walks and three strikeouts. Both runs came as part of a 26-minute, 38-pitch top of the first inning. The Angels rebounded from losing two of three against Padres with a series victory over Detroit this past weekend. Los Angeles will counter with right-hander Garrett Richards (4-3, 3.12 ERA), who is 2-1 at home with a 2.30 ERA compared to a 4.01 ERA on the road. Things to know about this game • Colome has only gone six innings once in six starts this season, and the one time he did -- on May 11 against the Yankees -- he gave up career-highs with eight runs, 11 hits and four home runs. He has never pitched against the Angels. • Richards is coming off a loss to San Diego where he threw 6 2/3 innings while giving up eight hits, five runs (three earned), a home run, two walks and six strikeouts. The right-hander is 0-3 with a 5.70 ERA in seven appearances (three starts) against the Orioles. • The Rays have not found a permanent first baseman to replace James Loney, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list on May 25 with a broken middle finger in his left hand. Jake Elmore made his first two career starts at first base against the Orioles and Logan Forsythe started Sunday's series finale.

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FROM THE LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS

Efren Navarro continues ‘roller-coaster’ ride with Los Angeles Angels

By Robert Morales Efren Navarro might be one of those players who spends the bulk of his career going from the big leagues to the minors. But the Lynwood High product is doing everything he can not to be that guy. Navarro on Saturday was called up from Triple-A Salt Lake City to the Angels for the third time this season. Except for 2012, when he spent the entire season at Salt Lake, this has been Navarro’s life since 2011 – up and down, down and up from Triple-A. “Yeah, it’s not easy, of course,” the outfielder/first baseman said Sunday before the Angels took on the Detroit Tigers at Angel Stadium. “But it’s a business. When I started my professional career, the Angels gave me a jersey and it helped get me to where I’m at. “And now I’m here. And, yes, it’s a tough pill to swallow when they call my name and they say, ‘You’re being sent down.’ But it’s also great when they call my name and they’re telling me that I’m going back to the big leagues.” One thing’s certain, Navarro has a terrific attitude about what he called this “roller-coaster” ride. He’s hopeful it will bear fruit. “The way I see it, if I go down and if I’m upset, that’s not going to get me nowhere,” said Navarro, who was drafted in the 50th round by the Angels in 2007. “That’s just going to make things worse down there. But if I have the right mind-set, attitude and I hit well down there, obviously, that’s giving me a shot to be back up here. And that’s the way I should go about it.” Navarro had 10 at-bats with the big club in 2011, none in 2012 and just four in 2013. He finally had more than a cup of coffee in 2014, getting 159 at-bats and batting .245 with 10 doubles, a home run and 14 RBIs. He hit .306 with runners in scoring position, fourth best on the team among players with significant at-bats. In two stints at Salt Lake this season, the left-handed hitter was batting a robust .370 with two home runs and 13 RBIs in 108 at-bats. Yes, Navarro said, he would love to be in the big leagues “every single day.” “Is it going to happen? Maybe not,” said Navarro, 29. “But I’m going to stay ready. And the one thing that I’ve said before and I’ll say it again, just staying in control of what I can control and that’s how I prepare myself physically and mentally and when my name’s called upon, I go out and do my job.” Navarro started at first base Saturday and went 1 for 3. All that did was raise his average to .227 with the big club. The good thing is, he can play multiple positions. That makes him more valuable. But it doesn’t guarantee a thing.

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“He’s worked very hard, he contributed a lot last year,” manager Mike Scioscia said. “But to make footprints in the big leagues is not easy.” PUJOLS STILL AT DH First baseman Albert Pujols on Sunday was the designated hitter for the second consecutive game after tweaking his groin Friday night. Scioscia said it will remain that way until Pujols is ready to get back on the field. “We’re a better team when Albert plays first base, no doubt,” he said. “But secondary to that, what we can’t miss is what he can do in the batter’s box. So he’s going to get as much time has he needs and if he can swing in the batter’s box and thinks that it’s going to be irritated by playing first base, we’ll keep him at DH.” Until he’s ready to get back out at first, Scioscia said.

Giavotella’s two-run single gives Angels sweep of Tigers 4-2 By Robert Morales Angels second baseman Johnny Giavotella made a throwing error in the sixth inning Sunday that allowed the Detroit Tigers to tie the score. That made what Giavotella did in the bottom of the eighth that much more special. Giavotella hit a humpback liner through the middle into shallow center field off relief pitcher Joba Chamberlain that scored pinch-runner Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Chris Iannetta and the Angels completed a four-game sweep of the Detroit Tigers, winning 4-2 before 37,143 at Angel Stadium. The Angels (27-24) have won four consecutive games and are within four games of Houston in the AL West. The Tigers (28-24) have lost four in a row. Giavotella was stoked. “I love it,” he said of that particular situation. “Any baseball player loves to be up there when the game’s on the line and help the team win.” He said he felt like he had something to make up for because of the error in the sixth. “Yeah, for sure,” he said. “It wasn’t something I was happy about, making that error. I take pride in my defense. I work very hard defensively before the game, you know, preparation. So for me to make an error like that, I wasn’t happy about it and to atone like I did was big for me.” Southpaw starting pitcher David Price (4-2) had just induced pinch-hitter Carlos Perez to pop out to first with the bases loaded. It was the 121st pitch for Price, who came out in favor of Chamberlain. Price was charged with all four runs, allowing eight hits while striking out six and walking four.

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Giavotella’s hit never got all the way through to the outfield as it was corralled by second baseman Ian Kinsler in short center. He had no chance to get the runner at second, but threw it anyway as Nieuwenhuis was scoring. Shortstop Jose Iglesias made a diving catch of the throw and while he was on the ground, Iannetta scored. The error Giavotella made came with Grant Green on the other end at first base. He was playing for Albert Pujols, who was again at DH because of a tweaked groin. It appeared Green tried too hard to stretch to get the throw. If he had just come off the bag to snag it, Miguel Cabrera would have been held at third base. Green agreed. “I thought I did (have a chance to catch it),” he said. “Obviously, I couldn’t have gotten there. I probably should have come off the bag and kept Miggy on third. But I thought for sure I had a chance of getting it. I mean, it ticked off my glove, so...” Manager Mike Scioscia liked the way Giavotella redeemed himself. “That’s Johnny,” he said. “Johnny has a short memory, you need that to play in this league. You need to play free. Make a mistake, you keep playing baseball. And I think all our guys do a pretty good job of that and Johnny’s great at that. “Our guys scratched and clawed, facing a legitimate ace, the No. 1 pitcher. David Price is tough, when he gets a lead, he’s tough. He got a lead, we came back, they tied it, we came back. We played a great game and it was good to see.” Huston Street pitched the ninth for his 17th save. Joe Smith (2-2) picked up the victory with a scoreless inning of relief in the eighth. Cesar Ramos pitched a third of an inning and Cam Bedrosian pitched 1 1/3 innings for a total of 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. Matt Shoemaker started for the Angels and did not figure in the decision. He tossed 5 1/3 innings and gave up just four hits and two runs — only one earned — and struck out five while walking a season-high four. He threw 93 pitches. The Tigers got a run off Shoemaker in the second inning on a sacrifice fly by James McCann. The Angels went ahead 2-1 in the bottom of the fifth on RBI singles by Erick Aybar and Mike Trout. It was Aybar’s first game back since missing the previous two with a sore hamstring. The Tigers tied it in the sixth before Giavotella came through with the big knock. Price was bummed. “It’s frustrating,” he said. “We’re not playing the way we’re capable of playing right now. Every team goes through it, and every team is going to feel this throughout 162 games. So you’ve just got to grind through it. We know we’re a better team. Everybody knows that.”

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FROM FOX SPORTS WEST

Week ahead for Angels: Battles with AL East-leading Rays, Yankees The week ahead The 10-game homestand comes to an end on Wednesday but not before a three-game visit from the Tampa Rays. The co-leaders in the American League East will be at the Big A beginning Monday. The Halos will then have Thursday off before heading east once more to take on the Yankees, who entering Monday, are tied with the Rays atop the A.L. East. The three-game series with the Bronx Bombers will get underway on Friday. All Angels games this week, with the exception of Saturday (FOX) can be seen on FOX Sports West. The week behind After dropping two of three to the Padres at the beginning of the week, the Halos turned things around by sweeping the Tigers in the four-game series. Detroit has not fared well in Anaheim recently, losing 13 of their last 14 at Angel Stadium. By Angels standards, it was an offensive explosion scoring 26 runs in the four games, including 12 in the opener last Thursday. The week also saw the Angels debut of Kirk Nieuwenhuis, who played collegiately at Azusa Pacific and was acquired from the Mets last Wednesday. Record and standings The Angels enter Monday 27-24 on the year and in second place in the American League West, four games behind the first place Astros. The Astros, Angels and Rangers all sit at .500 or better as the division is beginning to heat up. Thumb's up While Ducks fans didn't have much to cheer about in a Game 7 loss to the Blackhawks, across the street, Angels fans were ignited by a power surge last Saturday night. The Angels hit a season-high five home runs in the 8-6 win over the Tigers. As a result, it was 10 home runs in the club's last four games. They'd hit none in the previous four. Thumb's down It may have been the play of the day on various national sports shows but it was a reversal of fortunes for the Angels. Mike Trout, usually the home run robber, got robbed. Yes, Mike Trout got Mike Trout'd by Padres centerfielder Will Venable last Tuesday. What appeared to be a two-run home run ended being a spectacular out as the Angels were shutout, 4-0, in extra innings. Player to watch Matt Joyce is the host of the Sweet Swingin' Baseball Camp and is starting to display a sweet swing himself. After hitting just one home run in his first 40 games with the Angels, Joyce has hit three on this homestand.

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Stat to watch The Angels can close out the homestand with a bang with a series win over the Rays. Entering the series, the Halos are 8-2 in their last 10 games at Angel Stadium.

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Giavotella's 2-run single in 8th helps Angels sweep Tigers ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Baseball is a game of redemption, and Johnny Giavotella enjoyed proving that theory. The Los Angeles Angels' second baseman hit a tiebreaking, two-run single with the bases loaded in the eighth inning, making up for an earlier error that helped the Detroit Tigers score the tying run, and the Los Angeles Angels completed a four-game sweep with a 4-2 victory Sunday. "Any player loves to be out there when the game is on the line," Giavotella said. "My team does a great job of putting me in those situations. They have a lot of faith and confidence in me. It was a great feeling, coming through like that for the team and completing the sweep." David Price (4-2) issued a leadoff walk to David Freese and gave up an infield single to Chris Iannetta, who was safe at first when third baseman Andrew Romine fielded his high chopper and pulled Miguel Cabrera off the bag with a hurried throw. Kole Calhoun advanced both runners with a sacrifice bunt, and Price intentionally walked Grant Green before retiring pinch-hitter Carlos Perez on a popup with his 121st and final pitch. Giavotella grounded Joba Chamberlain's second pitch up the middle. "I just relaxed and tried to get a good pitch to drive up the middle," Giavotella said. "I was looking fastball and got a slider over the middle of the plate." Joe Smith (2-2) got the victory with a perfect inning of relief, and Huston Street pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 17th save in 19 attempts, closing out the Angels' first four-game sweep of the Tigers since April 1996 at the "Big A." "It's frustrating. We're not playing the way we're capable of playing right now," Price said. "Every team goes through it, and every team is going to feel this throughout 162 games. So you've just got to grind through it. We know we're a better team. Everybody knows that." Price was charged with four runs, eight hits and four walks in 7 2/3 innings. He struck out six, after scattering five hits over seven innings in a 1-0 win at Oakland on Tuesday. Detroit had won 11 of the 2012 AL Cy Young Award winner's previous 12 starts, including his final two last season. Los Angeles didn't get a hit until Freese and Iannetta singled with two outs in the fourth. They were stranded when Price retired Calhoun on a foul pop, but the Angels grabbed a 2-1 lead in the fifth with one-out RBI singles by Erick Aybar and AL MVP Mike Trout.

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The Tigers tied it in the sixth with an unearned run against Matt Shoemaker. Cabrera singled with one out, advanced on a passed ball by Iannetta and scored when Giavotella fielded a hard-hit grounder by Yoenis Cespedes to the right of second base and threw the ball just beyond the reach of Green at first for his fifth error of the season. "I take pride in my defense and I work very hard on it with my preparation before the game, so I wasn't happy about making that error," Giavotella said. "I just kind of pulled the ball to my glove side. I didn't really step into my throw and make a hard, accurate one. Green did everything he could to stay on the base and make a play for me, but we just couldn't make it happen." Green started at first base for the second time in the big leagues in place of slugger Albert Pujols, who was the designated hitter for the second straight day because of tightness in his groin. Pujols went 0 for 4, ending his three-game home run streak. Angels righty Cam Bedrosian, whose father Steve gave up seven grand slams during his major league career, retired Cespedes with the bags full to end the seventh. "He's been great for us since he's come back from the minors," Giavotella said. "For Cam to succeed a situation like that was huge for us, and it just shows what kind of heart he has." It was the third time in this series that Detroit left the bases loaded. Cespedes had one RBI in the series -- on a solo home run against Jered Weaver. Shoemaker was charged with two runs, four hits and a season-high four walks in 5 1/3 innings. The Michigan native's only other start against the Tigers was on July 26, 2014, when he pitched seven innings of three-hit ball in a 4-0 win. Tigers rookie James McCann opened the scoring in the second with a sacrifice fly. TRAINER'S ROOM Tigers: RHP Justin Verlander, sidelined because of a triceps strain that occurred in a spring training start March 27, made his first rehab start for Triple-A Toledo at Indianapolis and allowed three runs and six hits over 2 2/3 innings. The 2011 AL MVP and Cy Young Award winner threw 50 of his 79 pitches for strikes, fanning three and walking two. UP NEXT Tigers: RHP Alfredo Simon (5-2) matches up against Oakland's Kendall Graveman on Tuesday night in the opener of a three-game series at Comerica Park. Simon is 1-2 with a 3.60 ERA in his last five starts after going 4-0 with 1.65 ERA in his first four. Angels: RHP Garrett Richards (4-3) opposes Tampa Bay's Alex Colome on Monday night when the teams begin a three-game set in Anaheim.

Rays-Angels Preview

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Garrett Richards entered June last season on probably his lowest note as a big league starter having allowed 13 runs in three starts and failing to get through the first inning in his last May outing. The calendar flipped to June and what followed was one of the year's most impressive pitching stretches. The Los Angeles Angels right-hander found himself in a slightly more mild May funk this season but has a chance to begin June right Monday night against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays. After allowing five runs -- three earned -- and eight hits in 6 2/3 innings of Wednesday's 5-4 loss to San Diego, Richards (4-3, 3.12 ERA) ended the month going 1-2 with a 4.43 ERA in his final three starts. "Sometimes you make good pitches and they still get hit," Richards told MLB's official website. "That kind of comes back to the misfortune of having a little bit of bad luck right now with the ground balls and everything just kind of finding holes. You can't beat yourself up over that stuff. You have to just keep continuing to make pitches and stay aggressive." June is traditionally his best month with a 6-2 record and 2.64 ERA in 10 starts and eight relief appearances, mostly because he went 4-0 with a 1.05 mark in five June starts a season ago. The success endured beyond the All-Star break, going 7-0 with a 1.25 ERA in nine starts. What was absent was any work against the Rays. In two career starts, Richards is 1-1 with a 5.40 ERA and 10 walks in 8 1/3 innings. Evan Longoria is 0 for 5 against him, but Tampa Bay has some fresh faces in the lineup that have yet to see him. The Rays (26-25), making their second stop on a 10-game road trip, halted a six-game losing streak by winning the last two of a three-game series in Baltimore. Prior to Sunday's 9-5 win, they'd scored 13 runs in seven games. Steven Souza Jr. homered for the third straight game after missing three due to a sprained wrist. His 10 home runs in 46 games was fourth fastest to double digits for a Tampa Bay rookie, the record being Elijah Dukes' 40 in 2007. It took Longoria 54 games in 2008 before going on to a club rookie single-season record 27. Souza's not the only newcomer hitting. Joey Butler went 4 for 5 and is 12 for 28 in seven games to boost his average to .342 in 23 contests since being recalled on May 3. The Angels (27-24) won nine of 14 against Tampa Bay over the previous two seasons, and they enter with a four-game winning streak after Sunday's 4-2 victory over Detroit bumped them to 5-2 on a 10-game homestand. The rotation has a 1.79 through the first seven. Johnny Giavotella was 2 for 4 with two RBI Sunday and is batting .400 in his last eight games. Matt Joyce wasn't in the lineup but has three homers and five RBI in his last four games and could take on his former team for the first time since being traded in December. Joyce is batting .186 in his first season in Los Angeles.

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The Angels will face Alex Colome, who has made it through six innings once in six starts this season. Colome (3-1, 4.55) allowed two first-inning runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings of Tuesday's 7-6, 10-inning loss to Seattle. The right-hander has held opponents to two runs and nine hits over 10 1/3 innings in his last two starts. "Credit Alex Colome for the way he threw the ball, given the first inning," manager Kevin Cash said. He's never faced anyone on the Angels but is 4-0 with a 1.78 ERA in six career road starts.