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Albert Pujols has season-high four RBIs, Angels beat Rangers 11-7

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Albert Pujols drove in a season-high four runs, Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run homer and the Angels beat the Texas Rangers 11-7 on a rainy Saturday night.

Pujols hit a solo home run in the second inning and a two-run single in the third against Rangers starter Martin Perez. He singled home another run in the seventh against losing pitcher Eddie Butler (2-3) for a 7-6 lead.

Ohtani then came on as a pinch hitter and homered to center field before Taylor Ward hit his first major league homer to complete the five-run inning.

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Winning pitcher Cam Bedrosian (5-2), the second of five Angels pitchers, got two outs in the sixth.

The Angels took a 6-2 lead with two outs in the fourth on a three-run double by David Fletcher.

Texas came back with four runs in the bottom of the inning to tie the game.

Pujols went 3 for 4 to tie 19th-century star Cap Anson for 23rd with 3,081 career hits. Teammate Eric Young Jr. had a triple and two singles.

Rougned Odor, Elvis Andrus and Joey Gallo each had three hits for the Rangers.

Odor led off the bottom of the first inning with a double and scored on a single by Andrus.

The Angels tied the game when Pujols led off the second by hitting a 1-2 pitch into the visitors’ bullpen in left-center field.

In the bottom of the inning, Gallo doubled and scored on Carlos Tocci’s single that went off both Angels third baseman Ward’s glove and shortstop Andrelton Simmons’s leg.

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Pujols struck again in the third with a two-out single for a 3-2 lead.

The Rangers’ four runs in the fourth came with two outs. Odor singled home a run and the second scored as Andrus struck out but reached base on a wild pitch. Adrian Beltre drove in two runs with a bloop single.

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