Albert Pujols hits his first two home runs as an Angel

Reporting from Phoenix — Albert Pujols hit his first home run as an Angel on Wednesday, then added another in his next at-bat — confirmation the slugger’s power was not diminished by a change in uniform.

“I don’t look for that; I just try to put my best swings on the ball,” Pujols said after the Chicago White Sox defeated the Angels, 9-7. “A good, quality at-bat.”

After being hit by a pitch from Chicago White Sox starter Chris Sale in the first inning, Pujols answered in the third with a towering three-run homer over the left-field wall at Camelback Ranch.

In the fifth inning, Pujols drove another homer over the center-field wall, 410 feet from home plate.

“We hope we’re going to see that often,” Angels Manager Mike Scioscia said. “It’s great to see him getting confidence in the box. He felt good after the second homer [about] his timing.”

The $240-million free-agent pickup cleared the Angels’ bullpen in left field with his first homer, the ball coming to rest in a landscape of small desert rocks where a young fan gathered it.

Pujols’ second shot came on an 0-1 pitch from White Sox reliever Anthony Carter, who had just given up a two-run homer to Howie Kendrick.

Pujols is batting .500 (eight for 16) with eight runs batted in and six runs scored through seven spring games.

Santana feels pain

Ervin Santana was forced from the game in the second inning after being struck on the front of his right shoulder by an Alexei Ramirez comebacker to the mound.

“It was too fast [to catch],” Santana said, a bag of ice wrapped around his shoulder. “It was a little warm [outside], so I couldn’t feel [pain]. Now I feel it.”

Santana said the trainers told him they would know more about his condition Thursday. “Everything will be OK,” he said.

“It looks like a bruise,” Scioscia said. “We have flexibility — he has the ability to miss a start,” if necessary.

Santana is being counted on as a regular in the Angels’ strong starting rotation. He has won 28 games over the last two seasons.

Hot stuff

Ariel Pena is not expected to make the Angels’ opening-day roster, but the 22-year-old Dominican pitcher gives the team a live arm to call upon later.

Pena on Tuesday pitched three hitless innings in relief of Dan Haren, securing a shutout of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

“He’s probably, of all the things I’ve seen in camp, one of the brightest youngsters we can talk about,” Scioscia said. “He’s hit 95 [mph], shows terrific poise, command and his exceptional changeup hasn’t come out as much as it will. He’s shown he has a terrific future.”

Pena had a record of 10-6 at Class-A Inland Empire, striking out 180 in 151-plus innings last season.

Pena has given up only one hit in five innings this spring, with five strikeouts.

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