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Cron’s two-homer night rescues Angels
- Updated: June 1, 2016
ANAHEIM — The Angels looked like they had let another one slip away on Tuesday night. After taking a seven-run lead into the sixth inning, they had allowed the Tigers to come all the way back.
Then C.J. Cron saved the day.
The Angels’ designated hitter took a slider from Tigers reliever Mark Lowe and deposited it into the bullpen in left for a two-run, walk-off blast and an 11-9 Angels victory.
“It’s a great walk-off win,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. “The way we had things set up, I was hoping we’d be talking about a couple different things tonight.”
It was Cron’s second homer of the game, giving him his first career walk-off and fourth-career multi-homer performance.
“Just put a good swing on it,” Cron said of the at-bat, after Albert Pujols led off the ninth with a walk. “Whatever happens, happens. [Pujols] had a great at-bat ahead of me, I thought my job was just to keep it rolling. I got a good pitch to hit, and I put a good swing on …
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