Late HR from Pujols gives Angels series win

PITTSBURGH — Albert Pujols turned on a chest-high, 94-mph fastball from Pirates setup man Tony Watson and sent it screaming over the left-field fence at PNC Park on Sunday afternoon, blasting a two-run shot that gave the Angels a 5-4 victory over the Pirates.

The Angels trailed by three and were down to their last seven outs when C.J. Cron and Gregorio Petit hit back-to-back RBI doubles in the seventh, cutting the deficit to one and forcing Pirates starter Gerrit Cole out of the game.

Kole Calhoun led off the eighth with a single. Two batters later, Pujols hit a ball 103 mph off the bat, according to Statcast™, giving him his …

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