Pujols reaps RBI rewards in RISP situations

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KANSAS CITY — Albert Pujols drove in four runs in the Angels’ 6-2 victory over the Royals at Kauffman Stadium on Monday night. He’s got 76 RBIs on the year, third-most in the American League. And he’s on pace for 124, which would represent his highest total since he recorded 135 in 2009.

“Wow, that would be awesome,” Pujols said, smiling. “We’ll see. It would be nice, but I can’t think about that right now.”

With the bases loaded and none out in the first, Pujols snuck a grounder up the middle to score two runs. With a runner on second and one out in the seventh, he smacked a base hit to right. And with runners on the corners and two outs in the ninth, he singled up the middle once more.

Pujols is batting .319 with runners in scoring position this year, after hitting only .248 in that situation …

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