Santiago, Smith get it done as Deadline looms

ANAHEIM — Hector Santiago got the win, his sixth this month, despite allowing 10 baserunners and exceeding 100 pitches before the end of the fourth inning. Joe Smith retired all four of the batters he faced, running his scoreless streak to 7 2/3 innings. And after they were done, neither could be sure if they would ever play for the Angels again.

The non-waiver Trade Deadline is Monday, at 1 p.m. PT, less than 40 hours from the time the Angels beat the Red Sox, 5-2, on Saturday night to capture their 14th win in the last 21 games. Santiago, an accomplished starting pitcher in a market devoid of them, and Smith, a free-agent to be with a sterling track record as a setup man, are two of the Angels’ most likely trade pieces.

“Yeah, you wonder it,” Smith said regarding whether he’d be dealt. “Anybody would. Any day you walk in there it might be your last.”

Santiago, seemingly a perpetual trade candidate, is a little bit more accustomed to this kind of thing.

“I’m not worried about that,” he said. “It’s not in my plans or in my mind. I’m just trying to go out there and compete.”

Santiago counts the pitches in his head during his starts, just to keep track. He knew he needed 39 of them to complete a two-run first inning, and that his pitch count was at 74 through the first three frames, and that the second out of the fourth came on his 100th pitch.

“I was like, ‘Man, I don’t know if they’re …

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