Machine-made walk-off: Pujols delivers

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ANAHEIM — Angels designated hitter Albert Pujols picked up his bullpen, driving a two-run, walk-off home run to left field off A’s reliever Ryan Dull to give the Angels an 8-6 win on Wednesday night.

After center fielder Mike Trout smartly slid to avoid the tag at first base on a throwing error from Ryon Healy, Pujols took a 3-1 pitch from Dull and rocketed it into the stands, giving Pujols his 20th career walk-off (tied with David Ortiz for the most in the Majors since 2000) and 12th via the home run ball.

The A’s, down 6-4 entering the eighth, loaded the bases and pushed a run across after JC Ramirez walked second baseman Jed Lowrie. Ramirez managed to get out of trouble and preserve the lead by inducing an …

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