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The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Angels - INSIDE PITCH The Angels' slow start has left them a daunting task. They dropped as far as 12 games under .500 and 12 games behind the first-place Texas Rangers. While their situation seems dire,...

Angels win second straight, top White Sox 6-2 ANAHEIM, Calif. -- A two-game winning streak typically isn't something to get excited about, but when you're the Los Angeles Angels these days, any victory is a big one. Jason Vargas threw seven...

The Sports Xchange By Joe Haakenson, The Sports Xchange Angels 6, White Sox 2 ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Jason Vargas threw seven scoreless innings, and the Los Angeles Angels made the most of their seven hits on the way to a 6-2 victory over the Chicago White...

MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Angels - INSIDE PITCH One of the Angels many issues this season has been slowing down the opponents' running game. The Angels have allowed 36 stolen bases and they've only caught four, the worst percentage in the American...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Angels - INSIDE PITCH The Angels have used nine starting pitchers, and the one who has the best raw stuff of them all remains in the bullpen. Garrett Richards, who has more velocity and sharper...

White Sox 5, Angels 4: Adam Dunn had two hits and an RBI and Jeff Keppinger drove in the go-ahead run with his first walk of the season as visiting Chicago won the opener of the four-game series. Alejandro De Aza also had two hits for the White Sox,...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Angels - INSIDE PITCH Here's another reason for Josh Hamilton's sluggish start to his first season with the Angels: For the past 10 days, he's been dealing with a sinus infection that left him feeling...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Angels - INSIDE PITCH Barry Enright, who is in the rotation while Tommy Hanson is on the restricted list, is looking to prove he can get back to the form of his breakthrough 2010 season. Although the...

There are issues in the starting rotation, in the bullpen, on the bench. For the Angels, those are minor issues. These Angels are built to outslug the opposition. If they don't hit, the rest doesn't matter. Those Angels showed up on Tuesday. For the...

Angels 6, Royals 2: Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton homered in the same game for the first time as teammates and Los Angeles ended a three-game home losing streak. Howie Kendrick and Mike Trout also homered off Kansas City starter Jeremy Guthrie (5-1),...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Angels - INSIDE PITCH The story in the spring was about Ernesto Frieri expanding his repertoire so he wouldn't be simply throwing fastballs. So far this season, he's thrown his fastball 84.7 percent of...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Los Angeles Angels - INSIDE PITCH Throughout Josh Hamilton's rough season with the Angels, just about everyone has had an idea about how moving him in the batting order could help get him out of his slump. For his...