
Bryce Harper Reveals What He Texted Mike Trout After Learning of Record-Breaking Extension
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Los Angeles Angels outfielder Justin Upton agreed to a five-year contract extension, the team announced on Thursday. Financial terms were not disclosed by the club, but MLB.com's Jon Paul Morosi reported the deal is worth $106 million. Upton's new contract will span through the 2022 season and will supersede his existing deal that paid him $88.5…

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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Parker Bridwell threw seven shutout innings and the Los Angeles Angels blew open a scoreless game with six runs in the seventh of the 6-2 victory against the Seattle Mariners on Sunday in the season finale. Bridwell (10-3) allowed three hits, struck out three and walked one while lowering his ERA to 3.64…

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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Kyle Seager hit a three-run homer in a five-run eighth inning and the visiting Seattle Mariners held on for a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night. Seattle right-fielder Mitch Haniger went 5-for-5 with three doubles. The Angels took a 4-1 lead into the eighth, but the Mariners greeted reliever…

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HOUSTON -- Brandon Phillips and Justin Upton homered and drove in two runs apiece, and Luis Valbuena also had two RBIs in the Los Angeles Angels' 7-5 win over the Houston Astros on Sunday at Minute Maid Park. The win keeps the Angels (77-78) in the hunt for the final American League wild-card slot. Los Angeles,…

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HOUSTON -- Yuli Gurriel slugged a three-run home run in the seventh inning, lifting Justin Verlander into the win column for the fourth time in four starts and pushing the Houston Astros to a 3-0 victory over the reeling Los Angeles Angels on Friday night at Minute Maid Park. Gurriel cranked his 18th home run of…

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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- It does not seem to matter who they are playing, where they are playing or even who is in the lineup. The Cleveland Indians just keep winning. Indians manager Terry Francona gave regular starters Jose Ramirez, Jason Kipnis and Austin Jackson a day off and his starting pitcher Danny Salazar lasted only 2…

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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Angels picked a bad time to face the hottest team major league baseball has seen in many years. The Angels are chasing the Minnesota Twins for the second American League wild card, and the Twins lost Wednesday for the fifth time in their last six games. Unfortunately for the Angels,…

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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Down to their last strike, the Los Angeles Angels forced extra innings and then beat the Texas Rangers 7-4 Saturday night. The Angels were down 4-2 with two outs in the ninth before Luis Valbuena kept the game alive with a double. C.J. Cron followed with a two-run homer to left of Ricky…

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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Carlos Gomez scored on a wild pitch with two outs in the eighth inning to push the Texas Rangers to a crazy 10-9 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. The Rangers led 9-4 after six innings before the Angels rallied to tie the score. The Rangers have won three of…

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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- C.J. Cron homered twice, including a three-run blast that capped a five-run first inning and propelled the Los Angeles Angels to an 8-2 win over the Oakland A's on Tuesday night at Angel Stadium. Cron's first homer followed an RBI single by Ben Revere and a sacrifice fly by Andrelton Simmons off Oakland…

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ANAHEIM, Calif. — Andrew Heaney stepped back, stepped up, and fired a fastball faster than he ever had. With his 92nd pitch Monday night at Angel Stadium, Heaney reached further within his frame and pumped a 96-mph fastball to Oakland's Ryon Healy. The pitch caught manager Los Angeles Angels Mike Scioscia's eye, but it was a…

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BALTIMORE -- Mike Trout and Luis Valbuena each homered twice in the first four innings as the Los Angeles Angels continued their weekend power barrage against the Baltimore Orioles in a 5-1 victory Saturday night. Valbuena hit a solo homer and a two-run blast and Trout banged out two solo homers to give the Angels five…

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Los Angeles Angels designated hitter Albert Pujols hit a two-run homer in Friday's 9-7 loss at the Baltmore Orioles, tying Sammy Sosa for eighth place on the career list with 609. Pujols clubbed his milestone shot in the top of the first inning, a two-run shot off Orioles right-hander Jeremy Hellickson. It was the 18th blast…

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BALTIMORE -- Manny Machado hit a grand slam off Keynan Middleton with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, the third baseman's third homer of the night, to give the Baltimore Orioles a come-from-behind 9-7 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday. The Orioles (60-62) and Angels (62-60) both hit five homers in…

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Three-time All-Star right-hander Jered Weaver announced his retirement on Wednesday, ending his 12-year career spent primarily with the Los Angeles Angels. Weaver spent 11 seasons with the Angels before joining the San Diego Padres in February. The 34-year-old recorded an 0-5 mark with a 7.44 ERA in nine starts with the Padres before sitting out the…

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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Andrelton Simmons doubled in the bottom of the eighth inning and scored the winning run on a wild pitch, giving the Los Angeles Angels a 5-4 win and a series sweep of the Philadelphia Phillies on Thursday night. The Phillies led 4-3 going into the eighth, but Luis Garcia (1-2) ran into trouble…

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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Mike Trout hit his 20th home run of the season, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 7-0 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday and logging another achievement in his still young career. The Angels scored all seven runs in the third inning -- five of them via three home runs. Trout's…

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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Rumors of CC Sabathia's demise have been greatly exaggerated. The New York Yankees' 6-foot-6, 300-pound left-hander is probably the hottest pitcher in the majors of late, going 5-0 with a 1.11 ERA over his last five starts heading into his start Tuesday against the Los Angeles Angels. But if not for Sabathia's guaranteed…

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HOUSTON -- Eric Young Jr. smacked a three-run homer to cap a six-run outburst in the fifth inning that lifted the Los Angeles Angels to a 12-6 victory and a three-game series win over the Houston Astros on Sunday at Minute Maid Park. The Angels (33-33) handed the Astros (44-20) only their fourth series loss this…

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HOUSTON -- Mike Fiers carried a shutout into the eighth inning and the Houston Astros scrapped across just enough offense to claim a 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday at Minute Maid Park. Fiers (4-2) recorded his third consecutive victory by delivering his best performance this season, limiting the Angels (32-33) to two…

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DETROIT -- Danny Espinosa smacked three hits and drove in three runs and Andrelton Simmons had two hits during a six-run seventh inning as the Los Angeles Angels thumped the Detroit Tigers 11-4 on Thursday afternoon at Comerica Park. Simmons wound up with three hits, two runs scored and two RBIs, while Eric Young Jr. supplied…

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DETROIT -- Buck Farmer pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings as he outdueled Alex Meyer and led the Detroit Tigers to a 4-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday at Comerica Park. Farmer, recalled from Triple-A Toledo earlier in the day, collected his second straight victory after going winless in the previous three seasons, spanning…

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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Minnesota Twins continued to make themselves comfortable in opposing stadiums, beating the Los Angeles Angels 3-2 on Sunday for their 17th road win of the season. Jason Castro and Miguel Sano hit home runs off Ricky Nolasco (2-6), who is among the major league leaders in dingers allowed this season, and 22-year-old…

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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Albert Pujols joined an elite group Saturday night, delivering the 600th home run of his career with a flourish -- a grand slam in the fourth inning -- as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Minnesota Twins 7-2 before 40,236 at Angel Stadium. Pujols becomes one of nine players in major league history…

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Albert Pujols of the Los Angeles Angels became the ninth player in major league history to reach 600 home runs -- and the first to do it with a grand slam -- against the Minnesota Twins on Saturday. Pujols belted a 1-2 pitch from Minnesota ace Ervin Santana in the fourth inning to give Los Angeles…

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ANAHEIM, Calif.—As Albert Pujols settled into the batter's box in the first inning Friday, his personalized home run counter above the right-field stands read 599. This was one of the moments Angels owner Arte Moreno envisioned when he signed Pujols six winters ago. Pujols didn't deliver history in this at-bat — or, on this night, for…

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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Angels played the percentages Thursday night, and the Minnesota Twins made them pay dearly for it. Jason Castro singled home two runs in the ninth inning, part of a three-run rally that gave the Twins a 4-2 win over the Angels and snapped Minnesota's four-game losing streak. The Angels took…

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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- There was a milestone home run Wednesday night at Angel Stadium, but it wasn't the one the 35,000 or so fans wearing red came to witness. Albert Pujols went into the game with 599 career home runs, the Los Angeles Angels designated hitter looking to become the ninth player in major league history…

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MIAMI -- In a game marred by an injury to Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout, Giancarlo Stanton and JT Riddle homered to lead the Miami Marlins to a 9-2 win on Sunday afternoon at Marlins Park. Trout, a two-time American League MVP who leads the majors with 16 homers, sprained his left thumb in the…

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MIAMI -- Mike Trout hit a titanic 443-foot solo home run, helping the Los Angeles Angels defeat the Miami Marlins 5-2 on Saturday afternoon. The first three batters in the Angels' lineup -- Cameron Maybin, Andrelton Simmons and Trout -- combined for six hits, five runs and three RBIs. Maybin scored three times, including the go-ahead…

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MIAMI -- The slumping Miami Marlins, who are 17-29 and have lost 21 of their past 28 games, earned the respect of the Los Angeles Angels in Friday night's opener of a three-game series. "They have a pretty deep lineup, especially for the National League," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said after the Marlins pounded out an…

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MIAMI -- Giancarlo Stanton crushed a 460-foot, two-run homer to center, leading the Miami Marlins to an 8-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night at Marlins Park. Justin Bour added a three-run homer, his 13th blast of the season, to help power Miami (17-29), which won for just the seventh time in the…

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Colby Rasmus drove in all four runs for the Tampa Bay Rays in a 4-0 win against the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday at Tropicana Field. Tampa Bay (25-25) won the final two games of the four-game series to climb back to .500. The Angels (25-25) will travel to Miami to face…

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Steven Souza had two of the Rays' three home runs as Tampa Bay ended a three-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night at Tropicana Field. Souza tied the game with a two-run home run in the second, and Colby Rasmus and Souza went back-to-back…

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Matt Shoemaker pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings, and the Los Angeles Angels opened the game with back-to-back home runs in an eventual 4-0 win against the slumping Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night at Tropicana Field. Shoemaker (4-2) became the first Angels starter to win three straight decisions this year, and the…