Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Angels 6, Chi. White Sox 2
When: 10:05 PM ET, Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Where: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Temperature: 65°
Umpires: Home - Tony Randazzo, 1B - Dan Bellino, 2B - Larry Vanover, 3B - Brian Gorman
Attendance: 40128
Where: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Temperature: 65°
Umpires: Home - Tony Randazzo, 1B - Dan Bellino, 2B - Larry Vanover, 3B - Brian Gorman
Attendance: 40128
Alberto Callaspo drove in three runs and Joel Pineiro pitched 7 2/3 strong innings to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 6-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.
Callaspo had a two-run single in the opening inning and singled in another run in the third as Los Angeles jumped to a 5-1 lead en route to breaking Chicago’s three-game winning streak.
Pineiro (2-0) gave up two runs and eight hits before leaving with two on and two out in the eighth. He struck out five.
Fernando Rodney retired Paul Konerko on a grounder to end the eighth and Scott Downs pitched a perfect ninth.
Torii Hunter singled in the Angels’ first run in a three-run first against John Danks (0-6) and Maicer Izturis hit a solo homer in the third.
Danks gave up six runs and 10 hits in five innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Chi. White Sox | LA Angels | |
| John Danks | Player | Joel Pineiro |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 5.0 | IP | 7.2 |
| 4 | Strikeouts | 5 |
| 10 | Hits | 8 |
| 10.80 | ERA | 2.35 |
Hitting
| Chi. White Sox | LA Angels | |
| Alexei Ramirez | Player | Alberto Jose Callaspo |
| 3 | Hits | 2 |
| 0 | RBI | 3 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 4 | TB | 2 |
| .750 | Avg | .500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Chi. White Sox | 8 | 1 | 14 | .242 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| LA Angels | 12 | 1 | 17 | .333 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 |