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The Los Angeles Angels ended the White Sox 's four-game winning streak on Saturday afternoon with a 12-9 victory in an extremely ugly game that featured some words exchanged, two passed balls, 21 men left on base and a Terry Bevington-esque moment in bullpen management.

Left-hander Jason Vargas blanked the Chicago White Sox for seven innings and catcher Chris Iannetta sparked two rallies with a pair of walks Sunday, leading the Los Angeles Angels to a 6-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox before a crowd of 38,190 at Angel Stadium.

Mike Trout is warming up with the weather, Hank Conger and C.J. Wilson are proving to be a good battery and, are Angels fans to blame for this season? After eight Joe Blanton starts in which the Angels had failed to come out on top, they finally put one up in the win column yesterday.

Trout's arrival in Anaheim in late April 2012 lit a fire under a struggling team.

The Los Angeles Angels did three times better against Chris Sale than they did last Sunday at Chicago.

Kansas City Royals center fielder Jarrod Dyson can't get a glove on a home run by Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

It wasn't supposed to be like this for the Angels and the White Sox, an intensive search for silver linings in mid-May. Two of the sport's heaviest disappointments through the first quarter of the season are sharing Angel Stadium through Sunday -- with the White Sox edging the Angels, 5-4, in Thursday's series opener -- and about the best they can ... (more)

Another Angels game, another bullpen meltdown. Attention: Los Angeles Angels organization, Bill Murray called.

The offseason addition of slugger Josh Hamilton to a lineup that already included Mike Trout and Albert Pujols put the Angels on a short list of World Series favorites, according to oddsmakers.

Jeff Keppinger walked with the bases loaded to drive in the go-ahead run - his first base on balls in 141 plate appearances this season - and the Chicago White Sox rallied with three runs in the eighth to beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-4 on Thursday night for their season-high third straight road win.

His output included three doubles, a home run and nine RBIs. Kansas City Royals' Billy Butler hits a two-RBI double against the Los Angeles Angels during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, May 13, 2013.

Mike Trout is starting to see the ball pretty well for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and will try to keep the hot streak going when his club opens a four-game series Thursday versus the Chicago White Sox.

Not very happy with what he saw the night before, Royals manager Ned Yost called his hitters together for a special meeting before Wednesday night's game.

The power of the ginger was nowhere in sight tonight. The Kansas City Royals throttled starting pitcher Barry Enright , and the bullpen didn't add much in the way of relief tonight as the Angels dropped the rubber match and watched their record on the season drop to 15-25. May 15, 2013; Anaheim, CA, USA; Los Angeles Angels right fielder Josh ... (more)

Albert Pujols, Howie Kendrick, Josh Hamilton and Mike Trout all homered off Jeremy Guthrie, and Los Angeles handed the Kansas City right-hander his first loss in 19 starts with a 6-2 win on Tuesday.

Though we've yet to see our first no-hitter of the season, there have already been a number of truly dominant pitching performances.

RHP Joe Blanton had his worst start of the season Monday against the Royals . Blanton gave up seven runs and 12 hits in 4 2/3 innings, falling to 0-7 with a 6.46 ERA.

Oct 6, 2012; San Francisco, CA, USA; Cincinnati Reds bench coach Chris Speier comforts starting pitcher Johnny Cueto as he leaves the game against the San Francisco Giants during the first inning of game one of the 2012 NLDS at AT The Miami Marlins return home after a disappointing 3-6 mark on their 9 game road trip.

If you were concerned about the Royals' recent 1-6 stretch, but woke up this morning feeling better because they beat the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Southern California 11-4, remember this: Kansas City Royals' Billy Butler hits a two-run single during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., ... (more)

Those are just some of the reasons the Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels and Toronto Blue Jays are off to extremely slow starts this season.