ST. LOUIS—Luis Rengifo homered, drove in four runs and finished a triple shy of the cycle, as the Los Angeles Angels beat the St. Louis Cardinals 11–7 on Thursday, May 4, to complete a three-game sweep.
The Angels won for the fourth straight time to improve to four games above .500. The Cardinals lost their sixth in a row and have dropped nine of their last 10.
Griffin Canning (2–0) gave up five runs in five innings to earn his second-straight decision for the Angels. Canning allowed six hits, struck out three and walked three.
Rengifo’s three-run homer capped a four-run second inning and gave the Angels a 4–2 lead. He drove in another with a sacrifice fly in the fourth and scored twice….