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Final: Mike Trout, Albert Pujols kickstart Angels' five-homer night in 9-2 rout of Reds

ANAHEIM – Sometimes it's been too easy to forget, too simple to ignore the obvious during a lost season that’s been dominated almost from the start by a relentless string of injuries and defeats that have resulted in a last-place standing in the American League West.

The plain fact is, Mike Trout and Albert Pujols can energize the lackluster Angels when required, or needed, as they did during a 9-2 victory Monday over the Cincinnati Reds during an interleague game in front of 34,161 at Angel Stadium.

Trout and Pujols slugged back-to-back homers in the first inning against hapless Reds starter Dan Straily as the Angels erased a 2-0 deficit and went on to win their third consecutive game and their fifth in their last six.