Cron, Marte provide spark Angels seek

C.J. Cron drives home Mike Trout and Albert Pujols with a double to left field, extending the Angels' lead to 10-1 in the 6th inningANAHEIM -- For one night, at least, the experiment worked.

The Angels were willing to sacrifice a significant amount of defense in left field because they believed their short-handed lineup would benefit from stacking two right-handed power hitters, C.J. Cron and Jefry Marte, behind Mike Trout and Albert Pujols.

Cron and Marte then combined to go 4-for-8 in a 10-2 rout over the Twins in Wednesday night's series finale, driving in five runs and scoring three times.

Cron, 6-for-25 to start the month, ripped a couple of singles and lofted a double into deep…