Pujols finally gets hit

Brandon Allen hit a two-run, pinch-hit homer in the ninth inning to lift the Tampa Bay Rays over the Los Angeles Angels 43 on Thursday.

Albert Pujols went 1 for 4, ending his hitless streak at 21 at-bats when the Angels’ slugger rolled a grounder up the middle to beat a three-man defensive shift. He was thrown out attempting to stretch the single into a double.

Pujols’ hitless streak was the longest of his career, surpassing a 0-for18 stretch from Aug. 29Sept. 4, 2010.

Mariners 5, Tigers 4: Chone Figgins hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning that was misjudged by right fielder Brennan Boesch, and Seattle completed a threegame sweep of Detroit.

Figgins’ drive to rightcenter scored Brendan Ryan, who reached on a two-out walk from Pick Porcello (1-2). Former Tiger Charlie Furbush (1-1) got the win with a perfect inning of work.

Miguel Cabrera hit his sixth homer for Detroit, which fell to 10-9 after a 9-3 start.

Porcello gave up five runs and seven hits in 6 23 innings.

Royals 4, Indians 2: Luis Mendoza pitched into the sixth inning and Kansas City’s bullpen made a lead stand up in the win over Cleveland.

Jeff Francoeur had a goahead single in a threerun fifth for the Royals, who won consecutive games for only the second time this season.

Orioles 5, Blue Jays 2: Adam Jones led off the eighth inning with a tiebreaking homer and Baltimore completed a threegame sweep of Toronto.

Jones ripped the first pitch from Casey Janssen (1-1) into the first row of the left-field stands. It was his sixth homer of the season.

Darren O’day (2-0) pitched two perfect innings in relief of Brian Matusz, who might have saved his spot in the rotation with a strong outing. Luis Ayala worked the ninth for his first save.