ANAHEIM, Calif. -- A sweep of the defending AL champion Detroit Tigers should give the Los Angeles Angels -- particularly their much-maligned bullpen -- a major shot of confidence going into their second series of the season with the AL-rival Texas Rangers. Mark Trumbo homered leading off the bottom of the 13th inning, Albert Pujols doubled home two runs, and the relievers combined to hold the Tigers scoreless on four hits over the final seven innings of a 13-inning, 4-3 victory Sunday -- completing the Halos second straight series sweep of Detroit. "It was pretty well chronicled that we struggled early on. But three wins against a team of this calibre is an excellent sign," Trumbo said. Tigers lefty Phil Coke (0-2) intentionally walked Pujols with two outs and the bases empty in the 12th before striking out Josh Hamilton on three pitches. But Trumbo drove a 3-1 changeup into the upper tier of the double-decker bullpen in left field for his second homer of the season. "He threw it 2-0, and hadnt thrown a fastball for a strike," Trumbo said. "The more mature you get as a hitter, the better educated guesses you can make. And in that case, I guessed right. Thats why youve got to pay attention to the game. I got some great scouting reports from my teammates who were up there, and they gave me a good idea of what to look for. Thats what its all about." Hamilton is hitting just .176 with two homers and eight RBIs through the first 17 games with his new club -- just slightly better than Pujols was doing a year ago at this time in his first season with the Angels after leaving St. Louis. So Tigers manager Jim Leyland went for the unorthodox strategy of walking a three-time NL MVP and rolling the dice with the 2010 AL MVP. "You have Coke against a right-hander like Albert Pujols, and a guy behind him whos struggling. Its not very comfortable to do that, to be honest, but I felt it gave us our best chance," Leyland said. "We play these guys again (the last week of June), and next time, Hamilton will probably be on fire and have 30-something home runs. So we wont feel comfortable doing that. But in this particular series, he wasnt. So you take your chances." Jerome Williams (1-0) got the victory with three innings of two-hit relief. Angels lefty C.J. Wilson allowed three runs and five hits in six innings, struck out four and walked four. He gave up a two-run homer to Prince Fielder that tied the score 3-all in the fifth after a leadoff walk to Torii Hunter. The left-hander also got out of bases-loaded jams in the first two innings. "We were trying to work him a little bit and make some pitches, then get him out of there and get to the bullpen. But the their bullpen did a fantastic job," Tigers right fielder Torii Hunter said. "Weve been grinding, trying to get runs across the plate, and its just been tough for us. A 14-inning game and a 13-inning game can really wear you out. But we have no excuses. We have a day off Monday, so well kick back, watch some basketball and come back Tuesday ready to go." The Angels made a bid to regain the lead in the seventh against Tigers starter Doug Fister. But Hamilton lined out to centre field with a runner at third, after Mike Trout grounded into a double play and Pujols received his first intentional walk since the three he got on April 3 at Texas. Los Angeles squandered another chance in the 10th when Joaquin Benoit struck out Howie Kendrick on a full-count pitch in the dirt after a double-steal by Trout and Trumbo, who was intentionally walked with two outs. "I thought the entire bullpen was terrific, including Cokie," Leyland said. "But we had a tough series. I thought the guys battled today. We pitched well and Prince hit a big home run, but I felt like we had an opportunity that was taken away from us." Leyland got into a lengthy argument with umpire Gary Darling in the Tigers ninth, after Darling called Omar Infante out at second base on Austin Jacksons attempted sacrifice bunt to reliever Ernesto Frieri. The Tigers left the bases loaded in the ninth, the third time in the game they failed to capitalize in that situation. They stranded 13 runners all together, and the Angels left 10 on base. Hunter, who spent the previous five seasons with the Angels was 3 for 12 with three walks and no RBIs in his first series against his former teammates. The Angels first two runs scored on Pujols double off the glove of third baseman Cabrera. Fister then plunked Hamilton, and Trumbo hit a potential inning-ending double-play grounder to Cabrera. But the relay to first by second baseman Infante was low and bounced off Fielders glove, allowing Pujols to score. Fister allowed three runs and six hits in seven innings. The right-hander also hit three batters, two of them during a three-run third that gave the Angels a 3-1 lead. Detroits pitching staff has hit seven batters through the first 18 games -- six by Fister, who plunked seven last season in 161 2-3 innings. NOTES: Only two pitchers in Tigers history have hit four batters in a game -- Frank Lary in 1960 and Earl Whitehill in 1924. ... Peralta was hitless in three at-bats against Wilson, and is 1 for 20 lifetime against him. ... Leyland was planning to start Ramon Santiago at SS on Sunday, but Santiago went to see a doctor after Saturdays game because of dehydration, back issues and stomach problems. ... Fister has pitched 32 1-3 innings since his franchise-record nine consecutive strikeouts against Kansas City last Sept. 27, and has fanned no more than two in a row at any time during that stretch. 22:08ET 21-04-13 Cheap New York Yankees Jerseys . 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The traditional pre-Masters event was halted early due to inclement weather. Harrington, who tied for first in 2003 and won in 2004, became the first three-time champion of the event. MINNEAPOLIS -- Even after all these years, David Ortiz is still tormenting the Minnesota Twins. Whether it was launching a home run nearly 440 feet into the stands in right-centre field or barrelling down the third base line to strike fear into catcher Joe Mauer, the Boston Red Sox slugger put his finger prints all over his latest victory over his former team. Ortiz had four hits and three RBIs and delivered the go-ahead single with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Red Sox to an 8-6 victory over the Twins on Monday night. "Ive been gone for years already," Ortiz said, insisting theres no hard feelings about being let go. "In this business, sometimes youre right and sometimes youre wrong. One thing I would say about the Twins organization is I always thank them for giving me the opportunity to come play at this level." Ortiz hit a two-run homer in the sixth and finished a triple shy of the cycle. Jarrod Saltalamacchia added a homer and two RBIs to help the Red Sox win for the fifth time in seven games and move 1 1/2 games ahead of the idle Yankees in the AL East. Ortiz debuted with the Twins in 1997, but injuries prevented him from realizing his full potential, so the Twins let him leave after 2002. It wasnt until he arrived in Boston in 2003 that he blossomed, becoming "Big Papi," one of the most feared hitters in the game. Hes been making the Twins pay ever since. In 42 career games against them, Ortiz is hitting .327 with 11 homers and 31 RBIs. "Of course you get a little excited when you play the team youve played for before," Ortiz said. "But you go with the same intensity against everybody." Marco Scutaro chipped in three hits for Boston and Jonathan Papelbon worked a perfect ninth for his 25th save. Jason Kubel had a homer among his three hits and two RBIs for the Twins, who have lost five straight. Alfredo Aceves (8-1) gave up one run in an inning in relief of Tim Wakefield for the victory. Wakefield gave up five runs -- three earned -- and eight hits with five strikeouts. But he missed out on victory No. 200 for the third straight start when Aceves gave up the game-tying single to Kubel in the eighth. "The last three starts, weve won two out of three of them," Wakefield said. "So thats the most important thing is keeping our lead in the American League East right now." Glen Perkins (3-2) gave up two runs -- one earned -- in 1 2-3 innings to take the loss. He left with the game tied and a runner on second, but Joe Nathan gave up a single to Ortiz and an RBI-double to Saltalamacchia to let the game slip away. Scott Baker gave up five runs and nine hits with five strikeouts in six innings for the Twins. The Twins scored just four runs -- and committed five errors -- in a weekend sweep at the hands of the Chicago White Sox, a series so ugly that manager Ron Gardenhire said his team "didnt play worth a flip.dddddddddddd" They showed more fight on Monday, but it wasnt enough against the best team in the AL. "You know youre going to have those battles with a lineup like that," Gardenhire said. "And unfortunately we couldnt finish them off." After a four-hour, 15-minute grinder against the Yankees on Sunday night, the Red Sox didnt arrive at their Minneapolis hotel until just before 5 a.m. Their legs looked a little heavy and their bats a little slow in the early going as they tried to shake the cobwebs for yet another nationally televised game. The Twins scored three times in the second and Kubel led off the fourth with a homer to give the Twins a 4-1 lead. A considerable contingent of Red Sox fans started with the chants of "Lets go Red Sox!" in the sixth, and it appeared to wake up their team. Carl Crawford led off with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly from Adrian Gonzalez. Ortiz hit a two-run homer and Saltalamacchia made it back-to-back with a solo shot that tied it 5-5. Jed Lowrie had one hit in his first game since June 16, when he went on the disabled list with a strained left shoulder. In the eighth, Ortiz lumbered down the third baseline, and Mauer may have taken the eye off shortstop Matt Tolberts throw because it skipped off the tip of his glove and allowed Ortiz to score. "He heard the big elephant coming," Ortiz said with a hearty laugh. "He was shaking when I was coming." NOTES: Twins SS Tsuyoshi Nishioka had the day off to be with his wife for the birth of the couples first child. Baby girl Sena was born at 8:26 a.m. and weighed in at 6 pounds, 9 ounces. ... Twins GM Bill Smith said minor league RHPs Kyle Gibson and Anthony Slama met with team doctors to discuss their elbow injuries. Both will undergo further tests on Tuesday before a determination is made. ... Boston manager Terry Francona gave 3B Kevin Youkilis the day off. 2B Dustin Pedroia hit in the cleanup spot. The Red Sox were 3-0 in his only other three games there this season. ... The homers by Ortiz and Saltalamacchia were the sixth back-to-back set for the Red Sox this season. ... LHP Francisco Liriano (7-9, 5.03 earned-run average) will take the mound for the Twins in Game 2 on Tuesday against LHP Erik Bedard (4-7, 3.55) from Ottawa. ... It will be Bedards second start for the Red Sox since coming in a trade from Seattle. He gave up three runs and seven hits with five strikeouts in five innings of a no-decision against Cleveland on Aug. 4. ... 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