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Braves ride 6-run 3rd to win vs. Angels

The Braves' offensive eruption was enough for Teheran, who scattered six hits while walking one and striking out five over 6 1/3 innings.

Andrelton Simmons, a former Braves shortstop, opened the scoring with a solo shot in the second, and Albert Pujols and Luis Valbuena hit back-to-back jacks in the fourth that cut Atlanta's lead to 6-3.

Pujols is now only two home runs shy of becoming the ninth player in Major League history to reach 600.

Pujols' 598th career home run
Albert Pujols crushes a solo home run to left field, the 598th homer of his career, to cut the Angels' deficit to four runs in the 4th

The defeat capped a tough day for the Angels, who learned that they will be without star center fielder Mike Trout for six to eight weeks.