ANAHEIM -- Albert Pujols hit a two-run homer in the first inning of Sunday's game, snapping a career-worst 0-for-26 slump and tying him with Reggie Jackson for 13th on the all-time homer list, with 563.
Pujols came into the game slumping to the point that Manager Mike Scioscia was answering questions about giving him a day off, or at least, moving him in the lineup.
Scioscia insisted that Pujols would be fine.
"If you look at the components of Albert's swing the bat speed is there," Scioscia said. "There is no doubt the power is there.