Mike Trout and Andrelton Simmons each homered, Albert Pujols had two more hits in his push to 3,000 and the Angels beat the Texas Rangers 11-1 on Tuesday night.
The Angels, who went ahead to stay with a three-run first, improved to 9-3 for the first time since 1982. They lead the majors with their 79 runs, 128 hits and 20 home runs.
Tyler Skaggs (2-0) struck out seven while allowing one run and throwing 114 pitches in five innings. The lefty allowed five hits and walked four.
Perez allowed eight runs and nine hits and was done after walking the first two batters in the fourth.