The Angels tacked on a couple more on solo homers by Pujols in the third and fifth innings. That was more than enough for Richards, who got a combined four runs of support through his first four starts and suffered three losses to some of the game's best pitchers - Jake Arrieta, Cole Hamels and Chris Sale.
Richards gave up only an unearned run and worked around five walks in a taxing, 6 2/3-inning outing, moving to 1-3 with a 2.35 ERA. The 27-year-old right-hander handed the ball to Fernando Salas with two outs in the seventh and watched him retire Mike Moustakas to strand two runners.