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Pujols' sac-fly wins game in 11th, Trout's defense saves it

/ STAFF WRITER

The Angels' Albert Pujols is mobbed by teammates after his sacrifice fly in the 11th inning brought in Taylor Featherston.

ANAHEIM – The advanced defensive metric Defensive Runs Saved determined that Mike Trout was worth nine runs below the major-league average in center field a season ago, and just one run above average so far this year.

Make that three runs this year. Trout saved two runs for the Angels in the field Wednesday night, affording them the chance to win late, a chance they finally acted upon in the 11th inning, when Albert Pujols hit a walk-off sacrifice fly and the Angels beat the Colorado Rockies, 2-1.