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The Rangers and the Angels met on September 20, 2016, with their seasons heading in different directions. The Rangers were on the verge of clinching the division, and although Mike Trout was on his way to a second MVP season, the Angels were chasing the Athletics, trying to climb out of last place. Mike Trout saw this pitch in the top of the sixth inning as an 88.1 MPH sinker. When this pitch was throw, Cliff Pennington was on second base, and Jefry Marte was on first. Trout hit a sharp groundball to the right of second base, and into right field. Trout reached first base safely, Marte ended up at third, and Pennington scored for Trout’s 92nd RBI of the season. This single is also Trout’s 489th career RBI, and 908th career hit. This RBI brought the Angles to within 1 run, down 5-4. This ball would remain in play for Albert Pujol’s at-bat, although the ball was removed from the game after the fourth pitch, a changeup hit the dirt. Pujols would strike out on the next pitch to end the inning, and no more runs were scored this game as Texas won 5-4. With this loss, the 65-86 Angels remain in last place, 1 game behind the Athletics for fourth place in the division, and 24.5 games behind the Rangers.