MINNEAPOLIS -- The Angels and Twins were tied on eight separate occasions over the last three nights, but there would be no back-and-forth in the finale of a four-game series. The Angels' offense stepped on the gas pedal midway through Sunday afternoon's contest at Target Field, amassing 11 runs over a three-inning stretch to rout the lowly Twins, 14-4.The victory gave the first-place Angels their fifth four-game sweep this season, a franchise record, and put them a season-best 32 games above .500. 
Erick Aybar (2-for-4 with an RBI), Mike Trout (2-for-4 with his 32nd homer), Albert Pujols (2-for-4 with an RBI), Howie Kendrick (3-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs), C.J. Cron (2-for-3 with a homer) and Efren Navarro (2-for-2 despite not entering until the sixth inning) each had multi-hit games as the Angels set a season-high in hits with 19.C.J. Wilson wobbled in the first couple of innings, giving up three runs on three hits and three walks while throwing only 27 of his 51 pitches for strikes. But Trout tied the game with a two-run shot in the third and the Angels took the lead in the fifth, getting a sacrifice fly by Aybar and a two-run triple from Kendrick.In the sixth, the Angels came up with their sixth six-run inning of the season, notching five hits -- including a prodigious two-run shot from Cron -- and sending 11 batters to the plate. Wilson, meanwhile, retired 11 straight batters and 15 out of 16 to get through 6 1/3 innings, exiting the game after an infield single and an error by John McDonald.Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com
Erick Aybar (2-for-4 with an RBI), Mike Trout (2-for-4 with his 32nd homer), Albert Pujols (2-for-4 with an RBI), Howie Kendrick (3-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs), C.J. Cron (2-for-3 with a homer) and Efren Navarro (2-for-2 despite not entering until the sixth inning) each had multi-hit games as the Angels set a season-high in hits with 19.C.J. Wilson wobbled in the first couple of innings, giving up three runs on three hits and three walks while throwing only 27 of his 51 pitches for strikes. But Trout tied the game with a two-run shot in the third and the Angels took the lead in the fifth, getting a sacrifice fly by Aybar and a two-run triple from Kendrick.In the sixth, the Angels came up with their sixth six-run inning of the season, notching five hits -- including a prodigious two-run shot from Cron -- and sending 11 batters to the plate. Wilson, meanwhile, retired 11 straight batters and 15 out of 16 to get through 6 1/3 innings, exiting the game after an infield single and an error by John McDonald.Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com
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