CHICAGO _ White Sox pushed the Angels one step further toward elimination from the American League wild-card race with a 4-2 victory Monday night at Guaranteed Rate Field.
The Sox led from the first inning, when Nicky Delmonico hit a two-run double to right-center field off Angels right-hander Ricky Nolasco.
Yolmer Sanchez had singled to lead off the bottom of the first, and Tim Anderson reached second on shortstop Andrelton Simmons' two-base throwing error.
The Angels entered the four-game series with an elimination number of three behind the Twins for the second AL wild-card spot.
Avisail Garcia tripled and scored on Matt Davidson's sacrifice fly in the third.
The Sox added a run on Adam Engel's fielder's choice in the sixth.
The Angels cut the early two-run lead in half in the top of the second on Martin Maldonado's RBI single off Sox right-hander James Shields.
Mike Trout hit a solo homer 457 feet into the left-center field stands in the fifth inning to cut it to 3-2.
Shields gave up only those two runs on four hits with two walks and eight strikeouts over seven innings against the Angels
Sox second baseman Yoan Moncada and first baseman Jose Abreu were both out of the starting lineup Monday.
Both players had MRIs on their bruised shins, but Sox manager Rick Renteria said they didn't reveal more significant issues.
