Albert Pujols hits his 536th career home run Tuesday night, tying him with Mickey Mantle for 16th-place all-time/Photo by Chris O’Meara, Associated Press

– First and foremost, Albert Pujols hit the 536th home run of his career to tie Mickey Mantle for 16th-place all-time. It was Pujols’ 16th of the season, tying him for the team lead with Mike Trout.

– Angels fans have to hope that Kole Calhoun’s second three-hit game in the past four games means he’s finally starting to shake himself out of a rather lengthy slump. He was hitting .314 on May 13 and had dipped to .266 on June 2. He stayed there for one more game, moved to .276 after going 3-for-4 on June 5 but then dropped back down to .266 by going 0-for-7 the next two games. Not only did Calhoun go 3-for-5 in this one, he drove in four runs. He had one RBI in six games this month ahead of this performance. Calhoun now sits with 29 RBIs.

– Also nice to see was the job by starting pitcher Matt Shoemaker, who seems to be having a sophomore jinx of sorts. He has been better of late, but even by giving up just two runs in 6 1/3 innings in this one, his ERA on the season is 4.86. Shoemaker (4-4) struck out six and walked just one while throwing 84 pitches.

–  This victory stopped a five-game losing streak and pulled the Angels within four games of the Astros (34-26) in the AL West. Unfortunately for the Angels (29-29), they have been caught and passed by the Texas Rangers (31-27), who are in second just two games back of the Astros.

– Former Asuza Pacific University star Kirk Nieuwenhuis is getting a decent look here by the Angels after being acquired from the New York Mets. But after starting 2-for-6, he has gone in the tank. Nieuwenhuis went 0-for-5 in this one and is 1-for-his-last-16 and has seen his average drop to .136 with the Angels. Nieuwenhuis hit just .079 in 38 at-bats with New York before coming to the Angels.