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ANAHEIM, Calif. Terence Davis Jersey . -- Garrett Richards felt he was getting squeezed on balls and strikes, and he saw nothing special about his stuff. He still led the Los Angeles Angels to yet another victory in his breakout season. Richards pitched four-hit ball into the eighth inning to win his fourth straight decision, Kole Calhoun had a two-run double and the Angels beat the Minnesota Twins 6-2 Wednesday night for their fifth straight win. Richards (8-2) surrendered his third homer of the year, but recovered for his fourth victory in a dominant June. He issued five walks in his 100th big league appearance, but the right-hander stranded two Twins in the third and again in the seventh. "I did a lot of things I wasnt happy with, but I kept us in the game," Richards said. "I felt like I was getting squeezed a little bit, but that stuff is going to happen. Youve got to move on." Richards moved on splendidly to another impressive start that left him with a 1.06 ERA in June. He has yielded just four runs and 20 hits in 34 1-3 innings over his last five starts. "Hes got pretty good stuff," Twins catcher Eric Fryer said. "Its a pretty easy 96, 97 (mph) coming out of his hand and a sharp breaking ball, and it seemed like he was throwing that for strikes a little bit more often than what weve seen on the video." Minnesota got two more runners on with one out in the eighth to chase Richards, and Kevin Jepsen yielded Kendrys Morales RBI single before Albert Pujols alertly snagged Eduardo Escobars high-bouncing grounder to end the inning. Howie Kendrick had an RBI single, and Erick Aybar got two hits and stole two bases as Los Angeles won for the 14th time in 16 games at Angel Stadium, moving to a season-high 10 games over .500 at 43-33. The Angels are unbeaten on their homestand, matching their longest winning streak of the year. Manager Mike Scioscia jokingly credited the Angels 14 runs in their last two games against Minnesota to hitting coach Don Baylor, who returned to the dugout after breaking his leg while catching a ceremonial first pitch on opening day. "Our record and the standings are irrelevant right now," Scioscia said. "We need to continue to evolve as a team. ... It really has no bearing where youre playing or who youre playing, but how youre playing." Aybar, Grant Green and C.J. Cron each drove in a run for Los Angeles. Pujols had two hits and scored, while Mike Trout went 1 for 3 with a walk. Josh Hamilton, who hasnt homered since June 3, doubled and drove two balls to the centre-field wall. Oswaldo Arcia homered for the Twins, who have lost seven straight road games for the first time since September 2011. Minnesotas Yohan Pino (0-1) got through just three innings in his second major league appearance, yielding seven hits and five runs. "Our kid didnt really have an easy inning out there," Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire said. "They fought off an awful lot of pitches, fouled off a lot of pitches, and gave him some fits out there. Thats a good hitting team with some veterans who know how to do some things." Arcia snapped a 0-for-31 skid with his fifth homer in the second inning. Richards hadnt given up a homer in June, allowing just two in his first 95 innings this season. The Angels tied it in the bottom half when Aybar doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly by Green. Calhoun then drove in Cron and Chris Iannetta with a two-strike, two-out double down the right-field line. Minnesota rookie Danny Santana left in the third inning after feeling soreness his left knee while running out a double. The promising shortstop and leadoff hitter, who pulled up sharply while running into second, has a hit in 27 of his first 37 major league games. NOTES: Anthony Swarzak pitched three perfect innings in relief of Pino. ... 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Evgeni Nabokov made 23 saves for his 56th career shutout in the New York Islanders 3-0 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Monday night.BARCELONA, Spain - First place is up for grabs in Group F of the Champions League on Wednesday, and itll go to either Barcelona or Paris-Saint Germain.Although the French champions beat Barcelona 3-2 in Paris in September, both teams have already qualified for the second round. Barcelona, a four-time European champion, hasnt failed to finish at the top of its group since 2006-07.The game against PSG is perfect for us, Barcelona coach Luis Enrique said. It gives us the opportunity to go through as winners of the group and to beat the only team that has beaten us so far (in the Champions League).Also in Group F, Ajax hosts Cypriot side APOEL needing a draw to finish third and qualify for the Europa League.Here are some more things to know about Wednesdays matches:___THREE TIMES THREEShattering record after record, Lionel Messi has also scored hat tricks in three of his last four matches.The first against Sevilla gave Messi the Spanish leagues all-time scoring record. He followed that with another trio of goals at APOEL to become the top scorer in the history of the Champions League.And the Argentine heads into the match against PSG after scoring three against crosstown rival Espanyol in a 5-1 rout on Sunday, taking him past the 400-goal mark for Barcelona.Hee now has 74 goals in the Champions League, 256 in the Spanish league and 402 overall for Barcelona, all of which are records. Antonio Davis Jersey. Messi will be missing his partner on the right flank, back Dani Alves, who is suspended for this game.___UNBEATEN PSGAfter Chelsea lost last weekend in England, PSG is the only unbeaten side in Europes biggest leagues.PSG hasnt played sparkling football, but the individual qualities of its creative players have made up for its collective inadequacies so far.Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice in a 2-1 comeback over Nantes on Saturday, and Edinson Cavani has netted eight goals in his last 10 matches.PSG is the last unbeaten team and its a pleasure, PSG coach Laurent Blanc said. You need to wait until the end to assess a season, but Im sure there will be better days. Im optimistic we will continue to take points, but with style.___FIGHT FOR THIRDAPOEL has scored only once so far in group play and sits in last place.That single goal gave the Mediterranean team a draw at home against Ajax, and now it needs to better that result to claim a ticket to the Europa League.Ajax will be missing Iceland striker Kolbeinn Sigthorsson, out with torn left ankle ligaments. Poland forward Arek Milik will likely lead the attack. ' ' '