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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Alberto Callaspos teammates chased him from first base into left field while fireworks exploded above Angel Stadium, smacking the pinch-hitting hero on his back until he was sore. "I was hurt," Callaspo said with a grin. "Thats OK. Id take 20 like that." The Los Angeles Angels are getting pretty good at celebrations during a 13-3 surge that gets them closer to the post-season with each big finish. Callaspo drove home pinch-runner Peter Bourjos with a two-out single in the ninth inning, and the Angels beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 Friday night for their ninth win in 10 games. Kendrys Morales had a triple, a double and a one-out single that started the ninth-inning rally for the Angels, who moved just two games behind Baltimore in the AL wild-card race. "Were just playing together, trying to do all the little things," Callaspo said. "Well keep playing together and see what happens in the end." Erick Aybar beat out a slow two-out grounder against Octavio Dotel (5-3), advancing Bourjos to second. Callaspo then pinch-hit for slumping All-Star Mark Trumbo and drove a rolling grounder past diving Detroit shortstop Jhonny Peralta into left field, scoring the speedy Bourjos. Torii Hunter and Howie Kendrick drove in first-inning runs for the Angels (75-63), who moved a season-high 12 games over .500. They also closed the gap on the Orioles (77-61) for the second wild-card spot, with Tampa Bay (76-62) in between and Oakland (77-60) just a half-game in front of Baltimore. Max Scherzer pitched eight dominant innings of five-hit ball while taking over the major league lead with nine more strikeouts for the Tigers, but Ervin Santana matched him with 6 2-3 innings of four-hit ball and 10 strikeouts for the Angels. Detroit couldnt do much against four relievers, setting up Callaspos heroics. "Scherzer is tough," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "Hes been tough on us all year, but Ervin matched him pitch for pitch. It took a couple of relievers to do it, too, and in the ninth, we got the big hit." Prince Fielder and Alex Avila homered as Detroit wasted a chance to pull even atop the AL Central with Chicago, which lost 7-5 to Kansas City. The Tigers (73-64) also opened a 10-game trip by losing ground on the Angels and the Rays in the wild-card race. "We had an opportunity, and it was a terrific major league baseball game, well played by everybody," Detroit manager Jim Leyland said. "We had our shot. Thats all you can ask for. ... Weve got to go win games, simple as that. Youre not going to back into anything." Ernesto Frieri (3-0) pitched the ninth for the Angels, striking out Avila to strand speedy pinch-runner Quintin Berry on second. Scherzer was outstanding yet again for the Tigers, allowing just two hits over seven consecutive scoreless innings without a walk after Los Angeles scored twice in the first. He racked up his 10th consecutive start with at least eight strikeouts and retired the final seven batters he faced, taking over the majors strikeouts lead with 213 to 209 for teammate Justin Verlander, who faces Los Angeles on Saturday night. Scherzer is unbeaten since July 30, although his five-start winning streak ended. "I was commanding the strike zone, and thats when I usually have success," said Scherzer, who matched his longest start of the season. "Minus the first inning, I pitched pretty well. ... Thats a great ballclub over there. Theyre good hitters, so credit to them for putting together some good at-bats." Santana stepped in for ace Jered Weaver with another superb start in his late-season surge. Santana has been outstanding over his last eight starts, but still leads the majors with 34 homers allowed after giving up two more to the Tigers. The Angels stuck to their recent theme of early runs against Scherzer. Mike Trout hit a leadoff double and scored on Hunters single, and Albert Pujols scored moments later on Morales double and Kendricks RBI groundout. Fielder answered in the second inning with his 25th homer into the right-field corner, and Avila evened it with another shot to right in the third. Santana passed the Yankees Phil Hughes for the major league lead in homers allowed. Scherzer struck out five straight Angels starting in the second inning, and he took the strikeouts lead in the sixth by throwing 99-mph fastball past Pujols, whose 14-game hitting streak ended with an 0-for-4 performance. Scherzer retired 16 of 17 Angels until Morales two-out triple off the centre-field wall in the sixth, but stranded him by striking out Kendrick. NOTES: Detroits Ryan Raburn grounded out to the mound on the first pitch he saw as a pinch-hitter in the seventh inning in his first game back from sprained right thumb. Raburn hadnt played for the Tigers since July 31. ... 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