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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Angels saw one of their future stars make strides but may have lost their biggest star for the last days of the season, as Mike Trout exited the game after taking a fastball to the shoulder.Kole Calhoun homered, Alex Meyer earned his second major league win and the Angels held off a late rally from the Oakland Athletics to sweep the three-game series with an 8-6 win Wednesday night.Trout was hit by a John Axford fastball in the back of his left shoulder in the eighth inning and was removed from the game. Hell have imaging done Thursday to determine whether or not he can play through the weekend against the Houston Astros.Trout said the pitch hit his shoulder blade and left him with a sizable, sore welt.I want to (play), Ill tell you that, Trout said. Weve got three games left, so Im going to try to grind it out.Meyer (2-3) limited the As to two runs on five hits over four innings and struck out five. J.C. Ramirez pitched a perfect ninth to convert his second save.I think theres no doubt that Alex is moving forward in many ways, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. I think first and foremost, I think his delivery is getting more consistent. Hes able to repeat it, his arm angle is where hes working towards getting it, and hopefully hell continue to improve with his consistency.Meyer said his month in the big leagues has been beneficial for his confidence.Im definitely happy, Meyer said. Going into next year, now Ive kind of had some success. Ive learned a lot and I took some bumps and bruises along with way.Khris Davis, who played at nearby Cal State Fullerton, hit his 41st home run and his sixth against the Angels this season in the sixth inning, making the score 8-3. Marcus Semien brought the As to within two runs with a three-run homer, also his sixth against Los Angeles, in the eighth.After going down 2-0 early, the Angels rallied for eight runs in the fourth inning. Ross Detwiler (3-3) got the first out but then put then put the next four batters on and gave up two runs before getting the second out.With runners on the corners, Shane Robinson cleared the bases with a double to left and took third on the throw. Calhoun homered for the 17th time this season to give Los Angeles a 6-2 lead and Mike Trout singled to keep the inning alive.The Calhoun one was the one that really hurt, As manager Bob Melvin said. Whether or not coming in and not being the starter (was an issue), thats something you have to ask him but hes relieved and started before so that shouldnt have been an issue.Detwiler was finally replaced after giving up a double to C.J. Cron, the 10th batter of the inning. Reliever Chris Smith couldnt end the threat as he walked the next two batters to walk in a run and Stephen Vogts failure to throw to first on a grounder by Jett Bandy allowed Cron to score for the eighth run of the inning.Gregorio Petit, the 14th batter, finally ended the inning by grounding out to Smith.Sonny Gray was activated from the 15-day disabled list prior to his start. Gray was limited to only one inning and was replaced by Detwiler. He gave up one hit and faced four batters in his first start since Aug. 6.He threw the ball where he wanted to, he had a good breaking ball, Melvin said. He was very composed for an excitable guy that hasnt been out there for a while.TRAINERS ROOMAngels: RHP Garrett Richards threw off the mound to hitters for the first time since tearing his ulnar collateral ligament May 1. Richards, who has been throwing for a month after stem cell treatments showed significant healing in the ligament, will throw another bullpen this weekend before continuing his season in the instructional league.UP NEXTAthletics: RHP Kendall Graveman will start the As final series of the season, Thursday in Seattle. Graveman is 0-3 with a 5.28 ERA in his last five starts and has posted similar numbers against the Mariners, going 1/3 with a 5.40 ERA in seven career appearances.Angels: Los Angeles manager Mike Scioscia declined to name a starter for Fridays series-opener against the Houston Astros. RHP Daniel Wright or RHP Jhoulys Chacin are likely candidates. Terry Francona Jersey . -- Stanford squashed Oregons national championship hopes again, schooling the Ducks in power football. 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Arbitrator Fredric Horowitz last week refused to compel Selig to testify in the grievance, and Rodriguez then walked out of the hearing without testifying. SEC Volleyball Week 3 Player of the Week:Kaitlyn Blake ? Texas A&M Sophomore ? MB ? 6-2 ? Allen, TexasOffensive Player of the Week:Krystal Rivers ? Alabama Redshirt Senior ? RS ? 5-11 ? Birmingham, Ala.Rivers was named MVP of the Hampton Inn Bash after leading her team with 5.90 kills and 6.65 points per set during the tournament. She posted a career-high 38 kills in the five-set win over Southern Miss, including nine kills in the deciding fifth set. The 38 kills are the most in a single match for an Alabama player in 18 years (Michelle Green, 38 vs. Eastern Michigan, Sept. 19, 1998). Rivers is now ranked third in career kills at Alabama with 1,656, and is 52 away from moving into second place.Defensive Player of the Week:Kaitlyn Blake ? Texas A&M Sophomore ? MB ? 6-2 ? Allen, TexasBlake was dominating at the net, averaged 2.44 blocks per set and took or tied for match-high honors in blocks in every match as Texas A&M went 3-0 at the Borderline Invitational. In addition to her five blocks-including a career-high tying two solo blocks-in the sweep against Arizona, she also had a match-high 12.5 points and tied for team-high honors in kills with eight while hitting .400. Blake had a match-high eight blocks at New Mexico State, propelling Texas A&M to a 12-2 lead in blocks and a 3-0 victory. She had match highs with nine blocks and 13.5 points in the sweep against UTEP as well. Blake leads the SEC with 1.81 blocks per set.Setter of the Week:Allie Monserez ? Florida Redshirt Sophomore ? 5-9 ? Windermere, Fla.Monserez earned a spott on the Blackbird Invitational All-Tournament Team after setting UF to its second (.dddddddddddd37) and third (.389) best efficiencies this season against Denver and LIU Brooklyn, respectively. She still paces the SEC with her 11.79 assists per set through three weeks of the volleyball season. Monserez has now set Florida to five straight matches of single-digit attack errors. She had her most assists in a three-set match this season (38) against Denver, the most for a SEC setter in a three-set match this week (third best this season). Against LIU Brooklyn, Monserez quarterbacked five players who hit above .320.Freshman of the Week:Leah Edmond ? Kentucky Freshman ? OH ? 6-2 ? Lexington, Ky.Edmond led UK in total kills (39) and kills per set (3.90) for the weekend. She registered her first two career double-double efforts with a 17-kill, 10-dig performance vs. Marquette, and an 11-kill, 10-dig performance in a three-set win over Saint Louis. Edmond had only amassed one dig in six matches before logging 10 vs. Marquette, seven in the three-set win over Virginia and then topped the three-set mark with 10 more vs. Saint Louis. She also broke out with 13 of her 18 total blocks for the season coming in UKs two victories on Saturday. She had a career-high seven vs. Virginia and five against the Billikens. Edmond leads the SEC for freshmen and ranks sixth overall in kills per set for the season with 3.70. ' ' '