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ANAHEIM, Calif. -- If the Los Angeles Angels trade Hector Santiago before the Aug. 1 deadline, they might want to consider shipping him to a National League team they rarely play.Just ask the Chicago White Sox.Santiago threw seven innings of five-hit ball against his former club, and the Angels beat Chicago 7-0 on Friday night.It was the second time this season Santiago blanked the White Sox 7-0. He has tossed 14 spotless innings against them, but given up 54 runs over 91 1/3 innings in his other 17 starts.Theres always a little bit more competitiveness, for sure, Santiago said.You want to get back at them, get yourself to another level against your old team. When they come in, theres no doubt that I kind of step my game up.The left-hander did exactly that once again, striking out seven without issuing a walk Friday. Los Angeles supported him with two runs in the second and five in the seventh.Santiago (7-4) has been pitching particularly well of late. He has not allowed an earned run in his last 22 innings.Chicagos offense has been going in the opposite direction. The White Sox have not scored in their last 23 innings, and they were shut out in consecutive games for the first time this season.We didnt swing, and we didnt play that good of defense, either, but I thought (Santiago) threw well, too, manager Robin Ventura. You tip your cap.Coming back from the break, you expect the guys to swing a little bit better. Its just one day.The Angels are 38-52 on the season, 15 1/2 games back of first-place Texas in the AL West. They are expected to deal veterans before the trade deadline, and Santiagos name has been prominently mentioned.Santiago insisted he shrugs it all off.Thats what you have to do, he said. You cant control that part of the game. You just come out here and try to throw the ball well. Hopefully you can be here all year with guys you grinded through all spring and all season.I just try to sit back, have fun, come out here and do my job every day, and whatever happens, happens.The first five Angels hitters in the seventh scored against four different White Sox pitchers.We just kept pounding the ball in that seventh inning, Los Angeles manager Mike Scioscia said. Good situational hitting. Guys put the ball in play, used the whole field, good job with runners in scoring position, and ran the bases aggressively.Four of the Angels nine hits were doubles, one each by Kole Calhoun, Geovany Soto, Daniel Nava and Jefry Marte. Andrelton Simmons also singled in the seventh to extend his hitting streak to 13 games.The Angels have won five of their last seven games.Four runs came against Chicago right-hander Miguel Gonzalez (2-5), though only two were earned. Rookie shortstop Tim Anderson committed two errors.I thought he threw well enough to win a game, but we didnt swing very well, Ventura said. (Santiago) coming off the break was sharp.Gonzalez has not won a road game since beating Tampa Bay on July 25, 2015. He tossed seven shutout innings against the Yankees in his previous start.TRAINERS ROOMWhite Sox: 1B Justin Morneau was called up from his rehab stint at Triple-A and added to the roster. The 35-year-old Morneau had offseason surgery to repair the primary flexor in his right elbow. Chicago signed him June 9 to a one-year contract.Angels: Despite a brilliant outing Thursday for Triple-A Salt Lake (seven scoreless innings, one hit, 14 strikeouts), LHP Tyler Skaggs (Tommy John surgery, shoulder tightness) will make at least one additional rehab start before joining the rotation, Scioscia said. ... LHP C.J. 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Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy is unlikely to rest stars Cameron Smith and Cooper Cronk even if the Storm seal a top-two NRL finish with a win this weekend over Manly.The ladder-leading Storm sit five points ahead of third-placed Canberra and can secure a crucial home final in week one of the playoffs with victory over the Sea Eagles at Brookvale Oval on Saturday night in round 24.However, Bellamy said on Wednesday he feared his sides continuity and momentum could be affected if representative stars Smith and Cronk took a rest over the final fortnight of the regular season.They are getting through it all pretty well at the moment, Bellamy said at Storm training at Sydneys Coogee Oval.They are feeling well and they are playing well and we feel we need those boys playing because we need a bit of practice with our attack.We havent scored a whole heap of points the last three or four weeks and we think that needs sharpening up a bit.It is hard to sharpen that up in match conditions if you havent got your halfback and dummy-half there.Bellamy said the Storm had learned from their ill-fated 2011 campaign, after they rested Smith, Cronk and Billy Slater for their final game of the season against Sydney Roosters, having already wrapped up a top-twwo finish.ddddddddddddThe Storm were belted 40-8 by the 11th-placed Roosters in that game, a result that Bellamy said hurt them coming into the finals.Under the old finals system, minor premiers the Storm struggled to beat eight-placed Newcastle at AAMI Park in the first week of the finals in 2011 and were then sensationally dumped out of the premiership race at home two weeks later, losing to the Warriors 20-12 in the preliminary final.Just two weeks before, the Warriors had been thumped 40-10 by Brisbane.A win (over Manly) gives us that option (of resting players), Bellamy said.But I know that in 2011, we rested our Big Three then in the last game of the year and, looking back, I reckon it affected our momentum going into those finals and we were not quite what we expected to be in the finals.You can look at it both ways. At their age, they (Smith and Cronk) are getting a bit old so they need a bit more rest but, the older you get, the more your body adapts.Melbourne have spent the week in Sydney after losing to the Raiders on Monday in Canberra.Both Smith and Cronk are on limited training duties this week. ' ' '