e to first. One out later, Cron hit his two-run single.Johnny Gia

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- It took freshman Cordell Pemsl six games to crack the starting lineup for the Iowa Hawkeyes this season, but it looks like he might stay there for a long time.Pemsl muscled in 21 points Monday night as Iowa (4-5) snapped a four-game losing streak with a 95-68 victory over Stetson.Pemsl, a powerful 6-foot-8, 249-pound forward, has averaged 19 points since making the starting lineup three games ago with outputs of 18, 18 and now 21 points.Most impressive of all, Pemsl has made 23 of 27 shots as a member of the starting lineup with a series of strong moves around the basket.Ive just been taking shots that I know I can make, he said. Ive been working on sealing and getting good positioning. And when Ive gotten the ball Ive been effective, so I try to take shots I know I can make or kick it out to my teammates.Iowa coach Fran McCaffery likes the way Pemsl has been playing.The thing about it, he knows whats a good shot and whats not a good shot, said McCaffery. He has great hands, great touch. Hes crafty around the basket.Well keep throwing him the ball, because good things happen.He knows when to go and when not to go, and thats not often the case with young players.Pemsls teammates did a good job of feeding him near the basket.They know that Im going to hustle down and Im going to fight for good positioning, he said, and once I get there they know where to pass it and where I want it.Isaiah Moss, a redshirt freshman, pumped in five 3-pointers and also scored 21 points for the Hawkeyes, while Peter Jok collected 15 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.Leo Goodman led Stetson (4-6) with 14 points.The Hawkeyes got off to a fast start and had a 14-2 lead a little more than four minutes in. Iowa led 44-28 at halftime and raised the margin to 30 points at 90-60 on another 3-pointer by Moss, who finished with a career high in 3-pointers and points.Iowa had surrendered 100, 92 and 98 points in its last three games, including a stunning 98-89 loss to Nebraska-Omaha, but the Hawkeyes played a much tighter game against the visitors from Florida.BIG PICTUREIowa: The Hawkeyes had allowed an average of 96.7 points in their last three games before holding Stetson to 68, but Iowa will be tested again Thursday night when it hosts the high-scoring Iowa State Cyclones ... The Hawkeyes played their third straight game without freshman Tyler Cook, who is sidelined with a broken finger after averaging 13.7 points in the first six games ...Stetson: The Hatters lost for the fifth time in their last six games and fell to 1-11 against Big Ten teams in school history ... Stetson has made at least one 3-pointer in 370 straight games, a streak that began in 2004 ... Head coach Corey Williams has a 32-74 record in four years at Stetson.NUMBERSEleven players scored for the Hawkeyes and 11 grabbed at least one rebound.PIVOTAL PLAYPemsl scored the first two baskets for Iowa in the opening minute and the Hawkeyes cruised from there.HE SAID ITWe have smart, intelligent guys with character, McCaffery said after Iowa snapped its four-game losing streak with the 27-point victory. They know what they have to do.UP NEXTIowa will be idle for nine days for final exams after hosting Iowa State.Stetson travels to Illinois for a Wednesday matchup against SIU Edwardsville. BOSTON -- Coming off a rough June, the Boston Red Sox looked like they were starting off a new month the right way.Instead they gave up their most runs at home in nearly seven seasons.C.J. Cron went 6 for 6 with two homers and five RBI, Carlos Perez had five hits and drove in six and the Los Angeles Angels walloped the Red Sox 21-2 on Saturday night to end a four-game losing streak.Honestly, were embarrassed by tonights ball game, Boston manager John Farrell said. Theres really no other way to put it. We got kicked around the ballpark tonight.Starter Clay Buchholz and relievers Robbie Ross Jr. and Pat Light each gave up six runs. Its the first time Boston has allowed 20 runs in Fenway Park since a 20-11 drubbing by the rival Yankees in August of 2009.The Red Sox were 10-16 in June. Second baseman Dustin Pedroia said the team needs to get things turned for the better quickly, but also needs to relax.Absolutely we need to get out of it, he said. We need to play better. But I mean going into the year we knew we were going to have a stretch like this. If everyone thought we were going to show up and win 140 games, thats not how baseball works. Youre going to have bumps in the road.Mookie Betts had a solo homer and three hits for Boston, which won the series opener after losing four of five. The Red Sox gave up seven unearned runs with a season-high four errors.Red Sox outfielder Ryan LaMarre pitched the ninth, giving up no runs and two hits.Hector Santiago (5-4) got the win, holding the majors highest scoring team to one unearned run and four hits over six innings.Buchholz gave up six runs -- three earned -- in 4 1/3 innings.Albert Pujols hit his 575th career homer -- a two-run shot -- and had five RBI for the Angels, who had lost 10 of their last 11 games.Cron and Perez each homered during an 11-run seventh inning. They are the first set of teammates with at least five hits andd five RBI in the same game since Gene Moore and Buck Jordan for the Boston Braves in 1936, according to ESPN.ddddddddddddIts the sixth time the Angels reached 20 runs, the last coming against Kansas City on Aug. 25, 2004. The club record for runs is 24, set at Toronto on Aug. 25, 1979.With Los Angles leading 4-0 in the fifth, Perezs three-run double capped a five-run inning that broke it open. Buchholz (3-9) was lifted with runners on first and second with one out. Travis Shaw then fired high to second for an error on a probable double-play grounder by Pujols, with the relay late to first. One out later, Cron hit his two-run single.Johnny Giavotella singled to re-load the bases before Perez cleared them with a double off the center-field wall.Cron homered over the Monster in the fourth to make it 4-0.TROUBLE AGAINST ANGELSBoston fell to 8-22 in its last 30 against Los Angeles.ELEVEN-RUN INNINGDuring the 11-run seventh, Pujols had a three-run double, Cron a two-run homer and Perez added a two-run shot, which brought mock cheers from the fans. The inning put Los Angeles ahead 20-1.TRAINERS ROOMRed Sox: Farrell said switch-hitting OF/C Blake Swihart (sprained left ankle) took BP indoors, but only from the left side to avoid stress on the ankle. ... The manager also said that RHP Joe Kelly (demoted to the minors last month) threw a 40-pitch session Saturday as he works to come back from a groin injury. When healthy, the plan is to shift him to relief and prepare him to work out of Bostons bullpen.UP NEXTAngels: RHP Matt Shoemaker (3-8, 4.12 ERA) looks for better luck this month starting in the series finale on Sunday. He was winless in six June starts, going 0-3 despite a 2.14 ERA.Red Sox: RHP Sean OSullivan (1-0, 7.94) is slated to start for Boston. ' ' '