Albert Pujols had three hits and scored twice on singles by Andrelton Simmons. That was enough offense for Chacin, who had been

The Rocket League Championship Series (RLCS) is halfway over, and what better way to spend the mid-season break than to look back at the first half? Whether its the world champions struggling or upstarts rising to the challenge, action in the RLCS never disappoints. Without further ado, here are our picks for the most disappointing team and the teams that most exceeded expectations.Underperformer of the TournamentThe RLCS has not been kind to certain teams in the first half of the season, and these teams have a lot of catching up to do to end up in the playoff spots.NAs G2 Esports, the world champions, have been underperforming more than any other team in the world over the last month. The drop in results is unprecedented; two months ago G2 was unquestionably on top of the world of Rocket League and now they sit at 0-3, which is almost out of playoff contention. G2s game score doesnt bode much better as they have only won two of the 11 matches they have played and they did not look cohesive even in victory.G2 is underperforming for a multitude of reasons, some they have admitted and others the community has inferred. When two members of the three-player squad, Cameron Kronovi Bills and Ted Over Zero Keil, move residences in the same month, practice may of course slip. The problems seem deeper though. G2 does not look like a team, instead seeming to play like three individuals and its painfully different from the style that won them the title World Champions of RLCS Season 1. If G2 can return to its fast-paced consistent style from Season 1 anything is possible, but the team has a lot to do during these next two weeks.A look at the stats does not brighten the hopes of any G2 fans, as G2 simply has not put up good numbers anywhere. G2 has shot less than anyone else with 6.44 a game. This may sound like a rather benign stat, but in RLCS Season 1 where they managed to win, they outshot everyone other than runners-up FlipSid3 Tactics. When you dont shoot, you dont score; G2 has scored the fewest goals of any team from either NA or EU, scoring only 1.18 times per game. To compare that to two of its counterparts: Mockit Aces scores nearly 3 times that many goals a game (3.25) and Exodus, the number one North American team, scores more than twice that (2.82).Wherever G2s issues stem from, it does not have long to fix them. We will all wait with bated breath to see if it can revive in the second half of the season.Overperformer(s) of the TournamentFor underperformer of the tournament there could really only be one answer, but for overperformer there are two.Deception and Red Eye, two teams most predicted to be near the bottom of the barrel in their respective regions, are pulling out many more results than anyone but the players themselves thought they would.First off, Deception. The players from Deception had to know they had people unhappy they made it into League Play, yet they did not care if others thought they were undeserving. The very first game of the tournament Deception came out and took Exodus, one of the better teams in the world, to game five. Deception sits on a precipice: one upset and it may make it into the top six and the next stage, yet its loss to Vindicator suggests that a slow fall has already begun.Whatever anyone says about Deception, the squad has a nearly 50 percent W/L result so far (8-9). Deception has been pushing teams to the limit and beyond. Deception also has provided some of the most exciting games in RLCS, scoring the third most per game in the world at 2.47 goals per game. If Deception can tighten up its defense it could legitimately move towards the status of top team come the second half of the season. Either way it will always be very entertaining to watch.Red Eye ... is an interesting team. Most people have them as the sixth or seventh best team in Europe, and that ranking is not necessarily unfair to them. Halfway through the season they sit in fourth though, and that begins to raise questions, are they actually good enough for a top half finish?They currently sit in fourth with a 10-6 game score and look to be prepared to comfortably qualify for the regional playoffs. As a team, Red Eye has very quietly been going about its work and sit in a Grand Finals spot currently; the question for them is truly if they can hold onto that or not. Their stats across the board are very good: second in Win percentage (62.5 percent), fifth in goals per game (2.12) as well as fifth in shot per game (7.81). If Red Eye shores up its game during the next two weeks, it could easily be seen as a Grand Finals contender and perhaps even more.Whether its the world champs crashing, the upstarts pushing towards the top, or even the quiet team unexpectedly sitting in a Grand Finals spot, RLCS has left nothing to desire for hungry Rocket League fans. 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Brazilian national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has confirmed that the veteran goalkeeper is set to join Toronto on loan, saying it will help him be ready for the World Cup. ANAHEIM, Calif. -- After going winless for two months, Jhoulys Chacin decided to think like a reliever.Chacin (4-8) allowed six hits over 5 2/3 innings, struck out four and walked one in his first scoreless start since April 12 for Atlanta, leading the Los Angeles Angels over the New York Yankees 2-0 Sunday.It felt good, not just for me, but for the team too, Chacin said. I wasnt trying to do too much. I was just trying to throw strikes.Albert Pujols had three hits and scored twice on singles by Andrelton Simmons. That was enough offense for Chacin, who had been 0-4 in five starts and eight relief appearances since beating Minnesota on June 14.Making his third start since rejoining the rotation, Chacin used a relaxed bullpen mentality.I thought he showed really good stuff, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. He had good command of both his breaking pitches -- his slider and his curveball. He didnt make many mistakes with them. And when we needed him to, he found some velocity and some good movement on his fastball.Deolis Guerra, JC Ramirez and Fernando Salas followed with hitless relief. Salas pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save.After winning the first two games of the series, New York entered four games over .500 at 63-59 but for the fourth time failed to move five games over.Chad Green (2-3) allowed one run and five hits in six innings, which matched his big league high. He struck out 11 in six scoreless innings against Toronto on Monday when he rejoined the rotation.He didnt have his cutter today, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. But he still found a way to get through it all and give up one run. He was a little bit different today, but the good thing was that he found a way to get through it.Pujols had his seventh three-hit game this year. Aggressive base-running by allowed him to score from second base on Simmons first single. Pujols went from first to third on C.J. Crons single and scored on came home on Simmons two-out ground single just beyond the reach of second baseman Starlin Castro.ddddddddddddSomething thats lost in everything is Albert going first to third in the eighth inning, Scioscia said. That opened up a hole there at second base where Castro was playing.One night after tying former St. Louis teammate Mark McGwire for 10th on the career home run list at 583, Pujols nearly surpassed his close friend. Center fielder Jacoby Ellsbury made a leaping catch at the wall in the fifth to deny Pujols a two-run homer.New York was 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position. Mark Teixeira hit an inning-ending flyout to leave the bases loaded in the fourth. After the Yankees put two on with one out in the eighth, Ramirez struck out Didi Gregorius and retired Castro on a groundout.Our opportunities, we have to take advantage of them when we get them, Girardi said. We werent able to do that today.TRAINERS ROOMAngels: RHP Huston Street has gone to Texas to seek a second opinion on his injured right knee in Texas and may need offseason surgery. Scioscia said surgery likely would be minor and would take place in the offseason. Street was placed on the 15-day disabled list with right knee inflammation on Aug. 2.UP NEXTYankees: RHP Michael Pineda (6-10) will pitch on an extra day of rest Monday when the Yankees open a series at Seattle, his former team. Pineda pitched five scoreless innings against Toronto in his last outing and has won five of his last six starts.Angels: LHP Tyler Skaggs (1-2) starts Tuesday when the Angels open a three-game series at Toronto. In his third start following Tommy John surgery, Skaggs allowed four earned runs and six hit in 3 1/3 innings against Seattle on Wednesday.---This version has been corrected to show the Yankees entered Sunday at 63-59 and to fix the spelling of Didi Gregorius. ' ' '