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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Pat Rapp is gaining confidence with every start. Kip Wells is losing it at an even faster pace.

Rapp took a no-hitter into the sixth inning Tuesday night, beating the Chicago White Sox 9-3 and winning consecutive starts for the first time since joining the Anaheim Angels in the offseason.

Troy Glaus hit his 30th homer, Scott Spiezio went 3-for-4 with a two-run double, and Garret Anderson added a pair of two-out RBI singles in support of Rapp (5-10). The right-hander allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings, striking out three and walking one.

"It's a little easier to pitch when you have run support," Rapp said. "The White Sox make you work. Almost every hitter was 2-2 or 3-2, but I was able to make good pitches on the corner."

Rapp retired 15 of his first 16 batters before the White Sox loaded the bases with none out in the sixth on singles by Royce Clayton, Mark Johnson and Ray Durham. Clayton scored when Jose Valentin grounded into a double play.

"Rapp did a tremendous job, especially in the sixth inning when it could have gotten messy," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "They've got a lot of good hitters over there."

Magglio Ordonez was impressed. He faced Rapp three times and grounded out three times, after getting five hits in his previous 13 career at-bats against him.

"He was hitting his spots and mixing up his curveball and his fastball," Ordonez said. "There's nothing you can do when a pitcher is throwing that good. You just have to wait him out and try to get a hit."

Ordonez waited patiently until Rapp was out of the game, then led off the ninth against Mark Lukasiewicz with his 20th homer and 100th of his career. Ordonez is the second fastest White Sox player to 100 homers, behind Frank Thomas.

"I kept the ball," Ordonez said. "I've been waiting for that home run for about a month. I came to the plate telling myself to hit the ball where it was pitched and I was lucky to hit it out of the park."

The Angels built a 5-0 lead against Kip Wells (6-8), scoring in each of the first four innings. The right-hander has surrendered 22 earned runs in 13 2-3 innings over his last four starts, losing three straight. A demotion to the bullpen seems likely.

"We'll probably discuss that sometime tomorrow and determine what would be the best course of action -- not only for the team, but for him as well," manager Jerry Manuel said.

"This is the fourth straight outing that he's struggled," Manuel added. "He still has a good arm, so we could probably still use him in situations where he might regain his confidence."

Wells admitted he wouldn't be surprised if his next outing is in relief.

"I have to be able to help the team somehow, whether it's starting or relieving," he said. "I've gotten into a funk, and I don't know how to explain it. I'm just going to have to roll with the punches."

Glaus joined Don Baylor, Tim Salmon and Mo Vaughn as the only Angels to record consecutive seasons of at least 30 homers, driving a 1-1 pitch to center field in the first.

The Angels added two more runs in the second on Salmon's RBI single and Orlando Palmeiro's sacrifice fly. Adam Kennedy made it 4-0 with an RBI single after Wells gave up a two-out single by Spiezio and a walk to Salmon.

Anderson, who chased Wells in the fourth with his first RBI single, extended the lead to 6-1 in the sixth with another one before Spiezio capped the inning with a two-run double.

Game notes
Chicago DH Jose Canseco, facing the Angels for the first time since they released him in spring training, was greeted with boos that grew louder with each at-bat. He went 0-4 with two strikeouts and did not get the ball out of the infield. ... Glaus needs five homers to become the first Angels player with consecutive 35-homer seasons. ... Left-hander Mark Buehrle, who takes his AL-leading 3.02 ERA into Wednesday night's start, is trying to become the first White Sox pitcher since Ed Cicotte in 1917 to finish a season with the league's best ERA. ... The Angels' pitching staff has gone 20 consecutive games without allowing more than five earned runs. ... Sandy Alomar Jr. missed his fourth straight game because of tendinitis in his left knee.