Los Angeles Angels centerfielder Mike Trout hits a grand slam home run off of Texas Rangers pitcher Spencer Patton, not pictured, during the sixth inning of a baseball game in Anaheim, Calif., Sunday, July 26, 2015. It’s just not on his personal agenda at the moment.
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“He pitched ahead in the count, so we were just trying to have good at-bats”, Fielder said.
“The reaction from the crowd was exactly what I expected”, Hamilton said.
Delino DeShields capped a three-run rally in the eighth inning with an infield hit that drove in the go-ahead run, and Rougned Odor homered in a 7-6 victory Saturday night. It was the first game back at Angel Stadium for Hamilton, who was traded back to the Rangers after two disappointing seasons in Anaheim. Shawn Tolleson pitched the ninth for his 16th save.The Rangers offense was led by left fielder Josh Hamilton and shortstop Elvis Andrus, who each had two hits. The right-hander has not won since June 9.NOTES: Los Angeles’ Andrew Heaney was the first left-hander in team history to pitch more than six innings and allow no more than two runs in each of his first five career starts – and he increased the streak to six Sunday….
Trout hit his 29th homer to pull even with Albert Pujols in the AL race, and he also had a run-scoring single in the eighth for the Angels (54-42).
Texas Rangers? Josh Hamilton walks back to the dugout after striking out swinging during the second inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Friday, July 24, 2015.
Trout lined a single to left his next time up following his close call in the field, giving the Angels runners at first and second with one out in the fifth.
The 35-year-old is 0-2 with a 12.00 ERA in nine innings of work in two starts versus the Angels this season. “I’m a groundball pitcher, that’s no secret”. Shortstop Erick Aybar made an over-the-shoulder catch for the third out, a split second before he went head-over-heels in a violent collision between himself and Matt Joyce – who hit the deck in an effort to avoid him.
Joe Smith (4-3) came on to protect a 6-4 lead for Angels starter Hector Santiago, but didn’t make it out of the eighth. “Fortunately, he ended up catching the ball, but I took a pretty good knock on the chin from his knee”.
“We’ve talked about games like this and what they could do for us”, manager Jeff Banister said. “I was definitely dizzy right afterwards, and I really don’t remember walking off the field”. If they don’t go right at people, or sometimes you chop ’em off the plate…it’s kind of one of those innings I’ve just got to forget about…. Giavotella made a poor throw to first, but Pujols bailed him out with a diving grab while keeping his foot on the bag.
Rangers: LHP Matt Harrison (1-1) will take the ball in the opener of a three-game home series against the Yankees on Monday night, after scattering seven hits through six innings in a 9-0 win at Colorado last Tuesday. The others are Babe Ruth, Willie Mays and Hank Aaron, all members of the Hall of Fame.
Conor Gillaspie made his Angels debut at third base, one day after he was acquired from the Chicago White Sox in a cash deal.
The Angels added a run in the fourth when C.J.
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Rangers: Yovani Gallardo (7-9, 2.91 ERA) has lost three straight starts despite his tidy ERA.
