The Rangers failed to get another strong start from their rotation as the Angels completed a three-game sweep with a 7-4 win Wednesday night Angels Stadium.
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OUR PICK: Play against Texas, which is 2-13 on the runline in all games in July.
In addition to his 19 dingers, Pujols has 71 RBI on the season, good for third in all of baseball.
No matter, the Angels staked him to a 5-0 lead, easing his burden. “But from that point on, we couldn’t keep a rhythm”.
Offensively, Ian Desmond leads Texas with 117 hits, Rougned Odor has 48 RBI and Adrian Beltre has 13 home runs. But Mitch Moreland and Ryan Rua struck out, and not a single run was scored.
The future Hall of Famer needed just three days to raise his slugging percentage from.
“You always worry about a concussion, but he felt fine and he was laughing”, said Angels manager Mike Scioscia.
“We just came to the mindset of, who cares, just have fun”. We’ll take it one step at a time.
Starting pitcher Tropeano only pitched 2 innings, Chacin pitched 4 innings which was the most out of all four pitchers who participated in the game.
The first career Major League home run for the 25-year-old from Seoul, South Korea, brought the Angels within one run, and eventually put the Halos in the win column, 9-5, over division leaders, Texas Rangers. At the same time, they certainly have players that they could sell at a high price to quickly improve their team. “We’ve got to find a way to eliminate those, the walks, the hit batters, the errors”.
Racing to a 4-0 lead after the first inning and extending it to 5-0 after the second and putting the Rangers in early jeopardy got the Angels pointed in the right direction.
Santiago wasn’t as sharp Wednesday night as he was in his previous three starts, giving up three earned runs and five hits in five innings while striking out three, walking three and needing 100 pitches, 63 of which were strikes, to record 15 outs.
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Rangers: RF Shin-Soo Choo was scratched from the lineup for the fourth straight day with lower-back tightness. Pinch-hitter Matt Szczur hit a grounder to first baseman James Loney, and Loney threw out Russell at the plate. Soto returned from the disabled list on July 9 after recovering from meniscus surgery and played two games before feeling soreness. Infielder Hanser Alberto and outfielder Delino Shields were called up from Triple-A Round Rock to fill their roster spots. In his lone major league appearance this season, the veteran took the loss while pitching through an oblique strain and has since continued treatment for the oblique strain. The Rangers starter lasted six innings, yielding 10 hits and three walks with two strikeouts.
