The second time, he began with consecutive walks, to Yunel Escobar and then Kole Calhoun.
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Nomar Mazara followed with an RBI single and Andrus an RBI double to put the Rangers up 5-4. One out later, Calhoun hit a fielder’s choice to second, driving in Bandy with the go-ahead run, and Trout followed with his homer over the left-field fence. One out after Jurickson Profar walked, Odor lined Tropeano’s 91 miles per hour fastball into the right field bleachers for his team-leading 17th home run, a two-run drive.
Moreland extended the Rangers’ lead to 4-0 by hitting his 12th home run of the season in the second inning.
Nick Tropeano had allowed three homers in the first two innings, eventually leaving with right elbow discomfort.
In the sixth, Nava came up with two runners in scoring position and one out.
“I felt it during warmups, just this soreness throughout”, Tropeano said. The long-time minor leaguer, who made the Angels’ Opening Day roster but was demoted after a slow start, is filling in for injured C.J. Cron at first base. Left-hander Tyler Skaggs is slated to join the team later this week. Pujols went to the ground but quickly got back up before being tended to by a trainer and manager Mike Scioscia.
Before the season started, we had some high hopes for Ji-Man Choi. We’ll take it one step at a time. “We’re trying to execute a pitch out of the strike zone for a chase, and that’s where you trust a veteran of 16 years to make a pitch”.
Back on May 23, Tropeano threw 6.2 scoreless innings against these Rangers and picked up the win.
Choi Ji-man of the Los Angeles Angels has finally gone deep in the majors. “We’ve got to find a way to eliminate those, the walks, the hit batters, the errors”.
Tim Lincecum pitched poorly in Tuesday’s win over the Rangers, surrendering five runs (three earned) on nine hits over five innings. Texas RF Shin-Soo Choo has been held out of the starting lineup for the past four games due to lower back tightness but appeared as a pinch-hitter in Monday’s loss.3. Both came off Rangers starter Kyle Lohse (0-2).
The 10-time All-Star is hitting.252/.331/.447 for the Angels this season, with tonight’s performance elevating his round-trip count to 19 on the season despite a slow start.
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Lincecum, who won two Cy Young Awards while helping the Giants win three World Series, underwent hip surgery in September and had not pitched in 11 months when the Angels signed him May 20 to bolster their beleaguered rotation.
