Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 5, LA Angels 4
When: 3:35 PM ET, Sunday, April 26, 2015
Where: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Manny Gonzalez, 1B - Jim Reynolds, 2B - Mark Ripperger, 3B - Clint Fagan
Attendance: 35053

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Center fielder Leonys Martin hit his first home run of the season, leading a two-run rally that gave the Texas Rangers a 5-4, 11-inning win over the Los Angeles Angels in Sunday at Angel Stadium.

Rangers right-hander Neftali Feliz (1-1) struck out four in two innings of relief while allowing a run, two hits and a walk.

Texas first baseman Mitch Moreland went 3-for-5 with a sacrifice fly and two RBIs.

Martin began the top of 11th inning by hitting a 91 mph fastball from left-hander Jose Alvarez (0-1) into the right field bleachers. Third baseman Adam Rosales walked two outs later, took third base on Moreland's single and scored with Angels shortstop Erick Aybar bobbled a ground ball from shortstop Elvis Andrus for an error.

The Angels narrowed the deficit to one run when designated hitter Albert Pujols, who hit a one-out double, came home on a two-out single by Aybar. Feliz struck out first baseman Grant Green to end the game.

Texas forged a 3-3 tie with two outs in the top of the ninth after the Angels took a 3-2 lead in the previous half-inning. Designated hitter Prince Fielder lined a single off right-handed reliever Joe Smith before being replaced by pinch runner Delino DeShields, who took second base on a single by third baseman Adrian Beltre and scored when Moreland lined a single over the glove of second baseman Johnny Giavotella.

Los Angeles broke a 2-2 tie with one out in the bottom of the eighth on Giavotella's bloop single with the bases loaded that brought home pinch runner Green. The bases remained loaded with right fielder Kole Calhoun and center fielder Mike Trout coming to bat. However, right-handed reliever Shawn Tolleson struck out Calhoun, then induced Trout to ground out to silence the rally.

C.J. Cron, who started for Los Angeles at first base, went 4-for-4 with a double, while Calhoun went 3-for-6 to lead the Angels' 15-hit attack that tied a season high.

Rangers starter Nick Martinez, the American League's ERA leader at 0.35, threw six shutout innings. He allowed seven hits and two walks, hit one batter and struck out two.

Angels starter Hector Santiago gave up two runs (one earned) in 5 1/3 innings but walked a career-high six (one intentionally) while striking out five. In his past 18 1/3 innings, the left-hander has amassed 18 strikeouts and permitted only three earned runs.

Trout hit his fourth homer of the season.

Texas manager Jeff Banister was ejected in the seventh for arguing a call that a video replay overturned. Andrus his a foul ball down the right field line that Calhoun tried to catch while a fan reach over the railing. First base umpire Jim Reynolds ruled the play dead, but Angels manager Mike Scioscia asked for a replay that showed fan interference, and Andrus was ruled out. The ejection was Banister's first as a major league manager.

NOTES: Texas entered Sunday's game with the lowest team batting average in the major leagues, .211. That also was the team's lowest after 17 games since 1972, the team's first year after moving from Washington, D.C. ... 3B Adrian Beltre played in his 153th consecutive game. Beltre's streak is the fourth longest among current major-leaguers. ... Rangers 2B Rougned Odor re-entered the starting lineup Sunday after taking what manager Jeff Banister called a "maintenance day" Saturday night, though Odor served as a pinch hitter Saturday and singled. ... Los Angeles SS Erick Aybar made his first two errors of the season Sunday. Aybar entered the game with 71 errorless chances covering 153 innings. ... The game drew a crowd of 35,053.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Texas   LA Angels
Nicholas Martinez Player Hector Santiago
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 5.1
2 Strikeouts 5
7 Hits 4
0.00 ERA 1.69
Hitting
Texas   LA Angels
Mitch Moreland Player C.J. Cron
3 Hits 4
2 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 5
.600 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Texas 9 1 13 .214 20 9 4 7 1 1
LA Angels 15 1 21 .326 25 9 4 4 0 2