Major League Baseball
Texas 16, LA Angels 8
When: 4:07 PM ET, Sunday, May 7, 2023
Where: Angel Stadium, Anaheim, California
Temperature: 70°
Umpires: Home - Nestor Ceja, 1B - Emil Jimenez, 2B - Ryan Blakney, 3B - Brian O'Nora
Attendance: 41641

Adolis Garcia went 3-for-4 with a home run, Leody Taveras went 4-for-5 and drove in four runs and the Texas Rangers closed out a road series win on Sunday with a 16-8 rout of the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif.

Texas fell behind early when Anthony Rendon sent Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani home with a three-run homer in the first inning off Rangers starter Martin Perez. Perez surrendered seven earned runs and eight hits in just 3 2/3 innings.

It did not take the Rangers long to respond, however.

Jonah Heim drew a leadoff walk in the Texas half of the second inning, and Ezequiel Duran drove him in on the ensuing at-bat with a towering home run to left field. The Rangers then tied it 3-3 when Robbie Grossman's sacrifice fly scored Travis Jankowski, who pulled up lame on the play and sat the rest of the afternoon.

Jankowski's replacement, Josh Smith, blasted a two-run home run to cap a four-run third inning for the Rangers. They led their American League West counterparts the rest of the way.

Starter Jose Suarez (1-2), who took the loss, lasted just 2 2/3 innings for Los Angeles. He gave up seven earned runs on six hits and walked three batters. Relievers Chase Silseth and Chris Devenski pitched 3 1/3 and two innings, allowing three earned runs each.

The only Angels pitcher to escape unscathed was first baseman Jake Lamb, who worked a scoreless ninth inning. The outcome was no longer in doubt at that doubt with Texas sporting a nine-run lead.

Any hope of a Los Angeles comeback was nixed in the seventh inning. The Angels had responded to a four-run Texas-half of the fourth inning with RBI singles by Taylor Ward and Ohtani, pulling to within four runs.

But the Rangers' five-run seventh put it away, with Garcia hitting a three-run home run after RBI singles by Marcus Semien and Nathaniel Lowe.

The offensive outpouring resulted in Texas' second double-digit-run effort in the series, a day removed from a 10-1 win on Saturday.

Rendon went 2-for-3 in the loss with two home runs, knocking out a second in the ninth inning. Ohtani went 2-for-3 and drew two walks. Thaiss went 3-for-4.

Josh Sborz (1-1) picked up the win with his two scoreless innings pitched for Texas.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Texas   LA Angels
Martin Perez Player Jose Suarez
No Decision W/L Loss
3.2 IP 2.2
2 Strikeouts 3
8 Hits 6
17.18 ERA 23.62
Hitting
Texas   LA Angels
Leody Taveras Player Matt Thaiss
4 Hits 3
4 RBI 0
0 HR 0
5 TB 3
.800 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Texas 17 3 30 .378 22 9 14 5 3 0
LA Angels 13 2 19 .351 19 6 8 6 0 3