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
By Field Level Media
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 |
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 |