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Major League Baseball
Texas 4, LA Angels 0
When: 8:05 PM ET, Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Where: Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Carlos Torres, 1B - Charlie Ramos, 2B - Alfonso Marquez, 3B - Lance Barrett
Attendance: 24501

Marcus Semien and Kyle Higashioka drove in runs to back the pitching of Tyler Mahle and four relievers as the Texas Rangers blanked the Los Angeles Angels 4-0 on Tuesday in the opener of a three-game at Arlington, Texas.

Mahle (3-0) started for the Rangers and was brilliant for the third straight outing, pitching six scoreless innings while allowing just three hits. He struck out nine and walked two and allowed just one runner to reach third base in his stint. Mahle's ERA dropped from 1.32 to 0.92 following his fourth start.

Luke Jackson pitched the ninth inning for the Rangers, allowing one hit and striking out one.

Texas snapped a three-game losing streak while the Angels lost for the second straight outing and the third time in their past four contests.

Los Angeles starter Yusei Kikuchi (0-3) all but matched Mahle for six innings, surrendering one run on three hits while fanning six and walking two in his 79-pitch effort. His performance was wasted by the Angels' anemic offensive attack as Los Angeles was shut out for the first time this season.

The Rangers got some help from the visitors to take a 1-0 lead in the sixth. Leody Taveras singled off Kikuchi to open the inning, stole second and went to third base on a throwing error on the steal by Los Angeles catcher Travis d'Arnaud. Taveras then came home on a sacrifice fly to left field by Semien to give the Rangers all the runs they would need.

Texas added to its lead in the seventh off Angels reliever Reid Detmers. Jonah Heim doubled with one out and came home when Higashioka followed with a double off the left field wall.

The Rangers stoked their advantage to 4-0 in the eighth. Corey Seager hit a one-out double off the base of the wall in the left field corner and then sprinted across the plate on Josh Jung's single to left that bounced off the glove of Los Angeles shortstop Tim Anderson.

Texas added a fourth run when Jung scored on a throwing error by Angels third baseman Luis Rengifo, the second error of the game by Los Angeles.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Angels   Texas
Yusei Kikuchi Player Tyler Mahle
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 6.0
6 Strikeouts 9
3 Hits 3
1.50 ERA 0.00
Hitting
LA Angels   Texas
Jorge Soler Player Corey Seager
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 3
.667 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Angels 5 0 6 .167 17 11 0 2 1 3
Texas 8 0 12 .267 12 8 2 2 1 0