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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 7, LA Angels 3
When: 10:05 PM ET, Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Where: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Temperature: 77°
Umpires: Home - Ted Barrett, 1B - Fieldin Culbreth, 2B - Lance Barksdale, 3B - Adrian Johnson
Attendance: 43711

Josh Hamilton homered and Derek Holland came within one out of a complete game as the Texas Rangers defeated the host Los Angeles Angels 7-3 on Tuesday to open up a season-high six-game lead atop the American League West.

Holland (11-4) gave up three runs on nine hits and struck out seven as Texas has won five of its last six games to move a season-best 19 games above .500.

The Angels have lost six of their last seven and haven't led in the first two games of the crucial four-game series.

Angels starter Tyler Chatwood (6-9) gave up five runs on eight hits in two innings. The Rangers have a combined 31 hits in their last two games.

The Angels ran into two outs during a disastrous third inning when they scored only once after placing runners at first and third with none out.

Michael Young went 3-for-4 with three RBIs for the Rangers, who scored at least seven runs in their fifth straight game.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Texas   LA Angels
Derek Holland Player Tyler Chatwood
Win W/L Loss
8.2 IP 2.0
7 Strikeouts 1
9 Hits 8
3.12 ERA 22.50
Hitting
Texas   LA Angels
Michael Young Player Howard Kendrick
3 Hits 2
3 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 3
.750 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Texas 17 1 21 .425 19 5 7 4 0 0
LA Angels 9 0 12 .281 12 7 3 1 0 0