Texas 11, LA Angels 7
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, August 26, 2011
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature:
102°
Umpires:
Home -
Ron Kulpa, 1B -
Derryl Cousins, 2B -
Jim Wolf, 3B -
Mark Wegner
Attendance:
38256
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Nelson Cruz homered twice and drove in six runs as the American League West-leading Rangers topped the second-place Los Angeles Angels 11-7 on Friday in Texas.
The Rangers, who extended their division lead to three games and snapped the Angels' six-game winning streak, jumped ahead to stay in the second inning on a two-run double by Cruz, who added a solo homer in the fourth and a three-run shot in the sixth to give Texas an 11-0 lead.
David Murphy's grand slam in the fifth against Dan Haren (13-7) put Texas ahead 7-0.
Derek Holland (12-5) allowed one run, eight hits and struck out eight in 6 2/3 innings. Haren gave up seven runs and 11 hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Russell Branyan hit a three-run homer in the eighth and Howie Kendrick added a two-run shot in the ninth for the Angels, who surrendered 18 hits.
Cruz finished 4-for-5, while Murphy and Michael Young had three hits apiece.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| LA Angels |
|
Texas |
|
Dan Haren
|
Player |
Derek Holland
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
4.1 |
IP |
6.2 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
6 |
|
11 |
Hits |
8 |
|
12.46 |
ERA |
1.35 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| LA Angels
|
14 |
2 |
22 |
.368 |
16 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Texas
|
18 |
3 |
32 |
.429 |
22 |
8 |
11 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
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