LA Angels 7, Texas 3
When: 8:05 PM ET, Thursday, September 11, 2014
Where: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature:
79°
Umpires:
Home -
Doug Eddings, 1B -
Cory Blaser, 2B -
Jim Joyce, 3B -
Adam Hamari
Attendance:
27129
By SportsDirect Inc.
Angels 7, Rangers 3: Erick Aybar belted a two-run homer while David Freese and Grant Green each had a two-run single as visiting Los Angeles secured its season-high eighth consecutive victory by completing a sweep of tumbling Texas.
Kole Calhoun added an RBI single and scored a run for the Angels, who have won 13 of 16 against their AL West rival and extended their lead to 10 games over second-place Oakland with only 16 remaining on their schedule. Mike Morin (4-3) tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings to pick up the win as the Angels used eight pitchers to hand the reeling Rangers their 11th loss in 12 contests.
Leonys Martin homered to lead off the first inning and J.P. Arencibia belted a solo shot with two outs in the seventh. Rougned Odor added an RBI single in the eighth to close the scoring.
Aybar gave Los Angeles a 2-1 lead in the second inning after depositing an 0-1 fastball from Nick Martinez (3-11) into the seats in right field for his seventh homer. Freese tacked on two more runs in the third with a line-drive single to center to plate Calhoun and Mike Trout.
Robbie Ross replaced Martinez to begin the seventh and allowed a one-out single to Collin Cowgill. Ross' throwing error allowed Cowgill to advance to second and Calhoun's single to center brought him home to give the Angels a 5-1 lead.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Angels slugger Albert Pujols recorded his first four-strikeout performance of his career. ... Los Angeles 2B Howie Kendrick singled to lead off the second inning to extend his hitting streak to eight games. Aybar notched his career-high 72nd run scored when he crossed home plate following his two-run homer for the Angels, who open a 10-game homestand by beginning a three-game set versus Houston on Friday. ... Martinez yielded four runs on as many hits in six innings for the Rangers, who wrap up a 10-game homestand by opening a three-game series against Atlanta.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| LA Angels
|
7 |
1 |
11 |
.206 |
16 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Texas
|
7 |
2 |
14 |
.212 |
12 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
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