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Major League Baseball
LA Angels 3, Texas 1
When: 4:07 PM ET, Sunday, June 3, 2018
Where: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Temperature: 80°
Umpires: Home - Chris Conroy, 1B - Brian O'Nora, 2B - Fieldin Culbreth, 3B - CB Bucknor
Attendance: 33541
Tyler Skaggs gave up four hits over six scoreless innings and got just enough offensive support to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 3-1 win over the Texas Rangers Sunday afternoon at Angel Stadium.

The Angels had only four hits themselves, but one of them was a two-run double by Luis Valbuena and another was a solo homer by Justin Upton, helping Los Angeles win the rubber game of the series.

Skaggs allowed two doubles to Shin-Soo Choo and also walked three batters, but was able to make pitches when the Rangers threatened to score. Texas was 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position when Skaggs was in the game.

Except for a couple mistakes, Rangers starter Doug Fister nearly matched Skaggs. Fister (1-6) gave up three runs on four hits in six innings. He struck out just one but didn't walk a batter.

The Angels got all the offense they would need in the second inning when Shohei Ohtani singled and went to second on a single by Zack Cozart with one out. Valbuena followed and immediately fell behind in the count 0-2.

But he worked the count full, fouled off a couple pitches, then hit a changeup from Fister on the eighth pitch of the at-bat into the right field corner to score both baserunners for a 2-0 lead.

Upton homered off Fister with two out in the sixth, his 12th of the season, for a 3-0 lead.

Skaggs (4-4) was finished after six innings and 107 pitches, striking out six.

Three Angels relievers - Jim Johnson (seventh inning), Noe Ramirez (eighth) and Justin Anderson (ninth, second save) - pitched the final three innings in relief of Skaggs.

The Rangers did threaten against Anderson in the ninth, getting three walks with two out before Isiah Kiner-Falefa flied to right to end it.

The Rangers scored their run on a solo homer by Nomar Mazara in the eighth inning off Ramirez.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Texas   LA Angels
Doug Fister Player Tyler Skaggs
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 6.0
1 Strikeouts 6
4 Hits 4
4.50 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Texas   LA Angels
Shin-Soo Choo Player Justin Upton
2 Hits 1
0 RBI 1
0 HR 1
4 TB 4
.500 Avg .333
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Texas 5 1 10 .161 18 10 1 7 0 0
LA Angels 4 1 8 .143 2 2 3 0 0 0