Rangers Rally Past Angels

“He pitched ahead in the count, so we were just trying to have good at-bats”, Fielder said. Andrus struck out.

The right-hander may be a different pitcher than he was in two April starts against the Angels in which he went 1-0 and allowed one unearned run and scattered 12 hits over 13 innings. Rangers 1, Angels 0. Giavotella made a poor throw to first, but Pujols bailed him out with a diving grab while keeping his foot on the bag. A wild pitch from Gallardo advanced the runners, and a single from Calhoun cleared the bases. Andrus infield single to shortstop, J. Starting pitcher Hector Santiago allowed five hits and four runs, three earned, while striking out four over 5.0 innings to not factor in the decision as Joe Smith took the loss. Rangers 1, Angels 1. Kela pitching. Trout singled to left, Kubitza scored, Calhoun to second. Hamilton to second. C.Ramos pitching. Yovani Gallardo walked Johnny Giavotella to start the inning, then got an out on a fielder’s choice from Kole Calhoun. Calhoun singled to right, Gillaspie scored, Kubitza scored. First baseman Albert Pujols registered his team-leading 62nd RBI by grounding out to bring right fielder Kole Calhoun home. Dan.Robertson popped out to second baseman Odor.

2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on.

The Los Angeles Angels appeared to be on their way to a win on Saturday but let it get away late losing to the Rangers. Aybar flied out to center fielder DeShields.

Former Angels outfielder Josh Hamilton did not start, flying out as a pinch-hitter one night after he was heavily booed by fans in his first game back in Anaheim after being traded to Texas on April 27. He has 27 strikeouts and just four walks in 34 1/3 innings this season, and has completed the seventh in each of his last four starts.

1 run, 3 hits, 0 errors, 2 left on. Angels 4, Rangers 3.

NOTES: Texas 3B Adrian Beltre played in his 2,500th game on Friday night, the second-most by any player from the Dominican Republic and the second-most at the position in major-league history…. Odor, who drew a leadoff walk, scored from second on Pujols’ fourth error of the season. Rosales struck out. Choo grounded out to first baseman Pujols.

The Angels regained a 5-4 advantage in the bottom of the fifth inning.

Angels fifth. Pujols doubled to center.

But the Angels used a walk, a single, a fielder’s choice and a groundout to tie the score in the bottom of the first. Cron struck out with two outs but was able to reach on yet another wild pitch from Gallardo.

1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. LA Is now back tied with Houston in the AL West, while the Rangers are just 6.5 games behind those two. Gillaspie, making his debut after being acquired from the Chicago White Sox on Friday, followed with an RBI double to left-center field. Iannetta grounded out, second baseman Odor to first baseman Rosales. Trout struck out. The Rangers erased a two-run deficit with three runs in the eighth inning in Saturday’s 7-6 victory to improve baseball’s best road record to 31-23.

Elvis Andrus led it off with an infield single and Mitch Moreland hit a pinch-hit single to put runners on the corners. Hamilton to second. J. Hamilton to third. On Tropeano’s error on a pickoff attempt, J. Hamilton scored, Chirinos to second.