Rangers rally, pass Angels in the eighth

Los Angeles would take the lead in the second, with the newly acquired Conor Gillaspie singling and Kyle Kubitza walking to put two on.

“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. Giavotella made a poor throw to first, but Pujols bailed him out with a diving grab while keeping his foot on the bag. Trout singled to center, Calhoun to third. Instead of tagging Moreland at second, shortstop Erick Aybar threw home as he saw Andrus breaking for the plate.

The winning pitcher was Spencer Patton, who improves to 1-0 on the year. Rangers 1, Angels 1. Kela pitching. Trout singled to left, Kubitza scored, Calhoun to second. Iannetta popped out to right fielder Choo. Hamilton to second. C.Ramos pitching. Cron reached on a strikeout-wild pitch with two out and came all the way home on Gillaspie’s double to left-center. Then two batters later, Prince Fielder hit a one-out single to right, as it was first and second for Elvis Andrus. Trout doubled to right, Calhoun to third. Robinson Chirinos plated two runs and Rougned Odor went deep in the win.

Angels: LHP Andrew Heaney (4-0) brings a 1.57 ERA into his sixth start of the season.

Trout is 4 for 8 with a homer in this series and Calhoun is 3 for 9 with three RBIs for Los Angeles, which has dropped three straight following a seven-game win streak. In the fifth, Albert Pujols led off with a double to center.

Angels: Hector Santiago (7-4, 2.30 ERA) began the weekend with the AL’s third-best ERA.

Rangers fourth. Andrus grounded out, shortstop Aybar to first baseman Pujols. Sheppers then got pinch hitter, Matt Joyce to ground out, as it was now runner on second for Johnny Giavotella. With two outs, Shin-Soo Choo walked on four pitches and then scored on a double from Ryan Rua for the first run. Chirinos doubled to center, Rua scored.

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

Angels hitting coach Don Baylor held the major league record for getting hit by the most pitches in a career before Craig Biggio broke it. On Sunday, Biggio will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Beltre struck out. Fielder singled to right, Odor to second. Odor, who drew a leadoff walk, scored from second on Pujols’ fourth error of the season. In the bottom of the fourth, Trout hit his 29th home run, pulling even with Albert Pujolsatop the AL homers race. Rangers 4, Angels 4. Aybar singled to center, Pujols scored. Cron struck out. Gillaspie struck out. Angels 5, Rangers 4. Giavotella flied out to left fielder J. Kubitza grounded out, second baseman Odor to first baseman Rosales. Bass retired the first two batters, and then allowed a triple to Johnny Giavotella.

1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Joe Smith came on in relief in the eighth, and allowed back-to-back singles to Elvis Andrus and pinch hitter, Mitch Moreland. Moreland pinch-hitting for Rosales. 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. But Hamilton slid across the plate before Gillaspie could make a play, and DeShields had a run-scoring single. Hamilton to second. J.