April 12, 2017

The Angels ran out of comeback magic on Wednesday night at the Big A, losing to the Rangers 8-3.  Texas hit 3 home runs in the victory.

Mike Napoli, Elvis Andrus, and Carlos Gomez all went deep for the Rangers.  Joey Gallo hit a go-ahead two run triple in the 5th inning, and Texas never looked back.

A.J. Griffin got the win for Texas.  He pitched 6 innings, giving up 3 runs on 4 hits.  It was his first victory in six starts dating back to last September.

J.C. Chavez took the loss for the Angels.  He went 4 1/3rd innings, yielding 5 runs on 5 hits.  The Halos also got a solo home run from Mike Trout in the 3rd inning.  His 3rd long ball of the season.

The Rangers got off to the quick start in this one, after Napoli and Andrus connected on solo blasts in the 1st inning.  A pair of sacrifice flies from C.J. Cron and Danny Espinosa tied the game at 2-2, before Trout gave the Halos a 3-2 lead in the 3rd inning.

However, Gallo’s RBI triple, and Jurickson Profar’s run-scoring single made it 5-3 after 5 innings.

The Rangers would add three more runs on a Carlos Gomez home run in the 7th, and then a 2-run triple by Rougned Odor in the 9th inning.

“Jesse got into some bad counts,” manager Mike Scioscia said.  “He just wasn’t as effective as he was in his other outing.”

The Angels return to action on Thursday afternoon at the Big in rubber match of the 3-game set.  Ricky Nolasco gets the call for the Halos, while the Rangers will go with Yu Darvish.