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The bad throw came two days after a finger injury on Neto’s throwing hand. Texas’ Nathaniel Lowe grounded a ball to shortstop, but Neto misfired on his throw to first base for his first error in 20 major-league games. But Tyler pitched his butt off through that inning and got us through it.” “It’s impossible to see when it gets above the lights.

“The ball that got lost in the sky, you hear people yelling and booing, but there is nothing you can do about that,” Nevin said. The Rangers’ Marcus Semien followed with what appeared to be a routine fly ball to left field, but Taylor Ward lost track of it and the ground-rule double scored Duran for a 2-0 lead. Thaiss remained in the game but the fun house was only starting to inflict pain. And while catcher Matt Thaiss was able to make a play on the ball for the first out, he took a blow to the chin from the shoulder of a charging Rendon. The Angels seemed to catch a break when Bubba Thompson’s sacrifice bunt attempt was popped up foul. Leody Taveras then walked to put two runners aboard. But that advantage was turned on the next pitch when Duran was hit in the left elbow by an Anderson fastball. With Texas leading 1-0, the Rangers’ fourth inning began when Ezequiel Duran fell into an 0-and-2 hole against Anderson. It was pretty cool.”Īngels right-hander Carlos Estevez (1-1) got through the 10th inning, stranding two Rangers runners.Īngels starter Tyler Anderson didn’t help himself with five walks, but as much as he could have used better control, he also would have benefited from a decent good-luck charm. “To bring it within one, to hit a double in a situation like that, it got me pumped up and the guys in the dugout too. They gave up two runs in a haunted fourth inning that included a Rangers hit batter with an 0-and-2 count, a collision in foul territory while on defense and a ball that was lost in a bluish-gray sky at dusk that seemed to match the mood. In a game when everything seemed to go against them, the Angels had just two hits through seven innings and both of those were singles. Louis on Thursday to cap a three-game sweep of the Cardinals, the Angels finally got to unpacking their fiery temperament before it was too late. I’ll take them any way I can get them.”Īfter a day game in St. No matter who is on the mound I think he is still probably the best in baseball getting a guy in from third base. I felt like I had the right guy at the plate too with Anthony. “I’ve seen stranger things,” Manager Phil Nevin said.

Chad Wallach had a two-run double in the ninth and Zach Neto came home in the 10th when Rangers right-hander Josh Sborz bounced a ball to the backstop on his first pitch of the game with Anthony Rendon at the plate. The Angels scored three runs in the ninth inning, all with two outs, to tie the game then scored on a wild pitch in the 10th inning to win it.

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ANAHEIM - If it was not jet lag then perhaps it was travel slog that had the Angels in a funk and kept them dragging until the last possible moment Friday night.ĭown to their last out and nearly reduced to their last strike, the Angels found a way to rally for an improbable 5-4 victory in a series opener against the Texas Rangers to improve their winning streak to a season-best five games.

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