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Angels look to continue domination of Rangers

May 13, 2007 - 1:13 PM LA Angels (21-16) at Texas (14-22) 3:05 pm EDT

ARLINGTON, Texas (Ticker) -- Ervin Santana wants to end a personal skid and in the process continue one for the Texas Rangers.

Santana hopes to end a three-game losing streak and help his Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim win their season-high fifth in a row when they face the Rangers on Sunday.

Anaheim beat Texas by identical 6-3 scores in the first two games of the series. The Angels have beaten the Rangers all five times this season by a combined score of 29-13.

The 24-year-old Santana (2-5, 5.23 ERA) is 1-2 with a 9.45 ERA in four outings at Texas. He is also 0-4 with a 7.97 ERA in four starts away from Angel Stadium in 2007.

However he is 4-2 lifetime in seven career games against the Rangers and will get the luxury of having Vladimir Guerrero in the batting order. The seven-time All-Star thrives on Texas pitching, belting 21 home runs with 51 RBI in 59 games against the Rangers.

Texas, which has dropped four of its last five contests while scoring three or fewer runs in each of the losses, sends righthander Mike Wood (0-1, 6.39) to the mound.

Wood looks to rebound from a dismal performance last Tuesday when he gave up eight runs - six earned - and nine hits over four-plus innings in an 8-2 defeat to the New York Yankees.

Wood is 0-1 with a 7.20 ERA in five career games versus the Angels.