Final
Angels rout Rangers to take series
Apr 16, 2015 - 12:07 AM Arlington, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Albert Pujols, Matt Joyce, David Freese and Johnny Giavotella all knocked in two runs as the Angels pounded the Rangers 10-2 in the rubber match of a three-game AL West series.Mike Trout recorded three of the Angels' 12 hits, drove in a run, stole a base and scored twice in the rout. The offensive outburst overshadowed a solid outing from Hector Santiago (1-1), who threw seven innings of one-run ball.
"Today was good, especially to bounce back after yesterday," said Freese.
Carlos Corporan and Adam Rosales provided Texas' runs with homers in the fifth and ninth innings, respectively.
Anthony Ranaudo (0-1) had a quick and painful Rangers debut. The offseason acquisition from the Red Sox did not make it out of the second inning and was charged with six runs on six hits.
"I don't know if there were too many things that were consistent today for me," Ranaudo said.
Those runs came in the second frame, the first two on Giavotella's humpback liner to the left-field gap. Erick Aybar's safety squeeze plated another run, Pujols singled under the glove of Elvis Andrus to bring in the fourth, and Joyce hit one to the same spot as Giavotella to drive in two more.
Anthony Bass relieved Ranaudo and got out of the inning before coughing up four more runs. Trout produced an RBI single in the fourth, Pujols did the same in the sixth, and Freese knocked them both in later in the frame with a base hit.
Adam Wilk made his MLB debut behind Santiago and worked out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth before serving up Rosales's leadoff blast in the ninth.
Game Notes
Ranaudo was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock to fill in for Derek Holland, who landed on the disabled list with a sprained left shoulder ... The Rangers were seeking consecutive wins for the first time this season ... Trout has a hit in all nine games this season and is sporting a .438 batting average.
- LOS ANGELES: 10
TEXAS: 2
Final
Apr 15 5:21 PM - David Freese singles to left field. Matt Joyce to second. Albert Pujols scores. Mike Trout scores.
Angels 10, Rangers 1 Top 6, 1 OutApr 15 4:17 PM - Freese singled to left, Trout scored, Pujols scored, Joyce to second.
Angels 10, Rangers 1 Top 6, 1 OutApr 15 4:17 PM - Pujols singled to left, Aybar scored, Trout to second.
Angels 8, Rangers 1 Top 6, 1 OutApr 15 4:10 PM - Albert Pujols singles to left field, advances to 2nd. Mike Trout to third. Erick Aybar scores. Fielding error by Delino DeShields.
Angels 8, Rangers 1 Top 6, 1 OutApr 15 4:10 PM - Mike Trout singles to right field. Johnny Giavotella scores.
Angels 7, Rangers 0 Top 4, 1 OutApr 15 3:24 PM - Joyce doubled to center, Trout scored, Pujols scored.
Angels 6, Rangers 0 Top 2, 2 OutsApr 15 2:50 PM - Pujols safe at first on fielding error by shortstop Andrus, Giavotella scored, Trout to third, Pujols to first.
Angels 4, Rangers 0 Top 2, 2 OutsApr 15 2:50 PM - Matt Joyce doubles to deep center field. Albert Pujols scores. Mike Trout scores.
Angels 6, Rangers 0 Top 2, 2 OutsApr 15 2:49 PM - Giavotella singled to center, Freese scored, Iannetta scored, Cowgill to second.
Angels 2, Rangers 0 Top 2, 1 OutApr 15 2:49 PM - Albert Pujols singles to left center field. Mike Trout to third. Johnny Giavotella scores.
Angels 4, Rangers 0 Top 2, 2 OutsApr 15 2:48 PM - Erick Aybar out on a sacrifice bunt to shallow infield, Adrian Beltre to Adam Rosales. Johnny Giavotella to second. Collin Cowgill scores.
Angels 3, Rangers 0 Top 2, 1 OutApr 15 2:44 PM - Giavotella doubled to center, Freese scored, Iannetta scored, Cowgill scored.
Angels 3, Rangers 0 Top 2, 1 OutApr 15 2:42 PM - Johnny Giavotella singles to deep center field. Collin Cowgill to second. Chris Iannetta scores. David Freese scores.
Angels 2, Rangers 0 Top 2, 1 OutApr 15 2:41 PM - Erick Aybar flies out to left field to Delino DeShields.
Apr 15 2:09 PM - LOS ANGELES: 0
TEXAS: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Apr 15 2:07 PM
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